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Thank you to the person who explained the RFM system. Before anyone complains about the “system” please do your homework and understand what it is and why it’s there, how it works. Is it perfect? No, but understand that everything is based on percentages, so number of PNMs going through the recruitment is not the issue. As for the suggestion to “cap” recruitment numbers. I’m shocked that someone would come up with that idea. How would that work? Who would determine who can and cannot go through recruitment. I would suggest going to the National Panhellenic website and do some reading. This idea is against everything Panhellenic stands for. To the question about whether Tennessee needs more sororities, that would definitely bring down quota. But with they way Sorority Village is set up, many sororities will pass because not being in the village would be a huge disadvantage to their chapter. There is something to the idea of adding 2-3 more groups, but they would need some kind of housing that would (at the very least) put these 2-3 organizations on a level playing field with each other. And you’re talking major $$ to make all of that happen. Finally, to the person who is blaming quota: quota is simply a number set by dividing the number of girls going through (I think they use the number going through sisterhood) divided by the number of chapters. Every single university in the US and Canada with more than 2 Panhellenic groups on campus sets their quota the exact same way. Growth is a good thing, particularly when there are many universities who are struggling to attract members to their Greek systems. Growth needs to be managed, and it can sometimes be uncomfortable, but it’s still a good problem to have. I’m sorry that your friends daughters did not have the experience going through recruitment that they’d hoped for. But saying horrible things about actives or their new member classes is not helpful. Alums, go to UPC, start a dialogue. Dialogue with your actives, with the advisory boards of your chapters. Use this situation to improve the process for everyone, without suggesting capping or changing how quota is set.