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MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS REGARDING MEMBERSHIP When will I receive proposal forms? Proposal forms will be mailed in January. If you have not received your forms by the first week of January, you should call the membership chairman. Please give the mail adequate time before calling to request a new packet. Who is a legacy? A legacy is the 6th grade full or half sibling, related by blood, of a current Cotillion Student Member in good standing or of a former Cotillion Student Member who was in good standing at the completion of the 12th grade. If there aren’t legacies in upper grade drawings, how is priority established? Priority is established by the number of consecutive years a person has been on the waiting list. These proposals are given priority in the draw for any available spaces. A candidate must be proposed each and every year to remain and advance on the waiting list. Spaces are not necessarily filled by persons from the same school or of the same gender as the member who has dropped. All persons who have been on the waiting list the longest have an equal chance to be drawn. Who proposes 6thgrade legacies? Who proposes non-legacies? Parents of 6th grade legacies propose their own child. Parents of any current Cotillion member can propose a child for membership. What are the requirements for proposal? Baton Rouge Cotillion proposed members must be currently enrolled AND enrolled for one previous school year in a school with a physical address in the city of Baton Rouge. What are the procedures for the 7thgrade draw? Legacies are given the first openings of the 150 available spots. All other proposals are put in the draw until the 150 openings are filled. Every child has an equal chance. We do not separate by schools; however, each individual school is limited to no more than 24 members per grade. We will have 75 boys and 75 girls in the 7th grade. What are the procedures for the 8th-12thgrade draw? Vacancies occur in upper grades because members move, choose to drop their membership, do not respond to renewal requirement deadlines, or do not attend the required number of Dance Sessions. When vacancies occur, priority is given to those persons who have been on the waiting list for the most consecutive years. These persons are placed in the draw for the vacant spot or spots in a given grade. Will parents of former Cotillion members automatically receive proposal forms for their younger legacies? No. If you know someone whose child is a legacy but older siblings have already graduated, PLEASE TELL THEM TO CALL THE MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN TO GET A PROPOSAL FORM. Please remember this is a volunteer organization. The parents of younger legacies have the ultimate responsibility for proposing their children. |
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