[adpiucf]

No one is demeaning the value of AI membership. But we don't want to ADVERTISE it. If someone is going to be an AI, the majority of our sororities prefer that we approach the prospective member, rather than the other way around.

The existence of an AI Forum gives the impression that AI is active alumnae recruitment and similiar to collegiate recruitment. It is not and we don't want it advertised. It's a very simple concept: We don't want an AI Forum on GC and we don't want to discuss pre-AI processes on GC. We welcome AI sisters as our members in full and celebrate their membership.

That's it. AI is not recruitment and we don't want to discuss AI journeys on GC. The existence of an AI Forum gives the impression AI is common practice and it is creating awareness of it to the extent that prospects are contacting sorority HQ's and alumnae. Most of our organizations don't want this kind of contact at this time. If in the future it is determined that we are opening up the alumnae component of membership to a new type of programming, this perception could certainly change.

For now, we ask that our collective wishes be respected, that this forum be disbanded and that anyone interested in AI conduct her search and chronicle her progress discreetly.