[RozRochelle]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Good.

Dang, lady. I'm glad you're not in charge of who gets to go to Heaven.

It's called "context clues."

I didn't send out those context clues. You read into what I wrote what you wanted. I don't need to insinuate anything. I'm bold enough to plainly say what I mean and stand by what I said (and also humble enough to apologize if I need to). That is evident by the fact that I've been holding my own against you all, for better or worse, since my first or second day on GC.

So how did I make an assumption?

I took what you wrote to mean that anyone showing interest in my org was ONLY doing so because they either were rejected by their other choices or didn't want to wait to join a grad chapter and "settled"... as if my org isn't good enough to be someone's first choice. If you meant something different, let me know.

Well, it's not really the "end of story" when there can be, and is, a discussion surrounding it. As for elitist BS, anything that doesn't accept everyone and their momma can be labeled "elitist."

You know exactly what I was referring to when I said end of story. You're just being facetious. As for the elitist BS comment I made, I stand by it, but maybe I should be more clear about what I meant. Being choosy, in and of itself, is not elitist. Theta Gamma Pi has standards, and not every woman who shows interest will meet those standards; so unfortunately, some women will not be offered membership. However, when artificial barriers (no matter what they are) are put in place to exclude, that's where the line is crossed and elitism enters the picture. With that being said, to ME you sometimes come across not as choosy, but elitist. I'm sure you don't care, and I don't care that you don't care, if that's the case, LOL.

Do you think that most of these knockoff organizations are a genuine and longstanding threat to organizations that have been here for decades? Show that you can withstand the test of time, then you'll be taken seriously by your target audience (and others). But you still won't be our competition.

But it's good to know that you and others in organizations like yours haven't completely dismissed the possibility of joining an NPHC sorority one day. Do you see how that makes you all NOT a threat or competition?

I have NEVER said that my org was trying to overtake or compete with the established GLOs. That is not my goal. I'm not trying to compete with you guys, period. First, my org is a NICHE org. It is a service sorority for non-traditional women above 24 years of age (but I have a feeling most of the members will be significantly older because of reason #2). Secondly, yes, it's a GLO, and we have colors and symbols, and a crest/shield but I'd already decided before coming on GC that we wouldn't have a call, have a handsign, or step. We also won't have secret rituals or take oaths. My intent was NEVER to mimic the BGLOs. So, those women who want the "traditional" sorority experience just so they can "rep" will automatically self-elimate.

Other than that, my org wants the same things your orgs want: to help the community. The only difference is that my org will offer this, in the form of a lifelong sisterhood, to women who for whatever academic-related (except failing and academic dishonesty) reasons are not eligible for membership into the D9 sororities, AND to women who have already graduated and like what we do and want to be a part.

Reason number two, by itself, is enough for me to know that Theta Gamma Pi will most likely never be as large or popular as the NPHC sororities. I know what I'm building, and I know how that will probably position QGPi. But, status was never the point to begin with, so I'm okay with that.

Like I said in one of my previous posts, whomever is supposed to be a member of Theta Gamma Pi will be a member of Theta Gamma Pi. No matter how large or small, national or local or regional this organization turns out to be, it will be how it's supposed to be. I am not interested in playing David and Goliath, so y'all can stop lumping my org in with these other ones whose goals ARE to give y'all a run for your money.