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Originally Posted by texas*princess
Their dues are $50 (which includes insurance). Ever heard the phrase "You get what you pay for?"
My dues for a professional GLO were much higher than that.
As a guy in a fraternity (NIC I am assuming?) would it be OK with you if a guy pledged a group, got initiated, then decided he thought your fraternity was way better so he dropped out and tried joining yours?
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No, not NIC.
With that said, it's a bit different. Locals have initiations and get absorbed into internationals/nationals all the time. These locals all have rituals/traditions/initiations. In fact that's how my own chapter came about to be where we are today.
I don't really see this as too much of a difference, with five chapters I'd struggle to call it a national. And once again, how much of that money went toward to the national dues/insurance and how much stayed within the chapter? Once again, if the chapter thought that the national was no longer keeping their best interests in mind, and getting away from the very reason it was founded, and they came to our Nationals and expressed this and agreed with our ideas a lot more. And our nationals evaluated the situation and decided that this is something they would want to pursue, then no, I wouldn't have a problem with it all.
Because a large National is going to have much much more to offer and a much better return on investment. Now their members are going to have many scholarships awards and recognitions that they wouldn't be able to get elsewhere. Also it brings their presence on campus to a whole different level. It's now better for the entire Greek system at that school because if a girl hasn't heard of a sorority she may not join one, because she may not like the other one, and not rush to find out she may end up liking the other ones.
But truth is, there are far too many variables to the situation for me to say that I would agree or disagree with the choice. Obviously NPC protocol was followed, as well the Kappa Delta's national protocol, and they thought this was in the best interest for everyone, so I'm going to argue with someone if no rules were broken along the way.
Now, Joe initiates down the street at ABC, initiates then decides that mines better, hell no, he's not coming here. But that's a lot different than the situation at hand.
I'm not trying to say something was right or wrong, I just want to encourage to think about a few things that may give them the benefit of the doubt.