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Originally Posted by Knight0843
Hey Men, I'm from a newly opened BMP Chapter. We are having trouble carrying on traditions, and making men appreciate tradition. Since there is no pledgeship, there is no way to weed these idoits out before they are signed. I need some info on traditions of other Chapters, and what you do to maintain traditions and obedience.
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You have the entire Sigma Challenge, Sigma Rite of Passage and Phi Challenge to weed out non-SigEps before they really learn any of our secrets. This process will give you 2 semesters (at least) of grade checks, a feel for how involved they are and will be in the chapter and if they will be troublesome. And, sidenote, by weed out I mean discover who they are and revoke their membership, not haze them till they drop.
Also, if you are recently opened then your chapter doesn't really have any traditions yet anyway. The only thing than can establish a local tradition is time, not force. And as for national tradition from other chapters, that is our ritual, is it not? It is the only tradition that is nationally followed. That and excellence.
Obedience falls under the Chaplain and Standards Board. If you are concerned about it, I suggest you run for Chaplain or a Standards Board position so you can help if it is a problem.
In Brotherly Love,
Brother Janning