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interesting thread
Alpha Phi Omega is so much different from national social fraternities and sororities. I think it is because, for the most part, the members are able to create our own chapter policies.
While we do have national bylaws, a board of directors and sectional and regional governing bodies, each individual chapter is allowed to function on its own. Because we have that kind of governing process, really the active members are allowed to dictate what happens in their respective chapters with relatively little outside influence. We don't have traveling consultants to come check up on us probably unless the chapter is facing serious charges.
So you have some Alpha Phi Omega chapters that look and act like social sororities or social fraternities (even at co-ed campuses). Some function like clubs, but you can't really apply the same label to Alpha Phi Omega across the board.
Sometimes I feel like Alpha Phi Omega is comprised by a bunch of locals that fall under one national body.
But as campus dynamics change, so do GLOs. Especially ours.
(Incidentally, while there are many alums who have a lot of respect for Alpha Phi Omega nationally, I bet that the majority hold in higher regards the chapter that they were a member of in undergrad.)
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