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Old 03-01-2014, 05:44 PM
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What's the criteria for a calling quota too high? I really don't think 66 is all that large when there are places where 80-115 seems the norm.
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Old 03-01-2014, 05:59 PM
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What's the criteria for a calling quota too high? I really don't think 66 is all that large when there are places where 80-115 seems the norm.
I think chapters do a fantastic job of coping with super large quotas, but they have to negatively affect the sorority experience. In these days of short new member periods, there is no way new members even know the girls in their class prior to initiation. Again, the chapters do a wonderful job of mitigating this, but it is a challenge that could be alleviated if classes were smaller. It is also difficult to find meeting space for the chapter.

I think 66 might be just fine at a huge school with a nice big house providing a common ground. But at some schools 45 might be more imposing than 66 is at another school.

Personally, numbers below about 50 at large, housed chapters make me nervous, because we have seen the ups and downs of Greek life. If numbers dip a bit, you don't want to have to worry about filling the house. But then I think when you get to the 70ish mark, things get pretty tight.
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I think chapters do a fantastic job of coping with super large quotas, but they have to negatively affect the sorority experience. In these days of short new member periods, there is no way new members even know the girls in their class prior to initiation. Again, the chapters do a wonderful job of mitigating this, but it is a challenge that could be alleviated if classes were smaller. e more imposing than 66 is at another school.
This is like saying "the tire is flat so I'm going repair that hole in the roof of the house." If there are chapters so large that they need a semester for everyone to get acquainted, then stop this ridiculous one size fits all jazz and let them have a semester long pledge program.
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