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Originally posted by Rain Man
I agree; the very stringent membership requirements are ridiculous indeed. 
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Just a comment from a non-NPHCer - I think it's good to have stringent membership requirements...it will prevent you from having organizations in your council that cannot stand on their own two feet for a few years. I think that's one of the problems with the two national multicultural councils that are established. There are little to no requirements and that means any organization can jump on and fall off. Having requirements that basically make it so that the organization can exist without the council means that the org is not using the council to just "get their name out there". It also means that they can actually be a support for the other orgs in the NPHC that are already very established. A younger organization would not be much help in the NPHC.
Like TheEpitome1920 said, practically all the orgs that are Black focused that were formed that are not in the NPHC were formed because the founders weren't looking for anything they found in the NPHC. That probably means that they weren't trying to be down with the NPHC from jump.
Personally, I don't think it's alienation/discouragement...if you really want to be in the NPHC...join one of the organizations already in it.