Little Chapter, Big Recruitment: Spring 2009

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by silverpearls

To the other chapters it isn't a huge deal - they've all been wayyy over chapter total (by like 50ish people) for years. But we've never even gotten close.

Ok, well, I'll be back tomorrow to let you know how things go! Fingers crossed for a great batch of baby Venuses!

Out of curiosity and to anyone who might be willing to answer, how can a chapter be 50 members above total? I thought total was a cap? It seems unethical for a campus panhellenic (or whoever decides) to allow that.

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

Out of curiosity and to anyone who might be willing to answer, how can a chapter be 50 members above total? I thought total was a cap? It seems unethical for a campus panhellenic (or whoever decides) to allow that.

No matter how many members a chapter has, they are allowed to take a full quota in formal recruitment. It sounds like the chapter in questions was 10 or so women over total prior to recruitment, and then they took a class of 40ish. (can't remember what quota was at this school, and am too tired to dig back through several pages).

[AZ-AlphaXi]

Normally, a chapter can always pledge quota even if that takes the chapter above (even way above) total.

so if quota is 60 and a chapter is 10 below total at formal recruitment time then they will, if they take quota, be 50 members above total.

[preciousjeni]

After all these threads, I thought I understood. I'm sure y'all are tired of answering questions like these, buuuut, I gotta ask. So, total isn't a cap? Is it the number that all chapters should be expected to be at membership-wise. So, if a chapter is consistently below total, it's struggling and if all chapters keep going above total, it might be time to expand?

[SigKapSweetie]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

After all these threads, I thought I understood. I'm sure y'all are tired of answering questions like these, buuuut, I gotta ask. So, total isn't a cap? Is it the number that all chapters should be expected to be at membership-wise. So, if a chapter is consistently below total, it's struggling and if all chapters keep going above total, it might be time to expand?

Exactly right!

ETA: Total can be used as a cap for chapters participating in informal recruitment - chapters below total cannot COB past total. However, formal recruitment is a whole different animal, and chapters surpass total in formal recruitment all the time.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by SigKapSweetie

Exactly right!

Thanks!