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Originally Posted by PrettyinPearls
Well, in all honesty she wasn't granted early alumni status. She is under the impression that our last chapter president gave her the status. However, I can say for sure after talking to our last president personally she was not granted it. Under our records and in the reports we send to nationals she has been an active sister. However, she transfered without getting in contact with any of our past officers.
As I said I was thrown into office without knowing much about what's going on. A lot of the past members had a lot of drama between them and I suppose this member just thought she could just disappear because of the lack of rule enforcement within our chapter. Now that we're trying to get back on track she doesn't understand why she owes all this money.
The problem is she hasn't sign a finacial contract for 2 years, she did when she first joined though so I have no clue if I can use that against her to take her to collections.
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Are you saying she transferred schools? We had a situation where a girl transferred and didn't even tell anyone. When we found out, we contacted higher ups and realized there was nothing we could do about it, and she was considered an alumna member of the sorority. You might want to find out from National Staff where she would stand in terms of active/alumnae status first.
Whether or not she signed a financial contract 2 years ago probably wouldn't matter. What does matter is what the contract said. If there was a new contract that had to be signed every year, saying, for example, "I will pay x number of dollars for the 2007-2008 school year," then you can't do anything about any money before or after that. If, on the other hand, it was a contract stating something like, "I will pay all dues determined by the chapter while I am a collegiate member," then you could definitely hold that against her.
In the future, make sure that you're holding people accountable so that this doesn't happen again. My chapter requires that everyone pay their dues by the 2nd week of the semester (if they haven't set up a payment plan with the treasurer the semester before). If you don't pay by that date, you're in financial poor standing with the chapter, and you can't vote, hold a position, or attend social functions until you pay. If you don't have any clear-cut rules concerning this, you should definitely try to implement some.
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