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Originally Posted by dukedg
I guess what I mean is that wasn't the original purpose of quota to make sure chapters stayed all close to the same size? I.e., that certain chapters didn't keep getting bigger? Maybe the answer is that the previous rationale is no longer the purpose of quota and that is fine.
I suppose one way to compensate is to have a higher total and allow the chapters taking near quota to get to the average chapter size through COB... Or, we all agree that chapters being the same size doesn't signify chapter strength!
P.S. DeltaBetaBaby -- I am going to check that out, but off to work now. Being a finance/accounting person, I LOVE numerical examples  |
OK, let's take two chapters. Total at this school is 200.
ABC is super popular, has 99% retention and never has a problem making quota. They are over total now, with 225 members.
XYZ is the opposite - bad party retention and don't make quota often. They only have 150 members.
Quota that before, might have been 40 is set at 20. ABC takes it, they now have 245 members. They're done, they can't take any more. XYZ takes it and also can bid up to chapter total. They now have 200 members.
Whereas before XYZ was 75 members behind ABC, they are now only 45 members behind. If quota keeps being set in this manner, eventually XYZ will be able to catch up. When quotas are huge (like when they used to be set after the first day) that's next to impossible.
Quota additions are another whole deal. They are to help the PNMs, not the sororities.
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