Total Too Low???

[OPhiAGinger]

Although I agree that lowering the total might help even the playing field for the three chapters on your campus, making that decision in the fall seems all wrong. For chapters who do their major recruiting in the fall, this is analogous to setting total based on the number of members you have coming into fall, before you hold recruitment. If they really think total should be lowered, they should make that decision after every chapter is at their full strength. On your campus that happens after spring recruitment.

Assuming your Panhellenic Council uses parliamentary procedure, here is what you need to do. One of the voting members who voted in favor of lowering total must get recognized by the chair and say "I move we reconsider the decision to lower chapter total to 30." Like any other motion, it must have a second before it can be discussed. Once you are successful in getting it on the floor for discussion, you discuss it just like any other motion and get to vote on it again. They can make their case about delaying this decision until after spring recruitment, when you are better positioned to see how each of the chapters do.

Keep in mind that this motion-to-reconsider can only be made by someone who voted with the victorious side, i.e., to lower total. I'm not 100% sure, but I think the second has to be part of the winning side, too. Theyt shouldn't be too hard to find if the Panhallenic Council reps were rushed into a decision that they now regret. If you can't come up with two girls who have changed their mind, it's time to graciously accept this decision even if you don't understand it.

I don't claim to be a Roberts Rules expert. Please confirm what I'm recommending with a manual.

Good luck.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Total should have probably gone from 40 to 35 to 30, but the fact of the matter is the groups haven't made total in YEARS (from what you've told us)

I said that one of them made it to total in Spring of 2007.

Originally Posted by 33girl

This is where the "strengthening all the chapters to get them on a level playing field" comes in.

I completely understand that. But when each chapter already has a VERY good number of freshmen girls interested in recruitment for spring, why would they lower it now? And why aren't these things being brought back to each individual chapter? I used to be the liaison between my chapter and Panhellenic, and there would always be a few things that would need to be decided upon by a chapter and brought back to Panhellenic. This hasn't happened at all as of late.

Why don't a good portion of girls in these chapters know about these changes?

Originally Posted by OPhiAGinger

Although I agree that lowering the total might help even the playing field for the three chapters on your campus, making that decision in the fall seems all wrong. For chapters who do their major recruiting in the fall, this is analogous to setting total based on the number of members you have coming into fall, before you hold recruitment. If they really think total should be lowered, they should make that decision after every chapter is at their full strength. On your campus that happens after spring recruitment.

Exactly.

[FSUZeta]

how many is a very good number? 10 girls-15-20-50?