I think it is a bit of all of the above! If there are more mature alumnae, they might be selected before a younger alum, due to the fact that the older women have a few more years of experience and maturity to them. However, younger alum have stepped into adviser roles. It is preferred that those younger women are not alumnae of the chapter they advise, for obvious reasons, especially when she might have friends who are still deltas.

We (ADPi voting delegates) changed the 4-year advisor rule at Convention several years ago (the one in AZ I think). Now it's up to the discretion of the Province Director. Some younger alumnae are fine, some just should not be interacting with collegiates- it depends on their maturity, the situation of the chapter, etc.

Ah! Thank you ladies for clarifying that for me. I think I was already an alum when the convention was in AZ so I wasn't just told those ADPi rumors! Thanks for helping my confused, end of school year brain out!

I know it was especially hard for our chapter to find advisors when we first started out. It was a small town in the middle of nowhere. We had "THE" chapter advisor, but there weren't any other ADPi's around to help with other stuff. So when I graduated, moved away for a year, then moved back to town, I was asked to help out here and there as an advisor. But there really wasn't anyone else.

Hopefully the Alumnae Initiate program will start being used to help chapters such as these. In my district, there were 2 chapters this spring who initiated women specifically to fill advisory positions. Both these women pitched right in and have really helped the collegiate chapters.

My own experience is that I became an Advisor when I had only been out of school for a couple years, and I was NOT ready - I still had friends in the chapter. There were problems that came from this that would not have happened had this been a different chapter, or if I had been able to separate chapter business from friendship better. I stepped down. When I became an Advisor later, I was ready, and so was the chapter.

Being an Advisor is a very rewarding experience, but it IS work. I would highly recommend it to any alumna who loves Alpha Delta Pi!