Rushing AND Motivating Members @ Medium-Sized D1 West Coast School
Whats up yall
I'm the Vice President of my chapter and my role focuses on overseeing committees, which basically means I oversee Rush, Socials, and Philanthropies. We're kicking off our summer rush with the classic dm's on insta and my chapters goal is 500 reachouts by the end of the summer. We were at almost 70 members but a big graduating class (re-chartered in 2021) and some drops left us now at 56. I'm at a medium-sized D1 school where the largest frat has 147 members. 56 isn't terrible, but I'd like to leave my position at 60-70+ members.
But here's a problem: Literally nobody seems to have any motivation to rush. I had to put out a $30 fine for underclassmen to reach out to 10 guys over the summer and still people didn't do it.
What's your guy's tips on cold dm'ing and motivating the member base to actually contribute and grow the chapter?