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Hi Tom,
What I said is a positive, not a negative. I think relationships would be alot better between chapters and elc's if the chapters could really open up to them. Maybe some sort of confidentiality. I do think Elcs are good and necessary.
For instance, maybe a chapter has a problem with hazing, but a few disapprove of it. They could go to the elc for help in changing their chapter for the better, without the risk of shutting it down immediately or being alienated from their friends or brothers. Maybe the ELC could tackle the problem head on, without involving IHQ.
As for the Gamma house, ZBT is now living in it. Nothing has changed. The roof is still falling apart. Looks like hell. Doesn't look like a dime has been spent in three years improving it. A couple weeks ago there was a stabbing in front of the house by a couple of ZBT brothers. Unfortunately, the ZBT chapter still has alot of thugs from when I was at school there. Our house is not in good hands.
I would have thought that being the very first chapter house, with historical significance, and being the first/second chapter, that IHQ would begin something to restore it. Several of our brothers contacted IHQ, and they basically got a "we'll think about it in a couple of years."
Too late IHQ. We have/had a vibrant, close young alumni group from the last couple years willing to work to reopen it. Most are in the Boston area, a few in Western Mass. But now they have some time and expendable $$$ to put into it. Guess IHQ doesn't care though.
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