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Originally Posted by Blondie93
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You may have stated this before, but I am super tired at the moment and not scanning well- do other large scale groups on your campus have to go to these silly supplemental type meetings? Example: athletes, work-study, honors program, etc? I just don't see the purpose, and I can even see it being a detriment for getting PNMs to join. Who wants to join a social organization that has at minimum 3 meetings a week? Throw in a few actual social events and every night of the week would be devoted to the sorority. That could seem very overwhelming to a first semester student, even if it is someone who is very interested in Greek Life.
Also, how does the Greek GPA compare to the all student average? Why are the Greeks being singled out?
As for you other questions, I am more than happy to answer them. However, I can tell you that my campus is the complete antithesis of what yours sounds like- would you still be interested or not? I can do it tomorrow when I am less tired.
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No other groups on campus are required to have these meetings... which is why I'm completely confused by the whole thing.
The Greek Advisor actually just received word a couple of weeks ago that the all-Greek GPA was once again above the undergraduate GPA for 2008-2009.
And if you could still give me the information for your school, that'd be great
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Originally Posted by Xidelt
ASTalumna, how do National/International HQ feel about the school telling these orgs that XYZ can't pledge as many new members as ABC because of grades, the possible "tier" system, and extra new member training? I know that the school is there to regulate the chapters and that the school doesn't have to recognize or necessarily allow any of the chapters to be there, but it seems to me that the school administration is really overstepping its bounds with some of these extra conditions that it wants to put on the chapters. If I was a National Council member for one of the GLOs on your campus, I would really be pissed with some of these ideas and the way they are being communicated/handled. I can't believe that no one from HQ has cried foul yet. It is the job of the school administrators and national HQ to govern the chapters TOGETHER. I personally don't think any chapter on campus should be treated differently from any other chapter unless they have violated an already established rule or guideline, such as a hazing incident or having members fall below the minimum GPA.
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This is what I'm concerned about at the moment.
While it doesn't seem as though the tier system will be implemented, the supplemental new member program probably will. From what I understand, last year at convention, AST established that any addtional training/educational program that is taught to the new members must be approved through National Staff (most likely to try to eliminate the possibility of hazing). What the exact procedure is for providing them with this information (and how detailed it has to be), I'm not sure. But this is going to create even more work for the sisters. And I would be very curious to see what would happen if this wasn't approved.
And once again, this is why I'm frustrated that all of this is being established over the summer. No one seems to be aware of how exactly this will work yet, and I don't want the sisters to have to deal with all of these issues in the first few weeks of school.