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Originally Posted by Blue Skies
I'm going to make the argument (and I do realize that I'm playing Devil's advocate here) that when PNM's feel like they got a fair shake, it's also good PR for the chapter and the GLO. That PNM may be in a position of influence one day...how do you want her to feel about your org?
I still feel very positively about most (all but one) of the chapters/GLO's who cut me. I went through under the old method. I remember some delightful, warm, meaningful conversations. Politeness and hospitality on the part of chapter members was universal. This is bad?
I'm just wondering if there is some sort of happy medium.
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Well, one of the ways that releases by some chapters work it that they cause the PNM to realize that they have to look at the chapters that really want them. If there are no cuts until after 2nd, that pretty much wastes 2nd round in terms of having any idea of knowing where you stand.
And since at most campuses the number of parties that a PNM can go to reduces each round, you'd have PNMs cutting some of the chapters who want them to keep chapters that don't.
I understand why it seems like it be better PR, but I think it would be bad in terms of actual recruitment outcome.
ETA: and there is a happy medium really since I think the majority of PNMs do have full parties for second round, don't they?
I guess I think that if we want more PR-based open activities, there's a place to have them, but it's not in the middle of actual recruitment. We could all probably benefit from more Meet the Greeks type stuff before formal recruitment and we'd benefit even more if there were all Greek campus wide service projects or drives that were about actual service rather than hype or publicity, which I realize is ironic in a suggestion about PR.
But I don't think you can give people warm fuzzies (no disrespect to Alpha Xi Delta intended
) at the same time we need to be sending realistic messages about where people match.
Hybrid Mode
