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Originally Posted by Empress0105
i think it's foolish to force co-ed-ness on any organization. How do you force girls to rush your chapter if for decades it's just been known that only males do A Phi Que at XYZ School. I think it should still be a matter of choice...and as long as those chapters do theri service and don't kill anybody, then it shouldn't matter....
perfect example....TBS and KKY are both co-ed...but MOST chapters aren't and aren't forced to make that choice...
and i also don't think that that whol e"convince your regional director" thing is going to work....how do you convince someone who doesn't understand or like the all male culture of your org, that even if you stand in a female dorm and beg chicks to pledge your stuff...they won't becaue it's known you are to be a gamma sig if ou wnna be in the 25/52 circle.....
this topic really pisses me off...so i'm going to my corner
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OK, couple of points.
For the purposes of these comments, I'm going to split the country with a line running west from Richmond, VA to Denver, CO*. The number of all-male chapters at co-ed schools North of that line in each region are one or two (Maine-Orono & Maine-Machias in Region I, Drexel in Region II, Duquesne in Region V, and Minnesota-Duluth in Region IX), so the Regional Director is going to deal with them much more one on one.
South of that line, the Regional Directors are *much* more aware of the cultures. Region IV has Auburn, Clemson, Samford, FL A&M, Tuskegee, & Fort Valley. Region VII has Lamar, Texas Southern, and Grambling. These regions have also had a number of other all-male chapters that were recently active (or underground).
As for "Showing the Regional Director", I think that there are a couple of levels here.
1) Changing descriptions in places like school catalogs, school websites and chapter websites to show that the chapter is for both men and women. For example: (
http://www.dusers.drexel.edu/~aphio/who%20are%20we.htm) should be changed to show the correct purpose (college students rather than college men and women)
2) Actions during rush. Is the chapter welcoming to those, both men and women, who stop by the rush table...
3) Being willing to accept those who are interested of both genders.
It does get fuzzy. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if at an HBCU like Fort Valley, the chapter didn't end up with a female brother for five years, even if they were doing everything reasonable to implement the change. (And no, standing in the female dorms begging chicks to join doesn't count as reasonable)
Charters can only be revoked for membership issues by the National Convention, so it won't be a one person decision on the part of the Regional Director. At a vote of the National Convention both the chapter and the RD would speak.
YiLFS
Randolph Finder
*Note, going beyond Denver doesn't matter, there hasn't been an all-male chapter west of Denver since the early 1980s.