Preference Ceremony

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by HeartAlphaGam

I think i will take your idea and talk to EC about elimating the option to work off their fines, atleast for certain events. We usually do our RTS's during the summer so that may be a reason for lack of motivation, however we put out our schedule in January so there really is no excuse for not being there. This semester i am holding an RTS once a month while school is in session so the majority of the chapter should be in town and available. I just really want the fall recruitment to be a success!!

Ours is in the summer, too, but what we do is take an entire week before school starts. That way most people are done with any summer school or study abroad programs. We also encourage sisters that have apartments in town to make arrangements to have actives that live on our dorm hall stay over for the week. One VPR started teaching the chapter a recruitment song during every chapter meeting. Little things like that can help cut the amount of time you spend in recruitment workshops. As long as you don't over program them, they really shouldn't be complaining. Just remind them occasionally that recruitment is what keeps the chapter running.

[ColdInCanada11]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

Ours is in the summer, too, but what we do is take an entire week before school starts. That way most people are done with any summer school or study abroad programs. We also encourage sisters that have apartments in town to make arrangements to have actives that live on our dorm hall stay over for the week. One VPR started teaching the chapter a recruitment song during every chapter meeting. Little things like that can help cut the amount of time you spend in recruitment workshops. As long as you don't over program them, they really shouldn't be complaining. Just remind them occasionally that recruitment is what keeps the chapter running.

My chapter is pretty similar. Our training is a weekend, and we go to someone's cabin- so from about 6pm on Friday to about 4pm on Sunday, all of us are together. It's pretty much straight recruitment training, with sisterhood stuff mixed in. We do the song thing throughout the year, too. From what I've seen from recruitment (and it's not like I've a ton lol), a positive attitude can really help a lot. Conversely, a negative attitude can damage the chapter's recruitment a ton also. For your training, I think you should work with sisterhood to have some fun stuff every once in a while. Although you might have to spend three hours doing conversations starters, it helps if you know that you have something fun coming. And if you involve sisterhood with it, it's another officer who can help you out if you need it.

My chapter doesn't have the community service for fines thing. This is just my opinion, but I don't think that it's really appropriate. A smaller thing, it associates philanthropy with a negative event (fining). Bigger, you're (generic you) being fined because you missed a mandatory event. For most college students, money isn't everywhere. Having to pay will help remember that lesson you were supposed to learn. Also, while having more philanthropy completed is never a bad thing, those hours can't replace the girls who can't be in the room during the recruitment. If money helps them to remember that (which in my personal experience, it does), then I would stick with fining. Oh, the complications of EC lol.