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Originally Posted by 33girl
Too often, the people telling chapters to COB constantly (as in parties every week) are from chapters who never had to do it and consequently, have no idea what they’re talking about.
How do you do it effectively? Maintain a wish list year round of qualities the chapter is looking for in sisters and women who are possible members. Every sister is in an extracurricular activity outside the sorority where they can meet unaffiliated women. Bring women to meet your closest friends (your sisters) with no pressure. Maintain the friendships you make. The woman who may not want or be able to pledge this fall may be ready for it the next fall and be a much more dedicated member. You should be able to keep the parties to one a month and when it’s time for a pledge class, you can bid women you’ve gotten to truly know.
Most of all, look beyond the freshman class, and don’t just get a list from the Greek life office of the women who weren’t bid and run around pell-mell trying to remember who they were from rush and bidding them. That is a sure way to have crazy amounts of chapter turnover.
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This. The main problem that COB chapters have is that they try and cram those parties into a week or two, bid who they can, and essentially give up after, or they're constantly having parties with a bunch of PNMs and requiring that all sisters are present. That certainly gets exhausting.
Making friends in a more natural way year-round should be the goal.
