RFM Question

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

I can swear this was answered before, but I can't seem to find it. If a woman gets released from all chapters immediately before prefs, does the RFM specialist and/or GA attempt to flex the numbers at all to obtain an invitation for her?

For example, Suzie goes to four parties for second invitational and then receives no preference invites. Do they check to see if Suzie was on any of the flex lists for her four groups? And if she isn't, is there any horse trading with the advisers to try to find a spot for her?

The reason I ask is because, in this situation, Suzie has already made it through two rounds of invitations, and is probably just a victim of numbers, i.e. she probably meets the qualifications for membership and just got released because there were other PNM's the chapter wanted more.

Oh Ack. << Error Code 100: Too many variables>>

We can't really say for sure without knowing the school or the specific situation. Many places the GA might be able to do this but might not want to? It could lead to some unhappiness at the chapter if someone gets put back on the list for prefs that was off the list previously.

She may actually be better off making sure that people know she is eligible for a snap bid or COB. She may actually have more choices then.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by HQWest

Oh Ack. << Error Code 100: Too many variables>>

We can't really say for sure without knowing the school or the specific situation. Many places the GA might be able to do this but might not want to? It could lead to some unhappiness at the chapter if someone gets put back on the list for prefs that was off the list previously.

She may actually be better off making sure that people know she is eligible for a snap bid or COB. She may actually have more choices then.

NO NO NO, I don't mean the GA putting someone back on the list unilaterally. I mean the GA calling the chapter and saying "you can go over the RFM number if you take Suzie" and the chapter says "cool" and gets put back on the list and everyone is happy.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

NO NO NO, I don't mean the GA putting someone back on the list unilaterally. I mean the GA calling the chapter and saying "you can go over the RFM number if you take Suzie" and the chapter says "cool" and gets put back on the list and everyone is happy.

This sounds like a great idea to me.

If you can answer this generally please do: are there flex lists for prefs most places that use RFM or do chapters get a hard number to send as the bid list for prefs?

If they are using flex lists, it could be set up to be almost automatic without even having to ask the chapter, couldn't it?

Would this end up increasing her chances exponentially to be QA for that chapter though? She'd be far enough beyond what the group usually took to reach quota as to not be within the invite cutoff. She might not have any other pref groups, unless each chapter was offered the same opportunity to add her and she was on multiple flex lists.