Big Problem!!! Need Help!!!!

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by eagreen

I agree. My * hopeful* idea for the upcoming year is that the MITs will still do the fund raiser but the "gift" that they give will be strongly recommended send will be to send the money raised to either SAI philanthropies or a philanthropy of their choice. That will give them experience running a fund raiser, dealing with the aftermath AND figuring out how to give a donation (which is more compicated for many organizations than I would have thought) I would like to set out guidelines for the gift, i agree that no one wants to participate in a fund raiser to buy sorority girls more stuff In the future I think that a designation between the gift and the fund raiser would be good. We were told to fund raise for the gift, (which after all of the drama ended up being a measly clock and plaque) ad that is completely useless for training purposes. However, learning how to budget and chose a philanthropy for a fund raiser (if not a philanthropy, a concrete thing) might help teach them something.

Thoughts?

I think that you have really thought this through and have a great idea. In the end, the learning experience and the satisfaction of helping others is the most important part of fundraising/philanthropy not cheesy gifts that no one will care about in a year or two. I think you've learned your lesson from the pledge fiasco...mistakes were made on all sides. But, everyone makes mistakes...the key is to learn from them!

[amanda6035]

Originally Posted by Ilaria Ame

wait wait wait...i know this has been resolved, BUT--the pledges spent $200 on a fundraiser that only made $177??? and one of the pledges REFUSED to chip in?????? first of all, the responsibility of the $200 should have never been put on one pledge, no matter how well off she is. second, you as her big, should have been able to warn her that IT MAKES NO SENSE for the chapter to reimburse her for money raised to buy a GIFT for the chapter. the only people responsible for reimbursing her are the women in her pledge class who made the descision to spend it. unless the descision was made by the pledge in question alone without consulting the rest of the women, in which case she alone is responsible for her actions. was no one watching out for these girls while they were doing this???? sorry if this is very aggressive, but this situation blows my mind.

I agree. The pledge class should have split the cost of the supplies - not the chapter, if it's a gift to the chapter. And if I had been her, there's no way on God's Green Earth that I would have fronted that money if my pledge sisters weren't going to pay me back...

That being said, I CAN understand if, perhaps, the chapter were going to reimburse her the money, and then charge the pledge class members the fair portion of the money (for example, if each new member was supposed to pitch in $20, then the chapter would take on the debt, but charge the new members $20 each to cover that debt...)