The idea of "recommendations"

[Miriverite]

Your explanations have helped a bit in my understanding. At my university, we don't require letters of recommendation from chapter alumni, etc. However, we do indeed have recruitment information sheets that need to be filled out (which ask us, among other things, what activities we're involved in, why we're going through recruitment, etc.) I suppose they are simply two different ways of addressing the same need - the need to know more about the PNM, her values, and background. I don't believe that nationals requires the specific format of an alumni rec, but someone please correct me if I'm wrong.