After Several Years: What Do You Think of the New Release Figures?

[honeychile]

What I remember is a sort of self-imposed release for the last two parties:

-Invite no one to the (second to the last) party unless you think you may invite her to Pref, then

-Invite no one to Pref who wouldn't appear somewhere on your Bid List - unless a very, very major mistake is made (like the PNM showing up nude & drunk).

The biggest problem was with those GLOs who didn't use these guidelines, and invite at least 4 times quota to Pref. Then they would always pull some aside for SIP/Suicide. There were no guidelines, so they were in their rights to do this, but to me, it left much too many PNMs hung out to dry. It was just plain rude!

So, color me very much in favor of the Release Figures!

[KSUViolet06]

I seem to remember it the same as honeychile, except I think we had the issue of chapters having max invites at all their 3rd round parties (day before Pref) then cutting down to the girls they ACTUALLY wanted right after that.

So XYZ would have like 100 girls at all their 3rd round parties, then do a MASSIVE cut right after that to get to the Pref numbers they wanted.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I seem to remember it the same as honeychile, except I think we had the issue of chapters having max invites at all their 3rd round parties (day before Pref) then cutting down to the girls you ACTUALLY want right after that.

So XYZ would have like 100 girls at all their 3rd round parties, then do a MASSIVE cut right after that to get to the Pref numbers they wanted.

That was a second reason for Release Figures. PNMs would be so completely psyched out that they had already bought XYZ t-shirts (I know, super silly!), then not even get an invitation to Pref. Still dirty rush in my book.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by honeychile

That was a second reason for Release Figures. PNMs would be so completely psyched out that they had already bought XYZ t-shirts (I know, super silly!), then not even get an invitation to Pref. Still dirty rush in my book.

Indeed. I saw/heard of many a very sad PNM quitting recruitment immediately the minute they got their Pref schedule because XYZ had invited them back every round and suddenly wasn't there come Pref time.

It was always the same story:

"I thought they liked me, they invited me back every day."

"How could they cut me now after they asked me back 3 times?"

"I don't understand."