Terminology
Spring Recruitment
Recruitment Rules
Miscellaneous
Membership Selection
100
A girl going through recruitment. (Don't say a pledge)
What is a Potential New Member (PNM)?
100
A small recruitment party held at an alumnae's house outside of Tuscaloosa.
What is a hometown party?
100
Assuring a PNM that she will be a Delta Gamma or on our lawn on Bid Day (can be verbal, text, etc.)
What is bid-promising?
100
Term used for an alumna-sponsored recommendation form for a PNM going through recruitment. Only Delta Gamma's may access this.
What is a sponsorship form?
100
The percentage of chapter vote a PNM must pass to be eligible for membership.
What is 75%?
200
Committee that uses chapter votes and information from sponsor forms to determine which PNM’s will be released each night during recruitment. It consists of the director of recruitment records, director of recruitment, vp: membership, president, and ATC
What is Evaluating Committee (EVC)?
200
A day hosted by UA Panhellenic to introduce PNMs to the Greek system with info sessions and a mini-recruitment day.
What is Preview Day?
200
A period in the fall semester, immediately following Bid Day, where contact is limited to promoting Greek Life as a whole
What is Positive Panhellenic Contact?
200
A daughter, sister, granddaughter or step-version of a Delta Gamma.
What is a legacy?
200
The method we use when discussing PNMs.
What is "Pro Con Con Pro?"
300
Number of women each chapter is allowed to take during formal recruitment.
What is quota?
300
Designated days by UA Panhellenic to host recruitment parties in the house.
What are Spring Recruitment Parties?
300
A period in the spring semester, immediately following the last day of finals in the fall, where sororities and their members are able to promote their chapter with the goal of introducing and recruiting women to individual chapters
What is Normal Recruiting Contact?
300
Given on Bid Day but are for chapters that will not reach quota.
What is a Snap Bid?
300
Happens the night before Preference Round to decide who is eligible to receive a bid.
What is Vote to Pledge?
400
The number determined by your college Panhellenic as the most desirable chapter size for our campus
What is Panhellenic Total?
400
A period lasting from May 1st through Bid Day where sorority members are not allowed to have any contact with PNMs, unless the sorority member is in normal, unavoidable contact with the PNM.
What is No Contact Rule?
400
The maximum number of DGs that are allowed to be with a high school senior for it to NOT be considered an official party.
What is 4?
400
True or False: You can text your biological sister about her day during the week of formal recruitment.
FALSE!!!
400
The percentage of girls we want to pledge with a 3.5 GPA or higher.
What is 50%?
500
Method for calculating release figures (also known as carry figures) during formal recruitment.
What is Release Figure Method (RFM)?
500
Begins after Bid Day has ended if a chapter has not reached total or if they fall below total.
What is Continuous Open Bidding (COB)? NOT A SNAP BID!!!
500
The only PNMs that you can contact or spend time with during the no contact period.
What is a sister or step-sister?
500
A cousin, niece, or family friend of a Delta Gamma.
What is a special consideration?
500
Character, Education and Scholarship, Personal Development, Activities and Honors, Interests and Talents.
What are the 5 points of the star?