Chances?

[CrackerBarrel]

And to be clear you don't always wait until the pre-initiation vote to cut pledges. If you've encouraged pledges to turn things around strongly and they are still far and away the worst pledge, you can take a vote to send 'em off.

In my 4 years I think we've probably cut 8-10 pledges and a number more have left after strong encouragement to do so that would have been cut had they stuck around.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel

And to be clear you don't always wait until the pre-initiation vote to cut pledges. If you've encouraged pledges to turn things around strongly and they are still far and away the worst pledge, you can take a vote to send 'em off.

In my 4 years I think we've probably cut 8-10 pledges and a number more have left after strong encouragement to do so that would have been cut had they stuck around.

True.

And to the bolded part - this is an example of why the number of pledges cut may not be as great a number as it could be. And it is often the best scenario for both parties. A pledge that is not going to make it is encouraged to drop (resign) which in turn allows him to save face and perhaps pursue other chapters if he wants.