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Originally posted by 33girl:
From APO's national bylaws:
Article 3, Membership
Section 1. Open Membership. Membership in APO shall be open to all students upon the approval of the respective collegiate chapter, and after fulfilling the membership requirements prescribed by the national fraternity and by that chapter.
To me, "all students" definitely says men OR women are eligible for membership according to the national bylaws.
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And since there is approval of the collegiate chapter involved, it allows the chapters to have the decision making ability. The bylaws are almost paradoxical in saying open to all students and yet allowing chapter control.
In practice, given national board policy, the following happens (to the best of my knowledge): Chapters that have been active since before 1976 and have never initiated women as active members may continue to limit the people initated as active members to only men (a chapter can stay all-male even if it has female advisors or female transfers in).
Any new charter or rechartering must *attempt* to reflect its campus in gender. If a school is almost 100% of one gender, then the group may end up as all of that gender at chartering. The Regional Director is the one responsible for letting the group know whether in his/her opinion they have made the attempt.
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Naraht
Alpha Phi Omega Alumni Volunteer