A chapter in need of some recruiting help

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I am a Recruitment Advisor for a chapter at a mid-sized school. There are five sororities on campus, and campus total is 65. When I was an undergraduate student six or seven years ago, our chapter was always at capacity.

Rewind a few years and suddenly membership is declining. Fall 2006 was the lowest point, with 22 active sisters going into formal recruitment. We now stand strong at 43 women, but are still lagging behind the other four chapters that are at total. This fall, I put together an intense year long plan that will bring in quality women. If followed, this plan will bring the chapter to total by summer term (they're on the quarter system).

Has anyone had any difficulty in recruiting quality women who stick around and help the chapter to grow? We're finally on the right track, but I'm looking for some suggestions as to how to seek out PNMs, and how to motivate sisters to follow through with them. I often feel like I'm the VP of Recruitment, doing some of the prospecting myself.

Thanks!