multicultural greek sorority need help !!
 

In 09 i become a greek the sorority was great at first but it all fell apart so i decided to go inactive bc of the Drama. So i talked to our Greek Adviser about giving up my letters and seeing about joining a other sorority of course we know that isnt going to happen. However, i was never given a sister pin nor a certificate of proof that i am a sister and intill this day ive yet to get one. We have all as a whole have talked to our HQ and yet nothing.. Could this be a loophole to where i could join a other sorority? If this possible i will be rushing a Panhellenic sorority not a MCG .. so would that help my case?

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Seriously, how many more of these I-assume-I-can-just-slip-by-under-the-radar threads are going to pop up?

This is getting so old.

Well, yes, that is correct.

Neither was I (given a pin or a certificate of proof) but I'm still a member.

No. No loopholes. Not even if you don't have a pin or a certificate of membership. You're a member. Can't unring that bell.

Forget the sorority...pledge the library. -(R) SenI

ETA: I do have to give her credit though, since I believe this is the first thread of its kind to correctly use "apart". However, she more than made up for it with the rest of that mess.

Honestly, there is no rule that prevents you from joining an NPC group (I assume that's what you mean by panhellenic, but if you mean NPHC, disregard this advice) if you were a member of a non-NPC group. If an NPC group extends you an invitation to membership, you can accept it.

@DeltaBetaBaby, so theoretically a person could be a member of a MCGO as well as an NPC organization? I did not know that.

My interpretation of the OP's post ... oh nevermind. I need more coffee.

I don't know that any group would invite someone to be a member once she had been a member of another group, nor do I know anything about the membership policies of organizations other than my own, but the official Green Book rule on this only covers NPC orgs.

From The Panhellenic Compact:

"A woman who is or who has ever been an initiated member of an existing
NPC fraternity shall not be eligible for membership in another NPC fraternity."

That is interesting. Perhaps some of the individual NPC sororities have more strict regulations even if the NPC body does not.

Not every NPHC sorority and fraternity prohibits (or has details on their websites) applicants who are members of another NPHC; NPC; or IFC GLO. Delta does and it is on our national website:


One of Delta's requirements for collegiate applicants is "the student is not a member of any society holding membership in the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. or the Panhellenic Conference, Inc." One of the requirements for alumnae applicants is "the female is not a member of, nor has been expelled from, any society holding membership in the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. or the Panhellenic Conference, Inc."

It's so important to us that it's on NHQ's FAQ, in addition to "If you are a member of another organization holding membership in the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. or the Panhellenic Conference, Inc. you are not eligible to join Delta Sigma Theta."

***This has yet to include other sororities such as those in NALFO. I have not noticed any sororities that are members of NALFO that have such applicant restrictions on their websites. Maybe this will be updated if attempts at cross-membership becomes more of an issue.

I have a question about that, if you don't mind. So, if a woman is a member of an NPC organization in college and graduates with no interruption in her membership, then chooses to join an Alumnae chapter of an NPHC, that's not allowed? The reason I ask is because a very prominent member of my GLO is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta. DrPhil, if you want, I can pm you more about it but, I always thought NPC membership didn't hinder NPHC membership, if you wanted to be a member of both, honorably. Am I wrong about this?

No.

I recommend not sharing this with me for a number of reasons.

Okay. I won't. I'm just really confused, now.

In my organization, it has not been much of an issue, and it isn't directly addressed on our website. However, we do state on the membership application that fully initiated members of any other greek letter organizations (with the exception of honor or professional societies) are not allowed to apply.

No confusion, somebody slipped through.

I have an idea how they slipped through but will not say that is what happened.

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Originally Posted by DrPhil ***This has yet to include other sororities such as those in NALFO. I have not noticed any sororities that are members of NALFO that have such applicant restrictions on their websites. Maybe this will be updated if attempts at cross-membership becomes more of an issue.

I know you all are talking sorority but for us, right on our become a member page is specifically says,

"Candidates of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity must not currently be a member of or have previously been a member of another intercollegiate fraternity other than an honorary or professional fraternity."