Total Too Low???

[Kansas City]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

And I would COMPLETELY agree with this... IF they were moving toward more structured recruitment right now. They say they will, but right now, it's not happening. PNMs are not encouraged to visit all of the chapters. They don't understand the "see everyone, find your home" concept, because they generally aren't familiar with the Greek system at all. I'll admit, when I first got involved with Greek life, I never thought that way, either. I was fortunate enough to end up where I belonged, but that doesn't happen with a lot of girls on our campus because they don't even really know that they have other options. That might sound weird, and it's hard to explain, but that's how it is. Because for 90% of the girls on this campus, they don't think "I want to be Greek!" Instead, they are generally asked to attend recruitment events by individual chapters.

I'm afraid that girls will visit only specific chapters, be left out, and not understand why. Greek life isn't a way of life around here, and the rules aren't understood by everyone.

I guess that the best way I can describe it is to relate it to fraternity recruitment.. with a total.

I understand but you cannot have it both ways. Either your campus sticks with the way things were or moves toward a change. It could be that your campus is moving to a more formal approach quicker than you anticipate (especially since they apparently left the chapters out of the reducing quota dialogue). The chapters should agree to take the lead and inform the PNMs of the new total during their recruitment events. For example, chapter A explains that they are only allowed to accept 2 new memebers while chapter B can take 6 and chapter C can take 14. I also think that by setting the campus total and sticking to it, you will see an increase in Greek life interest because all sororities are nearly the same size and a more positive Panhellenic spirit because they need to work together in their recruitment efforts.