Pass It On: Recommend a member to Delta Zeta

By Guest Blogger, Ashley Patton Anderson, National Recruitment Chairman

Like one of our songs starts, it only takes a spark… and that is how we grow! Delta Zeta is a thriving membership driven organization and the time when our collegiate chapters grow the most is during the formal recruitment process. With some campuses having over 1000 potential new members (PNM) participating in the formal recruitment process, it is more important than ever for our members to submit recruitment introduction forms.

This past fall we launched a new online version of the recruitment introduction form. There are many advantages to using the online format. By submitting the form online, you will no longer have to mail a paper copy and will save the cost of postage. Once you fill out the form online and hit submit, the chapter receives your recommendation in real time.

You will find the new online form mirrors the traditional paper version that chapters have received in the past. All Delta Zetas are encouraged to use the online format, but will still have the option to submit the paper form. Delta Zeta alumnae or any active member in good standing can and should submit a recommendation.

Recommendations are needed for legacies as well. Don’t take them for granted or assume that the college chapter will automatically know that a PNM is a legacy. Without the recruitment introduction form, the PNM cannot be considered a legacy or receive the privileges associated with being a legacy.

Deadlines to submit forms vary by campus, but mid-summer to early August would be the norm for many chapters with August recruitment. It’s never too early to start submitting your introduction forms for recruitment this fall.

We hope that you find this new format user friendly, more time and cost effective. In turn, I hope this new online format will encourage you to submit many recruitment introduction forms. After all - our best recommendations come from our amazing alumnae who want to pass their Delta Zeta experience on!

You can find out more about recommending a potential new member on the Delta Zeta website at http://deltazeta.org/join/recommendamember.