Mandatory vs optional

[TweedleDee199]

My chapter used points to determine live in\live out and picking rooms in the house, but otherwise it was purely fines. My issue with fines is that I felt it affected certain members disproportionately. It drove me crazy as an officer to see work going into an event and still hear voices in the hallway saying "Wait what time is that? Whatever, I'll take the fine. My parents pay bill highway anyway." For that group of women fines were an entirely unaffective penalty. On the flip side were women who paid their own dues and knew that a $25 fine would mean picking up an extra shift at work to keep their monthly budget balanced. Not surprisingly, the latter group tended to have better attendance. I agree that rituals, work week, and recruitment are no excuses situations, and fines there are totally appropriate. I understood it also for women who take a spot on a philanthropy or intramural team then don't show up, leaving their sisters high and dry. Overall though I would have loved to see my chapter transition to a points system.