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Originally posted by emb021
Campus approval is one of the criteria for having a recognized chapters.
Some 'underground' chapters apparently operate on campuses, using our name.
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I would think that it would be to the college administration's benefit to report illegal chapters to HQ. Does this happen? And if so, what action do they - or any other inter/national organizations - take?
While I am not an attorney, this frankly seems like fraud. And the ones presenting the group as part of the national - when they are not - could be held liable for fraud or something along that line.
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Originally posted by emb021
A related problem I've seen in my organization is that some chapters don't involve themselves with the national organization in any way. They ignore contacts from fraternity officers, they don't send people to conferences/conventions, training events, etc. Thus the chapter members have little idea there is an organization beyond their chapter. For many of these people, they only care about their chapter. They ignore any requests to get involved with the larger organization as alumni. Thus the organization loses and these people lose, because these chapters are taking this sort of attitude and not properly educating these members.
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A similar financial issue is that of ghosting. This is when a chapter removes a brother from its active-member list to save money even though the brother is still active in the chapter.
To combat this, Sigma Chi has proposed a one-time membership fee. My understanding is that each chapter may pick an approved payment plan(s) for collecting fees from members based on what works best for the chapter. The bottom line is that all fees are to be paid by the member to the chapter in/by the semester following the brother’s initiation and then submitted by the chapter to HQ when due.
Assessing the collection options.
Note: This proposal will not apply to chapter (local) fees (dues).