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Originally Posted by Senusret I
As the leader of a chapter-specific alumni association, we are very careful to allow the chapter to make its own decisions without interference. There has only been one time that an alum was given a chapter DSK, and although it was warranted, there are others who (we feel) deserve a DSK for service to the alumni association and promoting ideals of life-long service to the fraternity through an association.
And no, we don't want a made-up local award, we want a DSK. :-) (I did not write the legislation, but I think it's a good idea.)
Speaking to geographic alumni associations, it's the same principle. The work that a brother performs in such an organization should be judged by fellow members of the association. I think there are differences between the type of service that warrants a sectional DSK and the service that warrants an alumni association DSK.
In a nutshell, AAs are the only unit in APO that cannot bestow a DSK and I think this legislation makes it equitable for all parties without asking a chapter, section, or region to change its criteria or judge people they don't know.
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Fair enough, but from my perspective I just don't see it as all that necessary. We don't have many active alumni associations in this area and the ones that we do have are made up of mostly volunteer alumni staff, so their alumni association work is intertwined with their section volunteer duties, hence my perspective.
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Giving such a person a Chapter-DSK is not appropriate. They are not giving service to the Chapter. Giving such a person a Region or Section-DSK is ALSO not appropriate, as Region and Section DSKs are for service to the WHOLE Region or Section, not for service within a AA.
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I don't really agree with this sentiment, since I see chapter AA's as having a duty to give back to the chapter, and geographic AA's as being units that help keep APO in the hearts and minds of alumni regardless of where they're from, and in turn having a duty to help the fraternity continue to prosper in that area. But that's a difference of opinion and just comes from having a different APO experience, and I'm not really willing to pursue this as a thread of conversation. It is what it is. But hey, if the AA's that actually do something are able to convince the students to go forth with this, then so be it. I don't really disagree enough to actually argue against it beyond what I've already stated.
