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Old 08-25-2005, 09:30 AM
imsohappythatiama imsohappythatiama is offline
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Hey Jess:

I'm glad the suggestions here have helped. ISUKappa makes an excellent point that you might want to address with your chapter's New Member Chairman.

In the future, your chapter should budget to spend *chapter funds* on the New Member gifts. Why?
1) Each new member receives the same gifts, eliminating the problem of some new members getting "nicer" or "more" gifts than others.
(2) (This is the big one)...Kappa has a "no-assessment" policy. This means that once a member has paid her chapter dues, she is not REQUIRED to spend any additional money for chapter expenses. When a chapter requires (or even strongly recommends) that a member pay out of pocket for new member gifts, that's assessing. And we don't assess in Kappa.

No worries...this is an area that lots of chapters can stand to improve in. But I would strongly recommend that you bend your Treasurer and NM Chair's ear about changing the process next year! That way, everything is kosher, and no one is stressed about spending money on NM gifts.

Hope you have a great time with your new Key Sis!
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