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University:  California State University, Fullerton - CSUF

Greek Organization:  Alpha Delta Pi

Author:  ADPI's Executive Board

Comment:  The first step in righting wrongs is to acknowledge them. Alpha Delta Pi acknowledges the unintended harm we have caused women who were invited to our preference ceremony and were not extended a bid into our chapter. We recognize your frustration and want to address rumors that have circulated. This year's recruitment was unprecedented. CSUF Panhellenic voted to utilize a COB (continuous open bidding) recruitment format that is normally utilized to add 10+ women to chapters in a casual setting rather than a structured primary recruitment format which is designed to add 40+ women to chapters, which is normally used in the fall semesters. A structured format encourages all women interested in joining a sorority on campus to partake in the process, giving them the opportunity to meet every chapter and equally dividing every PNM amongst all six chapters, instead of only allowing chapters to fill their vacant spots which was the case for fall 2020. During this COB process, Alpha Delta Pi met over 300 women who had signed up to participate via ADPI's recruitment interest survey. We then started offering invitation only events to get closer and closer to our allotted 46 new members. We recognize that while our intentions were to give all women a fair and equal opportunity during the recruitment process, inviting over 100 women to our preference ceremony has unintentionally caused harm within our community. For that we sincerely apologize. Preference round in a structured format allows PNMs to only visit 2 chapters. During this year's COB PNMs were able to visit up to 6 chapters. Our chapter, with the help of our international organization, chose to follow the data from the previous 3 recruitments as it relates to invitations to our invite only events. Over the last 3 years, we have invited roughly 100 women to our preference parties and about 70 women have accepted. We followed the same standards knowing women had the opportunity to visit more than the traditional 2 chapters. Without the help of a campus wide governing body to manage the PNM process, every chapter had no option but to guess how many PNMs would choose to go to more than one house. ADPI MOVING FORWARD- As we take accountability for our mistakes during the fall 2020 COB process, we will continue to reflect on our opportunities for growth in this space both as a chapter and a panhellenic community. We have met many amazing women who we continue to reach out to and build genuine friendships with. We pledge to work with and encourage CSUF Panhellenic to take a more active role in the recruitment process in the spring 2021 semester as the organizers and leaders of all 6 chapters on the CSUF campus. We wish everyone a successful and healthy semester. Sincerely, ADPI's Executive Board Note: The scoring on this comment does not reflect our sisterhood or organization rather they were a requirement to post on this platform and should be disregarded.