I'm going to reply to Reiki. Soror may and may not come back and reply in her own UNIQUE way, but in the MEANTIME...
1. I don't think you'll get "banned" JUST YET...
2. Just because someone is "outspoken" doesn't necessarily equate that person with possessing STRENGTH...Because some people can talk a good game, but that's it. ( Can we say "hot air"). (Boooooooooo!)
3. I'm sure the practices of ALL organizations are odd, when one is on the OUTSIDE looking IN.
4. The only way a person will know the INTERNAL dealings of an organization is when he or she becomes a member of X,Y, OR Z. Meaning that I do not expect a non-member to understand the differences within our own organizations.
5. An outsider will have his or her beliefs as to what justifies this or what justifies that, but again, what a non-member thinks does not make the Greek World turn. What a non-member speaks about will not be discussed at our regional conferences this Spring. What a non-member sees as the truth, the way and the light will not mean diddly squat at Boule in July.
I'm sure it's safe to say that this is not limited to our organization. I do not think that non-member's ideals are placed on agendas, etc of the other 8 organization's "to do" list.
If I am wrong, would a member of that organization please correct me?
This is not a thread about GAINING membership, nor will it go there. The POW tells you we don't discuss that. If there is an issue take it up with THAT chapter. Contrary to popular belief, we (Graduate and Undergraduate chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated) do not operate ENTIRELY the same way.