Pardon me for crashing your board...
 

I hope you guys get this situation fixed soon. It is totally immoral that a group would take items that have been part of your sorority's history and traditions for probably a hundred years (I don't know when AZD was founded, sorry) and use them. Best luck to all of you Alpha Xi Deltas out there as you get this straightened out.

Nicole

Pardon me for crashing again...

I just wanted to say that I really am not that stupid, that I guess I was just incredibly tired when I wrote my last post... I realize that Jim Henson did not create the your mascot "almost a hundred years ago" (duh, stupid me :rolleyes: , don't I look like a total idiot). I guess my point is that it is unethical of another group to take your time-honored and treasured mascot/symbol and use it for their gain/purposes.

Please forgive this poor, tired girl :p .

Nicole

Hee hee, that's totally OK! Don't worry about it!

Let's join 'em
 

If they want to be like AZD, let's send a national officer up there and affiliate them.

i would just like to get their story as to why they want to be us.

hey..apparently there is some chica on gc who's screen name is "alpha xi" but she is part of a local called alpha xi omicron.... i don't know anything about their org. but yet again, it sounds like someone is copying us.

Maybe ... I mean, there are so many Greek letters to go around. There are nationals that have similar names (ASA and AST, AGD and AXD, AOP and ADP), so unless the similarities go farther than that, I wouldn't worry too much.

I just wanted to mention that at Carleton University (in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), there was a local called "Gamma Omicron Pi". They fully intended to affiliate with Alpha Omicron Pi, and they are now, indeed, an installed Alpha Omicron Pi chapter.
I think the Gamma Omicron Pi's may have chosen a very similar name so that when they affiliated, the name change wouldn't be too drastic or anything.

I guess you can think of it as imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. These girls must think very highly of Alpha Xi Delta, or they wouldn't try so hard to emulate AXi D on their local webpage.

i still haven't heard anything from headquarters. maybe i will send another email about it after the school year settles in.

I think it wouldn't have been so bad in the name...Alpha Xi Zeta is still pretty close...but the fact they're ripping off your mascots and colors and symbols...that's a little wacked!
Keep us posted....

Hootie

Did anyone ever find out what the story was on this group?

nope. i never heard anything from nationals about it.

Forgive my Intrusion
 

I looked at the Alpha Xi Zeta site and notice a major discrepancy besides ripping off your mascot and symbols. They say their are local, but the have a national philanthropy as well as a local one. My question is, and please don't get offended, are they trying to affiliate with AZD? If not, notify HQ and and contact the organization in question. If they want to be affiliated with Alpha Xi Delta, this is not the way to go! They should have learned the appropriate way to go about it!
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I would be surprised if they are trying to affiliate, since they make such a big deal about their uniqueness.

FHQ does know about the group. I don't know what they think about it, or if they intend to do anything, but they have been informed. At this point, it is in their hands.

Re: Forgive my Intrusion
 

I think what they are saying is that the local phil is just in that area and the American Cancer Society is in, well, all of America. But combined with everything else, the way they say it does look somewhat shady.