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Originally posted by SmartBlondeGPhB
But the thing is that we, the GLO, don't NEED an AI (I am saying in general - don't flame me because you think I'm insulting AI's). Yes, AI's can be wonderful and they can add MUCH to a chapter (however not all of them do) but if a woman isn't 100% interested in only us then I have absolutely NO reason to be 100% interested in her. Tell me why I should be? She might be the greatest woman alive and able to add much to greek life, but if she's not interested enough in my chapter then it's irrelevant. I have over 2000 women in this area, who are already members of Gamma Phi Beta, my energy is better spent convincing THEM to get involved.
Now, as AI's on this board can attest to, I will bend over backward and attempt to walk on water for them if they prove they are committed. I am actually probably one of the easiest people to get on the side of a committed AI and I am very pro-AI but I also think that it's the responsibility of the PAI to convince me, not the other way around.
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This bears repeating. I think the majority of GLOs have a niche for the Honorary Member - the Housemother who spent her life taking care of her boys, the Dean or Professor who made the path to a colonization easier, etc. Alumnae Initiation becomes somewhat controversial due to many people thinking that either their GLO still ONLY does the Honorary Membership thing, or when the members feel that many other WORTHY organizations can fill the same void.
What I would like to see (picture me in a Miss America pagent, with my sash, "Mah platform is...") is a LIST such as:
1) ABC GLO: AI by Alumnae Invitation only. Do NOT contact HQ! Make a contact through GC or through a Real Life Alumnae Association.
2) DEF GLO: Contact HQ (address), and ask the following questions: 1/2/3.
3) HI GLO: Make a contact with an alumnae in good standing, then contact HQ.
etc.
Does that make sense to anyone else?
ETA: If a list such as the above is made, and it's unknown how one GLO or another does AI, then SAY "Unknown"!! That is SO much kinder than letting someone make a fool of themselves by making a wild guess as to which method to use!