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Originally posted by legacypbs
My point was that it is sanctioned by their national body. Their national body had sense enough to organize their process instead of shun it. Individuals act as if pledging does not serve a purpose. If you think it doesn't that means one of two things.
1) You didn't pledge
2) The person who was in charge of your process didn't know what they were doing.
My whole point with this discussion is Yes hazing is wrong but is MIP the right solution.
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As usual we accuse folks who are against traditonal pledging as either not experiencing it or having folks who didn't know what they were doing.
The Membership Intake Process in its current evolution may not be to some members liking. I have no issues with a Membership Intake Process that focuses on education. No one needs to take part in the traditional pledge process in order to prove themselves worthy of membership. As with anything we can make changes and many organizations have over the years in order to balance the concerns of the membership with the needs of the organization (sometimes this is not easy to accomplish).
Too often we focus on MIP as the great boogey man without understanding that as long as WE decide that WE are not going to make any effort to FOLLOW the rules that we currently have, they will be no movement toward change. If we can't follow MIP without murder and mayhem, what on earth makes us think that we can restore traditional pledging without allowing hundreds of Archonian & Crescent starved non-financial hazers to reek havoc on our organizations, which I, as a financial member, will either have to pay for or stand by as a lawsuit victor and her momma an 'em end up with the keys to the International Headquarters?
If we don't like MIP, there is a way to change it...and it starts on the floor of a convention. Frankly, I like the MIP concept and do not support a return to anything resembling my pledge process 20 (21 on April 8) years ago.
Did my Delta Delta Chapter Sorors know what they were doing? Yep, and some of them are the sharpest Zetas in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have DD roots.
Learning this organization's rich history, applying that history to our contemporary lifestyle, participating in national programs, learning how to structure local programming to meet community needs, and preparing for leadership was a part of my pledge process.
MIP CAN TEACH YOU ALL OF THAT also if you do it correctly. And that is the problem...too many of us are not.