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Originally Posted by raleigh stclair
-Fall COB: As someone mentioned above, it may be a good idea to have two fall pledge classes: one for women pledged through formal recruitment, and one for women who came through COB. When we had the bad formal recruitment two years ago, we rushed to try to find women immediately and just add them into the pledge class. This had a couple of drawbacks. One, many women were exhausted after formal recruitment (not to mention had low morale), and were just not enthusiastic about going out straight away to find new members. Secondly, we did a poor job of making the women who went through COB that semester feel at home in the chapter because we rushed to get them in before initiation--they didn't get to participate in retreat, and their big-little week was subdued compared to the one for women who went through formal recruitment. Of the three women we pledged that semester, two later resigned from membership, and I can't help but wonder if their rushed introduction to the chapter had something to do with it. Last fall, we took a breather from recruiting for a few weeks before diving into COB, and made sure to set a second-big little week and second initiation for COB women. We recruited five women last fall, and all of them have stuck around.
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This is a great idea, and definitely doable (tm Seinfeld) with the shorter pledge programs that many groups have. If your group isn't one of them, contact your national pledging specialist or whatever she is called to see if you can tweak it. It's all about thinking outside the box.
It's one thing if you have a COB party 3 days after bid day with people the majority of the sorority already know quite well. They usually can fit seamlessly into the pledge class. It's another if the people at the party are women with whom you are not as well acquainted.
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