Newbie Question?

[Rosiegal]

Hey, Barbie's Rush! I am fairly sure that each girl was given a bid. And 33girl, I'm afraid your right that there might be a division, because I think my new member class was bigger than their chapter . Either way, I think if I go through recruitment (which i have almost decided for sure I will do) I will still be able to give this group a chance too! I think it's just a little more settling to know that I will get to make a decision based on all the sororities again, like I did the first time.

Is there anything else I should take into account or am forgetting to think about? I didn't have recs the first time around, do you think I should go ahead and try to get them this time? Even for the group that offered us bids, if I got a rec to that group, it might be a good way to show I am interested in seeing what they are about, after the faux pas of turning down the bid (I have not done this yet, but if I go through recruitment I will have to). I've done a bit of reading on this board, and it does seem to me that the most "tried and true" advice is keeping an open mind, so I just want to make sure that I consider everything to make the best decision possible. Wish me luck!

Edited to add: Also, do you think the other sororities are going to question my loyalty to a group because I am "jumping ship" so quickly? I hope not, because I don't feel as if I had a choice, and plenty of girls depledge (for whatever reason) and go through recruitment again, right?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Rosiegal

Edited to add: Also, do you think the other sororities are going to question my loyalty to a group because I am "jumping ship" so quickly? I hope not, because I don't feel as if I had a choice, and plenty of girls depledge (for whatever reason) and go through recruitment again, right?

Absolutely not. You're not jumping ship, you got pushed off the ship before it sank. Like I said - as long as you're honest with your former sisters about your intentions, I don't think anyone on campus is going to think that you're being disloyal in any way. If anything, other Greeks will understand more how much it would suck being Greek one minute and then not being Greek the next and wanting to still be actively involved.

[MaggieXi]

I have a question for the seasoned Recruitment GCers....

So the PNM joins a chapter, becomes a new member, and the chapter closes and then another sorority offers her a bid to join, and she declines, does she still have to wait one calendar year to go through formal recruitment?

(Like if the chapter just offered her a bid in May, she declines, does that keep her going through recruitment in the fall?)

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by MaggieXi

I have a question for the seasoned Recruitment GCers....

So the PNM joins a chapter, becomes a new member, and the chapter closes and then another sorority offers her a bid to join, and she declines, does she still have to wait one calendar year to go through formal recruitment?

(Like if the chapter just offered her a bid in May, she declines, does that keep her going through recruitment in the fall?)

I believe you're only bound if you signed the bid card, typically only during formal recruitment.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong?

[AZ-AlphaXi]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I believe you're only bound if you signed the bid card, typically only during formal recruitment.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong?

you are correct .. per the green book (for the first part)

8. Women who have been pledged but not yet initiated into a chapter whose
charter has been rescinded or relinquished or of a colony that has been
dissolved shall be eligible to pledge another NPC fraternity immediately
following the official release by the NPC fraternity.

and then (part 2) since she declined a COB bid she's not bound to anyone and may pledge another group at any time. She's not bound to the second group, unless she actually accepts the bid.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Barbie's_Rush

The other chapter offered every single one of the women in your pledge class a bid, sight unseen? If you were all recruited during formal and your class was an average sized one for your school, this would really make me think twice about the proposition. Sorry to be negative Nancy, but if a chapter can take that many new members so soon after formal and are not the least bit concerned about WHO they are beyond "now closed XYZ bid them so they must be ok" then I have real doubts about their viability.

I was a spectator at a meeting with some higher-ups of the NPC, and this is actually a concept that many GLOs would embrace for smaller chapters. You get a get a group of women who are already bonded, interested in sorority ideals, and can raise the level of desirability for the smaller chapter. The downside is that they will probably overrun the chapter, and the chapter (if it's a weak smaller chapter) won't be able teach the newbies how to effectively run a recruitment and/or chapter.

I tend to agree with what steelerbear said. Good groundwork!