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Originally posted by ladygreek
Just to throw another light on the subject. I do not consider the NPHC to be a governing or ruling body. Each member is autonomous in its own governance.
I see the NPHC more as a coordinating body--for local affiliates, a way to work together to make sure activities and events don't conflict, and nationally to provide a vehicle for the national presidents of the D9 and represntatives from local pans hells to discuss mutual issues and sometimes issue joint statements.
We don't even have a local pan hell --collegiate nor alumnae here.
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*kinda off topic, but I want to address this point. **
My interactions with the NPHC at the undergrad and grad level have been good. The NPHC pretty much functions as you state, as a coordinating body. Since much of the focus of NPHC greeks is to serve the community, it is important to try not to book your event on a day when another org has an event so there will not be conflict and confusion. Also, coordinating events is good because then we can go out and support each org's events.
Here in Houston, the NPHC on the grad level is handled very well. We have 19 NPHC grad chapters so there is a great deal of coordinating going on. The executive board of the Houston NPHC is such that every greek org has a position and the president's position rotates through each of the D9 orgs. For a number of past years a Kappa was the 'glue' that held us together. He would make sure that all of the 19 grad chapters got together for events and supported each other and a few of our common community service events. Lately it has been an Omega who has taken up this role.
And you know what, it works.
**now back to the topic**
It is very simple, if an org wants to join the NPHC can meet the criteria, then let them join. If they can't meet the criteria, then they should go back and determine what they need to do to meet the criteria. It's like getting a job, either you have the qualification for it, or you don't.