Hey Randy, Hey 33girl
Nice explaination Randy
33-girl - Single-gender chapters are definitely the exception, not the rule.
Single gender chapter became the exception and the rule was changed to created this exception. I'm not saying that you are wrong , but neither am I. As a whole, Alpha Phi Omega in the National sense, is a coed wanna-bee organization. But what is not apparent is that this is not what was intended. Alpha Phi Omega in 1974 or 72 I forget, voted down allowing female membership. And 1976, voted it in a non-unanimous vote. And 1986 that membership was so charished it developed a way for the other membership to vanish since it didn't go away on it's own. It almost suceeded in doing just that. But those chapters have been able to sustain, year after year removal considerations.
Your history, now resides on one page in your pledge manual. The 1985 manual has history one 6 pages. The history is what Alpha Phi Omega was built on. But it's being reduce and condensed because it has nothing in it to support the female membership in Alpha Phi Omega. By contrast, the new section Woman in Alpha Phi Omega is more than a page and a half.
It's nothing wrong with having women in the fraternity. But I think the organization should bring back at least it's history.
JayBEE!
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