P.S. Pi Delta was a member of ECU's Panhellenic and had to abide by the PH regualtions, that's why they could and DID particiapte socially and otherwise AND were registered as a member, paid PH dues and held council positions, as well as a delegate position.
It is not meant to be limiting, it is meant to be SAFE. I would hate it if a chapter were to lose their charter because of an accident with underinsured groups.
Most NPC ploices CURRENTLY prohibit mixing with uninsured groups (i.e. Service groups without the minimun coverage(Liability and $1,000,000), altheltic groups, and locals as well). IFC groups have insurance, if they were not covered their National Organization wouldn't allow them to be recongnized on a college campus, they average member may not know that, but their President and Tresurer do.
P.S. I never said not to recognize local groups, I said, not to mix socially with them. Rules have changes and the stakes are higher. Regulations are in place, it is up to the group to respect them.
NPC groups do not care about the socials that go on without us, we are not harmed in any way, but what about underage drinking...liability...and so on, if a Fraternity did have a social in their house, against their regulations, their insurance in null and void.
Who has said they were angry about you having parties at houses, it would be your loss not ours, how can we compare?
I just stated that it shouldn't happen for saftey reasons. By the way, it's not only NPC policy not to use Fraternity houses, it is EACH organization's rule as well(NPC). It makes sense for us, we need to give the liablity to the 3rd party vendor, if we didn't it would be solely on US!
The ONLY reason the NPC policy was passed in the first place was in support of MANY IFC groups that had gone dry, might I add that are on ECU's campus! They may have a deadlines, like 2001-2002 to do it, but NPC has been dry FOREVER and they wanted to show IFC nationally that we were in favor of their tough decision. The NPC resolution is NOT any more strict then any NPC group's individual policy, so we wouldn't care anyhow. ECU is a WIDE OPEN campus and is very different than many schools, so we have taken this hard, but to say NPC groups are mad that service groups party at Fraternity houses is a little far fetched to me.
Saftey is the issue. Service groups are awsome, I agree. But our groups are just as awesome and it is in my best intrest to protect/stick up for my group first. And just becasue we are social groups does not mean socials are all we do in that aspect. Social, to me, means well rounded. We do many service projects and social projects, I'm not disputing the facts, I'm just saying, we are on 2 diferent levels, 2 different governing bodies, and we were founded for DIFFERENT reasons. And the confusion of what I said is an example of that difference.
As for funding, we have 700+ members who benifit from our programming, not to metion, Recruitment, so that's why we get more funds. If you want to talk about money, ask IFC how much they get and then you will have a reason to be angry.
Maybe I should have explained a little better, I meant, we shouldn't mix socially if there is alcohol present, the liablity is TOO great. Plus this is coming from an alumna and I always put the chapter's best intrest first, unlike many colligeans.
I feel like we all should respect each other, and that means abiding by EVERYONE's regualtions, and yes that may mean not to socially mix, but that doesn't mean we cannot work together on campus projects and such. We all need support and would never want you to think I disliked your group, just because I think we should have mixers, NPC and Service groups don't mix anyhow, so what's the big deal?
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Lexi
[This message has been edited by ecukd (edited June 01, 2001).]
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