Summary of 2005 NPC Resolutions
1) Vision Statement: “The National Panhellenic Conference will be the premier advocacy and support
organization for its members, member groups, College and Alumnae Panhellenics and a proponent of
women’s fraternity membership.”
2) Mission Statement: “The National Panhellenic Conference exists to promote the values of and to serve as
an advocate for its member groups in collaboration with those members, campuses and communities.”
3) Adoption of the NPC strategic plan, which encompasses the years 2005-2010.
4) Amendment to UA VII on judicial procedures allowing a decision by the College Panhellenic judicial
board to be appealed within one week of the decision. Previously the time limit for appeals was 48 hours.
5) In an effort to encourage potential new members to complete all rounds of recruitment, the guideline has
been changed and excludes women from the quota additions process who have failed to accept or attend any
recruitment event for which there was room in her membership recruitment schedule or who has failed to
list on her MRABA (bid card) all fraternity chapters at which she attended the Preference event.
6) As a result of the 2003 Recruitment Resolutions, Quota Range has proven to be effective. This resolutionstates that where Quota Range is used Quota will be determined mutually by the Panhellenic Advisor and the
Release Figures Specialist or NPC Area Advisor. This eliminates a Panhellenic “vote” to determine quota.
7) Reaffirmation by NPC that a fraternity should be willing to offer a membership invitation to any potential
new member who is invited to and attends its Preference event and that any Preference attendee should
appear on the fraternity’s bid list.
In addition to the resolutions that were passed, several topics were discussed among the NPC
delegates and alternate delegates. While resolutions were not brought to the floor regarding these
topics, there was agreement on the understanding of existing guidelines that affect recruitment.
Below are these topics.
Donated goods as part of recruitment expenses
All goods that are donated by alumnae, chapter members, parents, etc., and used during
recruitment should be reported and should count as a chapter’s expenses during recruitment,
even if these same donated goods are used year after year.
Men wearing t-shirts advertising a particular sorority
There should not be any organized effort to have men wear a t-shirt that advertises a
particular sorority, even if the t-shirt event is from a previous year.
Pledging sophomores or juniors
Many women have a curriculum that requires more than four years to graduate. Many more
women arrive at college with little or no information about sororities and decide to wait until
they are established in their studies before joining a sorority. Few Panhellenics actually
encourage upper-class women to participate in recruitment and join. Further, few are ever
asked to join. Some Panhellenics or chapters impose restrictions that actually discourage
these women from joining. The Conference urges each Panhelllenic to re-evaluate
regulations that discourage women from joining, no matter what their class in school.
Recruitment styles need to be more widely used
Few Panhellenics have actually investigated the four styles of recruitment and determined
which style best fits their particular Panhellenic. Low PNM participation and low quota
indicate a need to re-evaluate the use of fully structured recruitment. Please work with your
Panhellenic and NPC Area Advisor to determine if a change in recruitment style would
improve your Panhellenic’s performance in attracting more PNMs for recruitment on your
campus.
Signing bid cards
For the past several years, Panhellenics have felt that they should discourage all PNMs from
selecting only one sorority when signing the Membership Recruitment Acceptance Binding
Agreement (MRABA). Although the intent of this idea is wise, the problem has surfaced
repeatedly when a young woman has either actually been instructed that she must list more
than one choice. This results in women being matched to groups that they had no intention
of joining, and in some cases, another woman was denied membership in a group where she
would have been happy. Please be sure that your Panhellenic is in agreement on how tocounsel PNMs on MRABA signing.
Judicial procedures
One of the noticeable problems associated with the judicial procedure is that few
Panhellenics actually follow proper procedure during mediation. The purpose of mediation
is to come to a mutual agreement. It is not the same structure as a judicial appeal. Please
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review the Manual of Information regarding the proper method of utilizing mediation in the
course of dealing with recruitment infractions.
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