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Is "Advisor" the right title?
Seems to me there is an obvious difference between what a fraternity adviser and sorority advisor, especially in this discussion.
From my own experience, an advisor needs to remember that is all they are, an "advisor," not a quasi-president, who makes decisions on what they "want" to see happen - that is NOT their job. An advisor should only ever override a chapters decision when either a decision the chapter makes is obviously illegal or unconstitutional. Otherwise, it is the members of the chapter that make decision on what events to plan, what decorations are used, how rush is conducted, etc....
I remember seeing lots of what I considered to be "wrong" decisions made, but, that is what the chapter decided was best for them, and none of the decisions were illegal, just a difference of opinion of what I liked and what they liked.
Besides, there is a learning opportunity for a chapter when the advisor posits their opinion, yet the chapter decides otherwise, and the decision turns out to be a bad one.
The basic, first, and most important piece of advice I always used as an advisor was this: "Allow mistakes to be made" - that is where the best learning and leadership development will come from.
Just my .02 - and no, I don't need change back....
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