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Originally posted by 33girl
Actually, yes, it's a great deal of difference.
You were hired specifically for your knowledge of Greek life. You probably have a degree in student affairs in higher ed. If someone asks you a question you can't answer, you defer to their national HQ or NIC/NPC.
I see no evidence that these SARFs will do any of those things. They just seem like the garden variety grad assistant - and that's another thing, these people are still students - except they stick them in Greek houses.
I think what CC means is - for example, our membership program is called Advantage and you have to do certain things to earn the required "Advantage points." If they asked one of these SARFs "will doing a car wash count for Advantage points?" they would not know, unless they were a sister. I would not want a nonsister saying "yes, you can use that" and have the chapter think that was the same as an advisor who was a member. Many groups have very specific things they need to complete and they need to go to members first, not a random grad student.
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Exactly. I would have no problem with a MEMBER living in-house and serving in that capacity. A random non-member, no way. Being a Greek advisor gives some credibility to suggestions- being a student who is NOT a member does not.
In my org, we have plenty of area officers, advisors, etc. who I would ask, "We need to do a risk management program; what should we do?" I would not necessarily ask the Greek advisor and I surely would not ask another student who is not a member of my org.