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I would like to present an update on this issue since it first arose and I first posted on GC looking for some input.

Our National Organization has looked at the situation with our implementation of the 8 week pledge program and allowing hold over pledges and academic requirements for initiation being imposed at an early stage in the semester (8 weeks), a good deal of time before final grades are released.

Communication between my chapter and headquarters, as well as a few other chapters I'm sure, has proven successful and a solution has been reached. I'm proud to say that my chapter, Beta Tau's system of implementing the 8 week pledge program with allowance for holdovers for legitimate reasons and our method to retain our academic standards through grade reports was agreed on as an appropriate way to implement the changes and was actually recognized during training and leadership sessions at our Division Conference as being a great template for a great program.

It just goes to show that when everyone from top down, bottom up, alums and undergrads, are working towards a common cause and to improve the organization then real solutions can be reached. I'm proud of my chapter for thinking outside of the box in looking for solutions. And even though at first it looked as if their ingenuity would actually cost them accreditation...in the end, it turned out to be just the solution everyone was looking for.

Thanks for all of your input!