FINALLY, at least some of you see the light!!!

Now, now. No need for mercy on your souls, that is God's job....

but if you want, I'll put a good word in for ya.

Let's emphasize the GOD part a little more because you sure act like your GOD of Greekchat (omnipotent, mistake-free, etc....., in short the 'characteristics' of GOD):eek:

But hey, I can honestly say I enjoy keeping an eye on these threads, it is highly entertaining, and if done light-heartedly (like me and GZ) can be quite fun at times:cool:

But on a serious note, some of you new guys may not know, but our HQ was pretty f*$#ed up a few years ago. Not going to go into details, but from what many of the members on here have told me, we're still lucky we refer to ourselves as Lambda Chi's and that we're not paying $5,000 in dues per semester to belong. Most would agree it is getting better, and I somewhat agree.

My POINT is: WHEN do we realize we have a problem and WHAT do we do about it?

If we don't start drawing a line in the sand and know our boundaries when it comes to recognizing our problems, we WILL NOT be around in another decade.

To be honest, who gives a shit. I remember when we had regional reps in charge of like 12 regions and it didn't work. My chapters rep was a guy named Bo Jack Barney in dallas, I think he was in charge of all Texas chapters, and he would bitch and complain and we still didn't give a shit. The system with ELC's is the same, they would come in and visit our chapter and we would put up an act like we were a Grand High Alpha chapter and he would leave. My chapter has never really ever had local alumni involvement, and I'm sure this would help because we would see them more often than once a semester. I don't think its IHQ job to be a constant watch dog. Obviously the system isn't perfect but it works, we still have over 200 chapters, and fortunately my chapter has made it past the cut.

As GammaZeta pointed out, at one time in the passed years, LXA was in very bad straits financially. It then has a trickle down theory. Lack of money is a death knell as so it would seem.

But remember, these are a lot of people who are paid a lot less than they could make in the open market. The Grand High Zeta are not on the payroll and still do a trmendous amount of work for Us-LXA.

The ELC program has many members over the years and I beleive usually they last about 2 years and move on. Some may not have been as good as others, but they too were on a mission.

They visited chapters and worked with them. If they found problems, they tried to point them outwork with them and reported to IHQ. If the chapter did not follow the suggestions and carried on as usual after they left then, whose fault is that?

No one at IHQ should have to be a baby sitter as the members are supposed to be adults of sorts.

There is no simple answer to be found anywhere.

But at this point in time, the New Executive staff have turned things around by making hard decisions. We are now in a financial plus for the first time in a very long time.

I have worked with them and they are nothing but devoted Brothers (What I said, Brothers), who are working hard to get everything on not only an even keel, but in a much more comforable possition.

Honky made an excellent point about Alums. The Undergrads are our future base and they will them become Alums.

It takes: 1-2-3-4 Alums who can be a base in working with their local Zeta to advise and work with them. It is also a needed thing for the High Rho to be strong in working with Alums to keep them interested and working with their Zeta. Is it easy, hell no. Ask any Alum on GC!

Ask any Alum on GC who work with their Zetas and see what they have done.

Many on here that I should mention are :

docroc, Ottor, jono, LXAAlum, lifesaver, JoinerLXA, john1082, myself and many others.