Quota and Total Question

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Okay, so I didn't know what to title this thread...

I was reading the DePauw thread and thinking about some of the comments there about total, quota, etc. I believe most schools determine a quota each year based on the number of PNMs at some point during recruitment. I know some schools do a "hard total" for lack of a better term and will only allow each chapter to take new members up to that total.

Are there any schools that do a "floating total"? (These are obviously terms I'm making up as I go!) Basically, they would look at the number of PNMs still in recruitment going into pref night and then figure out a total for all the chapters. Then each chapter would have their own quota that allows them to get to the new total established based on the number of PNMs. This seems like a way to keep the bigger chapters from getting bigger and the smaller ones from getting smaller. After formal recruitment, any chapters below the new total could COB to total (or to their quota, which would be the same thing).

I'd love to hear about any schools doing this or that have tried this and how it works.