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Originally posted by Ideal08:
But understand this, in order to get an understanding of different traditions and whatnot between GLO's and BGLO's, conversations have to be had. I think that we can have conversations and disagree without getting bent out of shape about it. Everyone has an opinion. And as someone pointed out to me, just because we have different traditions, neither is right or wrong.
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Good post -- this is what we should be working toward
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I don't understand why some people choose not to be active after graduation. Like I said, I was very excited about going through our alum ceremony and I am looking forward to becoming alum president. I guess I can understand that for some people, they have been in a chapter for 4 years, and they need a mental break to decide where they're going, what they're doing, etc. Its our job as alums to continually send them our info to pull them back in. There is no formal deactivation after graduation (at least for AXO) so an alum sister can be inactive for years and then one day just pick back up. I don't necessarily like this, and I think our nationals is doing a great job of trying to keep alums active via career networking and alumni initiative programs.
If, however, an active collegiate sister decides to quit, and goes through the formal process of signing papers and all that, then no she is not allowed to re-join even as an alum.
Alpha Chi Omega does not as of yet have an alumni initiate program -- I know there are special circumstances for this, usually reserved for a mother who was unable to attend college but who has been very supportive to her daughter's chapter and the Fraternity. I also have heard that they are working on creating an alumni initiate program - which I would be VERY excited about.
I am always interested in hearing stories of people joining via alum chapters instead of undergrad chapters -- I think it speaks volumes about the quality of membership and I hope that our organziation does implement an alum initiate program.
AKA_Monet:
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Your philanthropies that your organizations support seem to me are organizationed mainly by your collegiate members and although it may extend after graduation, I want to know if your alumni chapters actively initiate separate "programs" of philanthropy to fulfill a need in your communities?
Again, I am not trying to speak for AlphaChiGirl, but since we are sisters I thought I would answer this -- we have a national philanthropy which is The Alpha Chi Omega Foundation. The foundation provides for our sisters in the event of a tragedy, or life changing situation. It also provides for programs such as "Kristen's Story" which is provided at college campuses and is a program about rape (sponsored in conjunction with Tri-Delta). Anyway, we also support victims of domestic violence. As a result, our individual collegiate chapters adopt a shelter(s) in their area that they work with. This includes a drive for supplies, babysitting, cleaning the shelter, etc.
From this, the alum chapters can either adopt their own shelters, or choose to work with the collegiate sisters -- some do both. Our alum chapter does both by collecting toiletries and other supplies for surrounding area shelters, but also coordinating babysitting and cleaning crews with the collegiate chapter. This will vary from collegiate to alum chapter, and depending on the size of the towns each is located in.
Hope this helps!