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Originally posted by AXO Alum
Like I said to ms_gwyn in the other thread (which she understood my position after clarification of my intent) - I am not going to write a personal letter to everyone on GC that this does *not* apply to - if it doesn't apply to you, then its not about you.
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I apologize that we seemed to have some kind of misunderstanding. I did not ever think that you were personally trying to point me out. There's no reason why I would - I think I'm probably the only AI on this forum that everyone can have a 100% degree of certainty about. Really, anyone who questions my membership would have to have very poor reading and comprehension skills. I have several GC eyewitnesses to my initiation and there are photos posted of me standing with international officers. I'm not a faker and I certainly did my homework.
All I was trying to say was that I liked the forum and I don't think it's as bad as some people say. Regardless of whether or not there are "crazies" and "fakers" who are trying to AI, I like the forum and I find it useful. I feel that perhaps you (?) are trying to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
How about the Recruitment Forum?
* Every year we get at least one faker on the Rush forum who never got a bid like she said she did.
* I have seen lots of threads from rushess on that forum who post "How competitive is rush at LSU?" and "How do I get recs?" and "What do I wear to rush?". They don't do their homework either - they just come to GC and expect everyone to do the work for them instead of asking their campus' Greek Advisor or actually reading previous threads.
* There have been several girls who got cut heavily during recruitment and GC members told them it was "ok" and they should "try again".
Using the same standards, the Rush forum seems like just as good of a candidate for deletion as this one. How come the rush forum isn't held to the same "wretched" standard?
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The word "wretched" is my opinion when it comes to the problems that this forum has helped foster. Its the only word that came to mind when I think of all the problems this forum has led to for some people (people, keep in mind, that did not want to work for AI but rather were led to believe "oh - I got cut from all 17 houses, but there's always AI")
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Yes, that is your opinion and, as I stated previously, I do respect your right to have one. Honestly, I
do respect it. However, I just don't *agree*. I have seen many *excellent* AIs come out of this forum and I feel bad that the good of the many AIs and PNAMs is being outweighed by the tackiness of a few. I personally was lied to by one of our infamous PNAM/AIs and I was not too happy about it (and darn it, I know for a fact that she is
not a member!). But should I then turn around and have mistrust for everyone? I'm not naive, but it's not in my nature to not give people the initial benefit of the doubt.
You and I are actually in agreement on one thing; I also don't like the idea of encouraging people who got cut lots of times with "...oh but that's ok, there's always AI". I abhor that...it cheapens the hard work of the AIs and invites people who may not be good candidates to try when really they shouldn't be.
Other than a wholesale deletion of this subforum, do you have any ideas for what can we do to make improvements here? Adding an NPC/AI moderator was one suggestion. Also, maybe those of us in the know can post corrections in the rush threads whenever people tell failed rushees that they can always AI. Anything else?
.....Kelly
