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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
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.
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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!)
My exact words were:
then when one applies, and this probably sounds self-absorbed, but oh well, when one applies, she is looked over because her "strength" is unsettling, or somehow causes those with the power to grant her membership to believe that because she is so outspoken about certain issues, she will indeed be the one to "flake out" so to speak.
so...I'm not sure what you meant by that, but I will leave it alone...
3. I'm sure the practices of ALL organizations are odd, when one is on the OUTSIDE looking IN.
I'm even more not sure what you meant by that, since I was referring to AKA_Monet's comment about the quality of membership and how in her opinion that "quality" is lacking and simply saying that in my opinion, as an "outsider" perhaps that is the problem with people "bouncing" as soon as they graduate or "see the light"...but I will also leave my comment at that...
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.
Since it has been said time and again that members bounce for various reasons and that quality is "lacking", I as an "outsider" did not see that as an "inside" dealing since it is a very well noted public fact, that is why I commented.
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.
What a non-member thinks does "make the Greek World turn", because it is former "non-members" that make up the "greek world", that is all I was referring to. I don't know anything about your conferences, so I am not sure where that came from, but I will leave my comments as such.
I made no comments concerning membership, nor had I any intent of taking it there..I am assuming you were referring to me since you replied to me, but if not, my apologies.