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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga
Some of you who want this forum deleted seem really comfortable speaking for everyone.
Some seem to think that because they don't like the direction of some of the threads that they should be able to eliminate the possibility of posting.
Why can't the forum exist and you request that the posts the violate the wishes of your whole organization get deleted?
Why should your desires on the issue trump the wishes of other people to post, as long as they are not violating the rules of their groups?
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You raise a fair point.
For my part, my statement a few pages back that AI forums should not be on the internet is not my way of saying that I am going to actively campaign against such a thing- or make it a personal cause to get AI removed from GC. It is not my place to get involved in that.
Adpiucf has made some brilliant posts today, and I largely agree with what she has said.
The issue is not whether GC members have a right to say if a given forum should exist- that is for the mods and the owner to say.
Rather the issue is the basic fact that- as has already been well stated by others- AI is NOT an alternate form of recruitment. It is an honor bestowed by GLOs in their own time and by their own decision process.
Somewhere up above someone made a comment that it appeared to her Gamma Phi Beta was one of the easiest places to AI.
That is a tremendously disrespectful statement that implies sisterhood is for sale and that the great honor of AI can be had for a little aggressive campaigning on one's own behalf.
Ultimately there is just not much to say. You either "get it" or you don't.
Anyone seeking to AI is well advised to undertake this process privately- preferably with the assistance of a chapter you have worked with in the past.
Frankly, I think coming to an internet forum to get help to AI without having any past connection to a GLO chapter has the potential to do more harm than good.