[20070] in APO-L
Re: Bids in APO
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas W. Strong Jr.)
Sat Jan 30 16:53:17 1999
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 16:43:37 -0500
Reply-To: "Thomas W. Strong Jr." <strong@DEMENTIA.ORG>
From: "Thomas W. Strong Jr." <strong@DEMENTIA.ORG>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <36B35962.14C3@erols.com>
On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, J.Conover wrote:
> > Pledging is the time to get to know the new Brothers, if when you get to
> > know them you think they need more work, for goodness sake don't initiate
> > them, give them more time.
> Remember, that the National Pledging Standards dictate that a pledge
> period should be 6-10 weeks. That's it. If the pledge does not meet
> the chapter's criteria within that time frame, there is no allowance for
> "more time" as per the NPS.
That's apparently up for interpretation - I tried to enforce exactly that
section, and was told by my regional director that the entire National
Pledging Standards are no more than guidelines, not hard and fast rules.
(I would disagree, but when it's an RD disagreeing with a Section Chair,
the RD generally seems to win)
At least in this region then, pledge periods can be of any length, even
as short as just under three weeks. I presume that an extension by a
similar amount would also be permitted... (other RDs may disagree with
this interpretation, but this is what I was given here)
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