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Poster Name:
RFM

Poster Message:
What you are trying to understand is RFM, Release Figure Methodology. It is a system designed to place as many pnm's as possible with a bid while maintaining equitable membership numbers among the chapters. More pnm's staying in the process and not dropping out means more invitations back and larger new member classes at the end. Every chapter has their own recruiting strength history, meaning some chapters are more highly ranked by pnm's every year and so can count on a higher percentage rate of their desired pnm's returning, while other chapters' rates are lower. These numbers are a reflection of the pnm pool, not chapter quality. Each chapter is given their release numbers at every round by panhellenic based on their recent historical return rates and applying them to the number of pnm's participating in the process. It results in some chapters inviting fewer pnm's to each round and others inviting more. In this way all chapters will hit appropriate return numbers. The stronger a chapter's recruiting history, the more pnm's they must release at each round, some are above 75% releases. These numbers are adjusted throughout the week as necessary. This year the disparities are even more pronounced because panhellenic is using Variable Quota, meaning Quotas will be higher or lower for different chapters based on everything explained above and including their total membership numbers. This is to help the new chapter build their membership. It is temporary and next year or the year after will see a return to Quota being the same for every chapter. A pnm is guaranteed a bid if she ranks both her pref houses even if it puts a house over quota. This is called Quota Plus and it exists for the benefit of the pnm's to get a bid. So some chapters will take Quota and others will take more than. No one is guaranteed their first choice bid but they are guaranteed a bid. If a pnm has only one pref house and puts it on her card she will get that bid. If a pnm only ranks one out of two pref houses and does not match with that house then she has no other option, Quota Plus does not apply, and will not get a bid.