[FSUZeta]

this young woman made the choice to drop her membership based on none of the scenarios that you proposed, gdifly.while i served as an advisor at the time that this took place, and am fully apprised of the entire incident, i cannot explain any further than that.

greek letter organizations offer lifetime membership to those who want it for a lifetime.

a young woman who transfers from another school is not obligated to try to affiliate with the chapter on her new campus. if she leaves campus #1 and has not started the affiliation process at campus #2, she is considered an alumna, and has all the rights and privileges of full membership, whether or not she affiliates. as far as the chapter not allowing a sister to affiliate, she would still be a member of the national org., just have alumnae status.

most chapters try very hard to work with any member who is having financial problems, family problems, grade problems, etc. to help them find a solution that will solve their problem and allow the member to keep her membership. if the member still does not seem comfortable and drops her membership, they probably would not ask her to return her stuff, with the exception of her badge. i think that the chapter would probably expect her to not wear anything that identifies her as still holding membership in the sorority when she is on campus. if she is no longer contributing to the chapter and adhering to their rules of conduct, she should not be representing herself on campus as still being a member.