RIT IFC Recruitment Rules and Guidelines Posting Recruitment Event Schedules ❖ Recruitment schedules may be posted at any time, both physically and electronically.
❖ Recruitment event schedules posted before Friday of Week 2 must include the
scheduled IFC recruitment event(s) if any were planned for that semester.
Bid Extension, Bid Signing, and New Member Education ❖ Grade release forms must be turned in by Wednesday week 4 to ensure that grades can
be pulled before the bid extension period ends. ➢ No bid can be extended to OR accepted by a potential unless their grades have
been checked and approved by the IFC Graduate Assistant (through the Grade
Release Form) ❖ All signed bids must be turned in to their chapter during the bid signing period ➢ Every student that receives a bid may only sign a bid for one chapter every
semester.
❖ A list of all potential new members that are extended a bid must be emailed to the IFC
Graduate Assistant by Friday of Week 4.
❖ A list of all potential new members that have accepted their bids must be emailed to the
IFC Graduate Assistant by Wednesday of week 5.
❖ The New Member Card and The New Member Bill of Rights must be filled out by every
student that signs a bid. ➢ The new member must ​
physically ​
come into the OFSL (04-A510) to fill out the
New Member Bill of Rights. ❖ All new member education programs must start Sunday week 6 ❖ Rolling bids for the next semester may be extended between Wednesday week 6 and
Wednesday Week 15
➢ Rolling bids may not be signed until the Bid Signing period for the following
semester
*Any chapter that is found to be violating this policy will be brought up on judicial review.
*For questions and concerns please contact the VP of recruitment:
[email protected]
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Bid due date ­ ​
The day that a chapter may require a potential new member to sign their bid. Bid Signing​
­ The act of a potential new member accepting their bid and consenting to the new member education process. Bid Extension​
­ The act of a Fraternity informing a potential new member that they have received a bid. This does not refer to the fraternities vote that resulted in the extension of the bid. Recruitment period​
­ The period of time in which a Fraternity may hold official recruitment events. Rolling bid​
­ Any bid that is extended outside the recruitment period. Grade Release form​
­ A form that allows the office of Fraternity and Sorority Life to check the grades of any potential. It can be retrieved at the Greek office. The form can also be downloaded at the following address: ​
OFSL Grade Release Form New member education program​
­ The process by which new members are given the information and skills necessary to become fully initiated into an organization. Hazing policy & New member Bill of Rights​
­ Documents outlining the OFSL position on hazing and what each new member can expect from their new member education program. These forms must be signed by the new member in the Greek office after receiving their bid. They may be downloaded at this address: ​
OFSL Hazing policy + New Member bill of rights IFC Recruitment Schedule – Fall 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Aug​
23
24 Wednesday 25 26 Friday 27 Saturday 28 30 31 Sep ​
1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 Bid
Extension
Begins 14 15 21 Bid Due
date
---------------First Day to
start New
Member Ed
programs 16 20 Last Day to
Turn in
Grade
Release
Forms 22 17 Bid
Extension
Ends 23 24 Accepted list
required 27 Last Day to
start New
Member Ed
programs 29 Chapter
Recruitment
Begins
Thursday 28 29 30 Rolling Bid
Extension
begins Oct ​
1 5 12 Chapter Recruitment
Ends 18 19 Bid list
required 25 26 New
Member
Cards and
Hazing
Policy
Due by
4pm 2 3