:: Pledge FAQ ::
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| Pledging Process |
- Do I have to attend all the rush events to join?
No, none of the events are mandatory. Please check the websites for updates. However, it is recommended that you attend some of the events so that you can become acquainted with the actives and our fraternity. The ONE mandatory event that is required to join is installations, which is Sunday October 9, 2011. You must bring $90 (exact change only or check made out to Alpha Phi Omega – Rho PI) and dress in business casual attire. Please be sure in your decision to join APO because once you have paid, there are no refunds. Remember to check out www.rush-apo.tumblr.com or follow @rush_apo for up-to date information.
- Why do I have to pay $90?
The following list dictates the breakdown of how your $90 will be spent. If you need clarification where this money goes to, please contact pta@aporhopi.org
| Nationals Fee (including insurance) |
$32.00 |
| Chapter Letters |
$25.00 |
| Food/Supplies/Pledge Fee for retreat |
$16.00 |
| Sib revealing shirts |
$10.00 |
| Family Funds |
$5.00 |
| Binders + tax + shipping |
$2.00 |
| Total Installation Pledge Fee |
$90.00 |
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Why are there two events for Operation Santa?
Operation Santa is the big service project that APO participates in every year. A committee choses deserving families encountering economic hardships and fundraises to buy presents and food in time for the winter holidays.
- Why are there two info nights?
While we present the same information at both info nights, we offer two sessions so that people who have scheduling conflicts have the option to attend either one.
- What are the requirements to become an active?
Pledge Requirements for Fall 2011: The pledge trainer has the discretion to modify the requirements.
- Installation
- Pledge retreat
- Sib revealing
- 15 hours of service
- 4 fellowships
- 3 observing fellowships (1 per week and the 3rd is up to you)
- 2 family events
- 1 inter-family event
- 1 interview party
- 1 inter-chapter event
* 5 inter-chapter interviews
- 3 alumni signatures
- 100% pledge class interviews
- 50% active signatures
- Pledge class service project (3 hours)
- Active fundraiser (2 hours)
- Pledge fundraiser
- Chairing an event
- Pledge showcase
- Pledge fellowship
- Pledge committee
- Active committee
- Attend 6/8 GBMs
- Attend 6/8 pledge meetings
- Take/pass 3 quizzes and pass the final
- Activation
- After taking the final, each pin check will result in one extra enrichment point on top of the three required enrichment points.
- Options for completing enrichment points (4 required)
* 5 hours of service
* 4 fellowships
* 100% active eboard signatures
* 15 extra active signatures
* Extra IC event
* Extra 2 hours of active fundraising
* Joining extra active committee
* 3 extra alumni signatures
* Launch workshop
* Pledge eboard officer
* Pledge family head
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| Service |
- Do I have to drive myself to the service projects?
No. Everyone meets at SunGod at the start time of the project listed on the calendar. If you have a car it would be supper awesome if you signed up to drive and drove yourself and others signed up for the project.
- I didn’t sign up online, can I still go to the project?
You must sign up for every project 24 hours in advance. If you happen to sign up late, contact the chair so that they know you are coming. To get credit for a project you must be signed up online!
- I am on the waitlist for a project, can I still go?
NO! We have project limits for a reason and once the project is full, no one else can go. If you really, really want to go to a project, contact one of the people signed up and ask if you can take their spot.
- I’m signed up on the waitlist for a project…does that mean I have to go if someone needs a replacement?
No. The waitlist does not obligate you to take someone’s spot on a project. It simply gives people signed up for a project a start of people to call to replace them if needed.
- I signed up for a project and now I can’t go, can you delete me from the calendar?
NO!!!!!! It is your responsibility to find a replacement for you and to notify the chair. Try and make sure can go to a project before you sign up, but if something comes up please find someone to take your place.
- I flaked on a project, now what?
Now you are a flaker. You will have to make the number of hours you flaked as a part of your quarterly requirements (If you flaked on a 3 hour project you will have to complete 3 additional hours <15+3=18 hr>. There is a minimum 2 hour flaking plenty for a project (ie if you flaked on a one hour project you will be penalized 2 hours). Confusing, I know…so don’t be a flaker.
- I’m the only one signed up for a project, do I still go?
What you should do if you are the only one signed up for a service project is call around and see if anyone would go with you. If no one else has signed up by the time the project is about to start, you should not go. It is a risk management issue that we do not want any pledge or active member going to any service project by themselves (this excludes service projects on campus such as tabling or Po’s Clothes). We want to make sure every person is safe at every project we participate in. If this happens you will not be penalized as a flaker, it will simply stand that the project was canceled.
- I signed up as the chair for a project, what does this mean?
Please see the page “How to be a Chair” both on the website and in your pledge binder.
- There is a service project on campus, do we meet there?
No, for every project, even for those on campus, you meet at the benches by the SunGod statue.
- Does Service love me?
Yes, yes we do.
more questions? Check out the Actives FAQ
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