[21196] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Rush Ideas
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cynthia Maxton)
Tue Sep 19 10:53:31 2000
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 07:43:25 -0700
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From: Cynthia Maxton <cem_apo@YAHOO.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
I have heard quite a few comments and concerns
regarding the NUMBER of pledges. The running theme is
that we are in a bad situation because the numbers are
down.
I have yet to hear anyone concerned about the QUALITY
of their pledges. What I have discovered is that with
a large pledge class, the chapter will be lucky if
even half of them are around a semester later. With a
smaller pledge class, the percentage of brothers that
remain is higher.
I had an advisor tell me once that an organization
should never try to grow by more than 20% in a year.
This was after our chapter had doubled in size in less
than a year. Any chapter that has had this type of
'blessing' knows that, in reality, it is anything but
that. The term 'growing pains' is not just a
fictitious construct. It can be as difficult for a
chapter to handle as declining membership can be.
What I would like to hear are suggestions to improve
the quality of the pledging process, and ways to
retain membership.
YiLFS,
Cynthia Maxton
Pledge Master
Epsilon Xi - Colorado State University
Alumni Delta Mu - Pittsburg State University
Fall 1998
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