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Originally Posted by Scandia
What if your closest exposure to a specific sorority (say, a friend or co-worker of yours) is a GLO that does not really match your personality or ideals. That you cannot see yourself being a member of, even though it is a great match for the person you know. However, you decide to investigate more about sororities (without necessarily having AI in mind)- and come across one that is a fantastic match for you, but was not at the university you attended. And it does engage in AI without major restrictions. Your friend says good things about it, even though she ended up joining a different one. She talks to you about AI, and now you would love to belong to that new organization. Wouldn't this be a valid reason to approach AI?
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Scandia, I think some people here are uncomfortable with the idea (and I'm getting to that point myself) of someone approaching a sorority without any sort of connections -- and by that I mean having a very close friend or relative bring up the idea of AI to you. I'm all about AI for women that have done a lot for either an individual chapter or the philanthropy at large, like being a staff advisor. Ditto for mothers or sisters of members who have been very involved with the sorority. In your case, an argument could be made that you don't have strong enough connections to this organization to merit an AI attempt. Some people would say that it would be fine to attempt to AI with this group.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you contact multiple sororities??? I'm not trying to be contentious, you just made it sound in this post like you found ONE sorority that you thought would be a perfect fit, but I thought you had contacted a few to begin with.
To answer your question, it's a free country and you can approach AI with whatever GLO will accept your request. I wouldn't rely on what a nonmember friend says about an organization, honestly, a nonmember's opinion of a GLO really means squat. And to sum it up, you're free to do whatever you want but just know that some people on GC will be supportive of your AI search and some won't.
Edited for clarity, which has apparently eluded me these past few weeks, LOL