National umbrella organizations--Did you know..?
 

As I was research something from another chat group, I came across this information I thought i would share here, since there are a LOT of people who don't realize the "fraternal Greek world" is much bigger than just their org or their own campus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_U..._Organizations
(as far as I know, this is the most recent update).


North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) - Conference formed by 75 National fraternities.
National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) - Conference formed by 26 National Greek lettered sororities and women's fraternities.
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) - Council formed by the 9 largest and most established Black Greek lettered organizations, the Divine Nine.
National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) - Association formed by 19 of the largest and most established Latino Greek lettered organizations
National APIA Panhellenic Association (NAPA) - Association formed by 10 of the largest and most established Asian Greek lettered organizations.
National Multicultural Greek Council (NMGC) - Council formed by 10 of the largest and most established Multicultural Greek lettered organizations.
National Interfraternity Music Council (NIMC) - Council formed by 7 of the largest and most established Music fraternities and sororities.
United Council of Christian Fraternities & Sororities (UCCFS) - Council formed by 4 Christian fraternities and sororities.
National American Greek Council (NAGC) - Council formed by 12 regional and local fraternities and sororities.
Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) - Association of 62 National honors and leadership societies.
Concilio Interfraternitario Puertorriqueño de la Florida (Puerto Rican Interfraternity Council of Florida) (CIPFI) - Council formed by the 5 largest fraternities from Puerto Rico with chapters in Florida.
Professional Fraternity Association (PFA) - Association of 37 National collegiate professional, service and honor fraternities.

MysticCat, Silver Turtle, et al, does NIMC still exist?

NIMC still exists. They hold their annual meetings during the PFA conference every fall.

I believe that Phi Mu Alpha is still a part of NIMC, although they withdrew from PFA due to changes within their organization. (I'm sure MysticCat can verify or correct me).

The other members are Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, Delta Omicron, Mu Phi Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Iota & Phi Beta.

Thanks!

So, here is a current list from the same source:

North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) - Conference formed by 75 National fraternities.
National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) - Conference formed by 26 National Greek lettered sororities and women's fraternities.
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) - Council formed by the 9 largest and most established Black Greek lettered organizations, the Divine Nine.
National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) - Association formed by 19 of the largest and most established Latino Greek lettered organizations
National APIA Panhellenic Association (NAPA) - Association formed by 10 of the largest and most established Asian Greek lettered organizations.
National Multicultural Greek Council (NMGC) - Council formed by 10 of the largest and most established Multicultural Greek lettered organizations.
National Interfraternity Music Council (NIMC) - Council formed by 7 of the largest and most established Music fraternities and sororities.
United Council of Christian Fraternities & Sororities (UCCFS) - Council formed by 4 Christian fraternities and sororities.
National American Greek Council (NAGC) - Council formed by 12 regional and local fraternities and sororities.
Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) - Association of 62 National honors and leadership societies.
Concilio Interfraternitario Puertorriqueño de la Florida (Puerto Rican Interfraternity Council of Florida) (CIPFI) - Council formed by the 5 largest fraternities from Puerto Rico with chapters in Florida.
Professional Fraternity Association (PFA) - Association of 37 National collegiate professional, service and honor fraternities

Defunct umbrella orgs (or renamed-restructured)

Interfraternity Conference (IFC) - Organized in 1909. Changed its name to National Interfraternity Conference in 1931.
Association of Pedagogical Sororities (APS) - Organized in 1915. Changed its name to Association of Educational Sororities at its third biennial conference.
Association of Educational Sororities (AES) - Created from the renaming of the Association of Pedagogical Sororities. Later, the word "Educational" was changed to "Education". In 1947, AES dissolved and its member organizations became Associate members of the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), attaining Full membership four years later in 1951.
Professional Panhellenic Association (PPA) - Organized in 1925. In 1978, it merged with the Professional Interfraternity Conference to create the Professional Fraternity Association (PFA), as a result of the impact of Title IX on most fraternal groups with professional affiliations.
Professional Interfraternity Conference (PIC) - Organized in 1928. In 1978, it merged with the Professional Panhellenic Association to create the Professional Fraternity Association (PFA), as a result of the impact of Title IX on most fraternal groups with professional affiliations.
National Interfraternity Conference (NIC) - Created in 1931 from the renaming of the Interfraternity Conference. Changed its name to North-American Interfraternity Conference in 1999 in order to reflect the organization's Canadian membership.
Concilio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas (CNHL) - Organized in 1996. In 2000, CNHL dissolved and its member organizations became members of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO).
Latino Fraternal Council (LFC) - Organized in June 2000 as five Latino fraternities withdrew their respective CNHL or NALFO membership. LFC dissolved in June 2001, after only one year of existence.
Latino Fraternal Caucus (LFC) - Caucus organized within NIC in 2001 by its four Latino fraternity members. Eventually, it dissolved.
Fraternity Leadership Association (FLA) - Organized in 2002 by two fraternities that withdraw their membership in NIC due to a disenchantment with the strategic direction of the organization. They were joined by four other fraternities, which kept dual membership in NIC. Eventually, it dissolved.
Asian Greek Association (AGA) - Organized in 2004. Changed its name to National Asian Greek Council in 2005.
National Asian Greek Council (NAGC) - Created from the renaming of the Asian Greek Association in 2005. After some restructuring, it changed its name to National Asian Pacific Islander American Panhellenic Association (NAPA) in 2006.

Link for defunct orgs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defunct..._Organizations

That neat. The defunct one made me laugh!! When I was in Kappa Sigma they were the one of the groups who left and formed the FLA, glad to see that was time and money well spent...... :(

I wonder if they and Phi Delta Theta who was the other group, returned to NIC....

BG

Yes, NIMC does still exist, and yes, Sinfonia still participates in it.

It's probably worth clarifying what NIMC is and isn't though. It's not an organization like NIC, NPC or NPHC that regulates member orgs in any way or governs how they relate to each other or to campuses. Rather, it's an annual meeting of the national presidents of the participating GLOs.

Delta Omicron, Mu Phi Epsilon and SAI have entered into a separate agreement requiring that when at least two of those orgs have chapters on the same campus, those chapters will form a Campus Interfraternity Music Council. CIMCs can also be formed on other campuses if desired, and chapters of other orgs that participate in NIMC can also participate in a CIMC.

As far as the PFA goes, Phi Mu Alpha withdrew in 2007 because our leadership had been unable to resolve the conflict between being a social fraternity (which we were founded as and which we have officially been classified as since the 80s) and the professional GLO focus of the PFA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfr...ference#Member

Membership count
 

I went to Wikipedia and updated the membership count for several of the outdated umbrella groups according to their respective national webpage. There are small changes.

And even the NPC isn't the same kind of organization as NIC; and the new NPHC structure is more like NIMC is now than what NPHC used to be.

Very true about NPC and NIC. And I didn't know that about NPHC -- interesting. I just wanted to make sure it was clear that NIMC is more consultative and informal (I don't believe it is incorporated) than many othe umbrella orgs.

Do you recall what the gist of the FLA/NIC schism was all about?

Here are a few threads on it:

Phi Delta Theta & Kappa Sigma Withdrawal from NIC (Official Phi Delt Statement)

Phi Delta Theta No Longer NIC?

Reason for Dropping from NIC

First post in the first thread contains Phi Delta Theta's official statement and outlines the reasons it withdrew. An excerpt:

Phi Delta Theta has been concerned about the focus and direction of the NIC for more than six years. Specifically, we feel that the main focus of the NIC should be to provide services to its member organizations, rather than to individual undergraduates. Over the last decade, NIC has created several outstanding educational and leadership programs such as the Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute (UIFI), IMPACT and Futures Quest which generate substantial revenue for NIC. Unfortunately, as these programs have grown in scope and revenue production, they have become the primary focus of the NIC staff's activities. We feel that the NIC should primarily focus its attention on representing the fraternity movement and acting as an advocate for its member fraternities with university administrators, government, the media, and the general public.

I think Kappa Sig's reasons were similar.

It should also be noted that it costs a good deal of money to be a member of the NIC. The cost is based on how many chapters you have. Ultimately these groups probably didn't feel like it was worth the investment.

I'm curious to see if either group looks to come back to the NIC now that it seems they're balancing their focus (i.e. being more vocal advocates for open expansion and in opposition to deferred recruitment).