This is an interesting list, SilverTurtle! These are all things that our chapter does! At the end of their candidate period, the candidate class gets together and does something for the chapter. It's failry loosely defined, I think the only requirements is that it be tangible or inclusive of the entire chapter in some way. A couple classes ago, the class made a beautiful display for our future house; this past class did a take-off on the Blair WItch project, filming everyone from active sisters to our advisor in the process. That one will be laughed over for years to come. Our candidates are also encourage to take on as much chapter responsibility as they can - we're a small chapter, so even shadowing an officer has a lot of merit. There are a lot of team building activities going on, both during retreats, as well as leading up to initation - none of which involve alcohol or force. All that is asked for proof of love and committment to the sisterhood is that the candidates comes and participates...and there's no punitive action if isolated events are missed.
Just wanted to say, this sort of thing does work!
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Originally posted by SilverTurtle:[*]Have the new members (pledges) plan, organize, and run a party or other gathering (with actives, or all Greeks, or whatever)
[*]Give the new members responsibilities--> stuff that the entire chapter has to rely on (shows true loyalty + dedication to the chapter when they take on important responsibilitis, not cleaning your room)
[*]have a new member outing(or include actives) to a ropes course (forming bonds, working together, dedication)
[*]chapter retreats; do goal setting for the whole chapter, do teambuilding games, etc. (goal setting gets new + old members excited for the present and future + encourages dedication from all, time together always increases your bonds together)
[*]Naturally, learning history, ideals, etc. is important. Get together with new members + help them learn. Can be a good experience for bigs/littles![/list]
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