Questions on contacting an alumnae organization

[KSUViolet06]

If you are speaking of Alumnae Panhellenics (groups of alumnae from all 26 NPC sororities in your area), you do need to register with them. Somewhere on the alumnae panhellenic's website, there is a recruitment link that will tell you what you need to do to register with them and get recs.

Ex: Here's the recuitment page on the Katy, TX area APH site. http://www.katypanhellenic.org/Recruitment.html. It takes you to a PDF booklet detailing what you need to do to register. Any big panhellenic in an area near a competitive school will likely have that info online (ex: Katy serves girls who are rushing at places like UT, Texas A&M, etc. so they are very familiar with obtaining recs.) If you don't know any alumnae personally to write them for you, your APH is your best bet. APHs know that PNMs need recs. That's why they tell you to register. Every APH is different, but depending on how yours works, a personal meeting (while desired) isn't totally necessary. Check with yours though, because each is different.

In contrast, you can contact an ALUMNAE CHAPTER of a sorority for rec assistance and that is a little different. Ex: if you need a Chi O rec, and there's no APH, you can try contacting the Chi Omega Alumnae Chapter in *Insert FL City* here. You don't register with them as it's not like an APH where they're prepared to write recs. You may have to contact someone and tell them your situation. They may offer to help or may know other alumnae who can, but their primary purpose is not to help PNMs with recruitment, so there's no formal process. In addition, a sorority alumnae chapter may not meet a lot over summer so they may not be much help.

[gatorsophPNM]

Thanks for the info KSUViolet! I was speaking of my local APH, and upon checking their website (and another APH website that's also near my hometown) thoroughly I can't find anything about registering with them for recruitment :\ (and nothing like the Katy website, that .pdf was awesome). I suppose the only thing I can do is email them through the site and see if they can give me more information about registering with them. I wish it was laid out clearly like the Katy one, and I'm surprised there's nothing about it on either website.

Though I did try register where it said "members only" at the top of the page thinking it may get me more information...I think it was actually only for members of the APH though so my account is "pending" and I feel rather foolish...whoops.