I miss my sorority

[Smile_Awhile]

Originally Posted by 33girl

But she's still bound to you, unless you expressly release her. That doesn't sound fair.

But it seems to be a pretty standard Panhellenic rule. Unless Lyrelyre has experienced something different, of course.

In our scenario, one girl did leave the school for a semester. The other was still enrolled. However, they rerushed because we were unsure of the particulars. We decided to be rather safe than sorry.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Smile_Awhile

But it seems to be a pretty standard Panhellenic rule. Unless Lyrelyre has experienced something different, of course.

In our scenario, one girl did leave the school for a semester. The other was still enrolled. However, they rerushed because we were unsure of the particulars. We decided to be rather safe than sorry.

The one who left school did need to re-rush - her pledge was broken when her enrollment at school ended. The one who was still in school, however, should not have re-rushed.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by 33girl

But she's still bound to you, unless you expressly release her. That doesn't sound fair.

As I understand it...

By a woman being "bound", even if she declines her bid and the chapter fills her spot, it merely means she is not eligible to go through recruitment for a calendar year. I think the intent of this policy (balanced by the "guaranteed matching for maximizing options" that many schools have) is for PNMs to really think about what chapters they write down on their MRAA and the consequences of their rankings.

Think about it, if a Panhellenic guarantees a bid for PNMs who maximize their options, but without the NPC "bound for a year" policy, every PNM would rank all of their options, whether or not they intend to join that chapter. This would inflate quota and most likely "less popular" chapters would match quota, but would experience many no-shows on bid day. That only creates a void that needs to be filled while "popular" chapters have an inflated quota of new members, furthering a membership gap.

I could be totally wrong, but this is my guess.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

As I understand it...

By a woman being "bound", even if she declines her bid and the chapter fills her spot, it merely means she is not eligible to go through recruitment for a calendar year. I think the intent of this policy (balanced by the "guaranteed matching for maximizing options" that many schools have) is for PNMs to really think about what chapters they write down on their MRAA and the consequences of their rankings.

Think about it, if a Panhellenic guarantees a bid for PNMs who maximize their options, but without the NPC "bound for a year" policy, every PNM would rank all of their options, whether or not they intend to join that chapter. This would inflate quota and most likely "less popular" chapters would match quota, but would experience many no-shows on bid day. That only creates a void that needs to be filled while "popular" chapters have an inflated quota of new members, furthering a membership gap.

I could be totally wrong, but this is my guess.

I was talking about lyrelyre saying she didn't think they had to repledge someone within that year if they quit pledging before they were initiated. that's what I meant by it not being fair.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by Smile_Awhile

I can tell you that it's my org's policiy that bids are extended for a calendar year. We had two cases this past semester that received bids in the fall, but were unable to finish the process because of personal issues. During our spring recruitment (informal), they came back through recruitment. But there was no turning them down, as their bid was still active.

Beware, though! This may not hold true for all orgs!

This was the rule when I was in school (on my campus). In fact, we had a girl that didn't get initiated for personal reasons, then re-rushed the next year. We were told by our advisor that her bid from us was still good until pref night. So she could decide the day of pref that she really wanted her bid with us and not go through pref or even go to pref, not sign her bid card and re-accept her bid with us. It was really screwy and I haven't heard of other schools with this rule (note: it was not just my org, it was a campus panhel rule as far as I can tell, since another group did have someone renew their bid after attempting to re-rush).