Member Fraternity. To this end, the IFC shall not establish policies that inhibit men from participating in recruitment activities and joining Member Fraternities.
Section II. Membership GPA Requirements Any Potential New Member shall meet the following GPA requirement in order to be accepted as a New Member by any Member Fraternity:
● a minimum high school GPA of 3.0 for first semester freshmen; or a minimum college GPA: of 2.5; or at / or above the institution’ s all-men’ s average.
Section III. IFC Sponsored Recruitment Under the guidance of the IFC Vice President of Recruitment, the IFC shall designate periods of time during each semester when the IFC will assist Member Fraternities by advertising their recruitment events, hosting campus-wide recruitment events, and educating Potential New Members on the fraternity community.
Section IV. Year-Round Recruitment Member fraternities are encouraged to participate in year-round recruitment and shall establish recruitment practices and timelines as determined to best serve that Member Fraternity.
Section V. Member Fraternity Recruitment Each Member Fraternity shall develop recruitment events, materials, and activities that are:
○ Values-based;
○ Alcohol-free and illegal substance-free;
○ Generally in good taste;
○ Not derogatory, degrading, or slanderous.
Section VI. Bidding Each Member Fraternity shall reserve the right to extend or retract a bid utilizing a process and timeline as determined by that Member Fraternity.
Each Potential New Member shall reserve the right to accept or decline any bid at any time without any penalty or pressure placed upon the Potential New Member.
Section VII. New Member Disassociation / De-pledging A New Member shall reserve the right to disassociate / de-pledge from the new member process of any Member Fraternity at any time and may accept a bid from another Member Fraternity at any time following that disassociation / de-pledging.
Section VIII. Comity No Member Fraternity shall initiate communication with a New Member or Member of another Member Fraternity about disassociation / de-pledging in order to become a New Member or Member of their own Member Fraternity.
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