the whole bound for a year thing...

[anonymousgrkadv]

To clarify... I am a campus-based Panhellenic advisor, and have also served within my organization, though I changed my username to remain anonymous.

PsychTau you are correct in the statement that undergraduates are not allowed to be involved in the Bid Matching process. This does include Panhellenic Executive Board members AND Recruitment Counselors. On preference night when the PNM's return from their events to sign their MRABA (Membership Agreement) they should be completing these forms by hand and signing them in front of a professional staff member. For example on my campuses I have various Student Affairs Professionals (Residence Hall Directors; Study Abroad; Multicultural Student Affairs; Student Activities; etc) meet with each PNM individually as they are completing the MRABA. (And yes I am at a large school averaging 800-1000 PNM's). These professional staff members carefully read the statement and then ask the women if they understand BEFORE they sign. This also includes women who Single Intentional Preference, making sure they understand the consequences of the decision. The professional staff member is then responsible for returning the MRABA back to Greek Life office staff who enters the information into the computer before Bid Matching is completed.

Recruitment Counselors and Panhellenic Executive Board are available to counsel PNM's who may need help before making selections and signing the MRABA, but at no point are these women allowed to see the final PNM selections, or enter them into the computer.

After Bid Matching is completed I do inform Recruitment Counselors of any PNM in their group who may have received their second or third choice so that they are available to counsel them if on Bid Day there is disappointment.

Back to the OP, that situation was handled very poorly from your campus Panhellenic and Greek Advisor. The campus advisor should have been the one to handle your selections before you left for the football game, and to inform the chapters of your excused absence from Preference.