Attendence is always a hard thing to deal with. Our chapter is currently discussing going to a point system just because it gives people more choice as well as more accountability. If they choose to go to an educational speaker that would obviously be worth more points than a fun event such as a Greek Week activity, but then people could still have the choice of the fun event. They also then have more flexibility to work around their own schedules. Also if we make an event mandatory we set it at least 2 weeks in advance because most people have to turn in work excuses two weeks prior. In order to make sure people attended those "less fun" events you could send around a sign up sheet at chapter and have people fill it out if they were planning to go. Only so many people could go to that event and receive the points for it-once the list was full you could go, but no points would be received. This way you always know how many people will be at each event and it will guarantee that you have the required amount for PanHellenic. If someone were to sign up and then not attend they would lose points due to the fact that they had prevented another person from being able to sign up (being that the list was full.) Everyone would get a list at the beginning of the semester which said what events were worth what amount of points and how many points were required to go to certain events so they would be aware well ahead of time. If new opportunities came up during the semester they could be announced in addition (just make sure you had enough opportunity for everyone to get the necessary amount of points.) People without their certain number of points could not attend social events.
Fining unfortunately is limited to only 2 events a year (for most chapter recruitment and initiation.) I believe this is a national rule.
It sounds like a hard thing to implement-but I think once it was done it would become understood.
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