Holding Rush Events and Getting worried

[rush chair 01]

fsu: normally we hold events after the NPC sororities on campus, but this was the first semester when we held them at the same time. we had been advised that we should step aside and let the NPCs take all of the recruits and have us just get the left-overs.

33girl: I personally think this is a good idea as well, but as far as going out to dinner, would say that all sisters have to go? Or just a small group? Because my sisters are all very "We need to all meet this girl before we decide to give her a Bid" and I feel like they wouldn't be comfortable with such a relaxed setting. What's your opinion on that?

KSU: I tried to REALLY encourage bringing people they already know this semester, and a few of us did, but not all of these girls necessarily stuck around. As I said in my OP, I tried to help girls in finding new ways to talk to pnms and making connections, but do you have any other tips that you feel are especially effective for getting pnms to see right away that our sorority is full of girls who are real and have AMAZING personalities? I realize that this should just shine through on its own, but I think my girls get a little intimidated by the fact that we need both quantity and quality and then kind of choke.

Thanks for your help and any advice you have; I truly appreciate it. I am happy to tell you that we did extend bids to a small group of girls, but we are still looking for more... So I hope I get to pass some good info on to my sisters about some new... not events... activities (?)... that we can continue to hold to try to find more girls.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by rush chair 01

fsu: normally we hold events after the NPC sororities on campus, but this was the first semester when we held them at the same time. we had been advised that we should step aside and let the NPCs take all of the recruits and have us just get the left-overs.

In that case I would tell NPC to f.o. and rush BEFORE them. That kind of attitude from the nationals is unacceptable.

How many sisters do you have total? I guess I was thinking you had under 10. The main thing I was trying to say is don't make all your recruitment events "parties." Girls can come over to the house where all the sisters are to watch The Bachelor or whatever, go along to a play that a sister's in, etc etc. Once they've been to a few of these events, you can have a more structured open bid party (where all the sisters can meet the girls) and give bids out. The main thing is to get the rushees & sisters feeling comfortable with each other.

Are the sisters who are being (nice euphemism) "opinionated" at rush seniors? They're probably burnt out. They're only there 3 more months, so try & deal with it. I got to the same point - fortunately I was self aware enough to just kind of hang back.

If that's not the case - you should have some kind of standards board that can address these issues and what to do about these sisters - if you have concrete evidence that their behavior is having a negative impact on your rush. It should not be a decision you and you alone make.