My fellow NPHC Greek from Sigma Gamma Rho has an excellent response to the original poster's question. Many forums on GC don't pertain to NPHC organizations, e.g. Rush and Social.

ST

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
Epsilon Xi Omega, #8, December 2000

Thanks for everyone's support. Special thanks to Lifesaver for saying what I had meant.

It wouldn't have to be called pledging. The forum could be called something like Pledging/New Members or just New Members.

I'm sorry if I offended any groups that aren't allowed to use the term pledging. That was not my intent. Also, I understand that NPHC new member process is rather secert, and exposing ANY groups secerts is something that I would never be a part of.


Interfraternaly
Optimist Prime
(Billy)

First off I don't think there is anything wrong with calling people pledges, or using pledging as a verb...I hate when people say that it is demeaning. I used those terms and never felt degraded in any way...probably because I was proud of being a pledge and didn't have people telling me I should be offended. :rolleyes:

Not to shoot down anyone's idea but I don't really think we need another forum. We do have people on here who are going through pledging but not tons, and if you have questions about how to improve your pledge program, etc that is covered in the Chapter Operations forum. Plus as we have seen, it may cause misunderstandings for NPHC members and even among NPC & NIC we can't decide what to call it.

Not to even mention once you get started discussing A it isn't far to B or C...some things, even if they are not ritual, should stay secret.

This is not an individual decision, this is based on our National bondies that oversee us. It's not about whether someone is "offended" by the term. It's about whether or not the term can be FORMALLY used and in what context. We should all respect the differences between our organizations.

So....can we get it started???