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Originally posted by ladygreek
I can only talk about DST, I think what makes us and the other the NPHC orgs appear more standardized is the national infrastucture. We are governed by a national executive board some of which are elected at out national conventions or regional conferences, and others appointed by the elected national president. We also have a headquarters staff and a facility that occupies four adjoining addresses in DC.
We are very clear about protocol and traditions, and the difference between the two, i.e. what is official and what isn't. We have a national code of conduct that spell out what violates our constitutions, bylaws, and policies and procedures, and the penalties for chapters and individuals for doing so. For example, wearing our letters or colors inappropriately (and that is spelled out) is a violation. And we publish the names of violators on our national website.
And finally all of the same rules apply to collegiate and alumnae chapters. Even the membership intake process is the same for both.
So we basically function with our Grand Chapter having ultimate decision making authority. And no local chapter can set policies or procedures that conflict with Grand Chapter's. This leads to greater standardization.
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NPC groups have (inter)national headquarters and boards, and we also have rules about what we can and cannot do in our letters. It's just that our standards are a little different from NPHC groups. At our convention in 2004, we received tote black tote bags with red, green and yellow on them. "Yellow" isn't really one of our colours (buff is), and I guess by NPHC standards, we would have had violations, because the colours weren't right (especially with the black bags).