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<strong>Subject:</strong><br />continuous open bidding aka cob<br /><br /> Poster Message:
There seems to be some confusion regarding COB and why some sororities will participate in it after formal recruitment and in the spring (Informal Recruitment.)Here is something that I found at another site. COB is permitted on campuses with NPC/National Panhellenic Conference organizations. When a sorority participates in COB, you don’t hear much about it like you do with fall recruitment. COB tends to be smaller, informal, and unfortunately has a negative stereotype. Many people believe that if a sorority does COB, it’s because that sorority has members drop and can’t keep their numbers up. This stereotype is slightly misleading. Yes, the purpose of COB is to gain members to replace the amount of members that dropped, so that the sorority can meet quota. However, the members that drop do not usually resign because they dislike the sorority, which is what many people believe. Membership normally decreases for reasons such as members transferring schools, resigning because of finances, going on probation for grades, or members studying abroad (when a member studies abroad, her status changes to an inactive member). Hope that this clears up some of the confusion and ends some of the negative stereotypes associated with COB