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Re: [APO-L] Rush Ideas
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandy Simpson)
Tue Sep 19 11:41:21 2000
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:45:11 -0400
Reply-To: Brandy Simpson <bstarget@EARTHLINK.NET>
From: Brandy Simpson <bstarget@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
I have to agree about the quality part. Since i've been envolved we have
had 3 member pledge classes(i pledged last fall). Currently for the last 2
pledge classes we have only had one go inactive(probably good since all the
prior pledge classes got burned out, graduated, or time conflicts). We are
much tighter and are correcting many problems the chapter has not dealt with
for one reason or another some that go back as far as to a time where our
chapter larger pledge classes.
Yes we would like to grow. But not at the expense of quality.
Brandy
Service Vp of Tau Beta
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cynthia Maxton" <cem_apo@YAHOO.COM>
To: <APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [APO-L] Rush Ideas
> 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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