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Old 07-18-2008, 05:42 PM
SWTXBelle SWTXBelle is offline
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Originally Posted by knight_shadow View Post
If someone doesn't know the full scope of your (general you) organization and what everything means, I don't see how they can be viewed as members. Giving someone the perks of being in your organization when they don't understand it is a bit odd.

Not wrong, just different.
I think it all depends on how you define "member". There are stages of membership in many GLOs. Some define some of the stages as non-member stages, some don't. NPCs consider their "pledges" as members from day one - other GLOs don't consider their "pledges" as members at all, but as aspiring members.

I think it is a bit odd to have someone who is sort of a member, but not really - it's kind of like being a "little" pregnant. To me, you either are or are not. You don't "know" what you know about the baby at 8 months when you are only 6 weeks along, but at both stages, you are pregnant.

The ole "different strokes" cliche.
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Last edited by SWTXBelle; 07-18-2008 at 06:02 PM.