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Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst
Why should I? It works, doesn't it?
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Here's the thing, though: It doesn't work, at least not for us. In my experience, the chapters that are faltering are the ones who forget what we're about and spend more time looking at the NPHC, NIC, PHC, etc and saying "we should do that". The chapters I see that are successful are the ones that put their message of Leadership, Friendship and Service out there every semester and run a solid pledge program that focuses more on preparing pledges to be functional and active members of the fraternity (which is less about "know your history" and more about learning how the chapter actually operates, how to develop new and exciting projects, and how to grow as leaders), and extend membership to those who lived up to the expectations placed before them.
I'm sorry that APO ended up not being what you thought it was, but you knew what you were joining and had plenty of opportunity to back out if you didn't feel it was a good match. Your pledge period was 6-10 weeks long, surely at some point you realized that this wasn't what you were looking for, right?
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OTOH, maybe I will once Alpha Phi Omega starts to get some backbone and use more stringent criteria to weed out the lame and lazy slackers and no professional game having resume-padders.
Your post confirms my point: Alpha Phi Omega has turned into Circle K with a ritual.
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And I'm sorry, but I'm not going to take serious anybody who talks about how we as a fraternity need to step up our game and that we're when he's continually repping another organization.
When was the last time you actually worked with a chapter outside of your little Viking scope? Or went to a conference instead of cookout? Or volunteered as an advisor to a chapter? How about joined an alumni association other than MOTRS? Why haven't you become an APO LEADS presenter or presented a workshop that can help develop students into campus and community leaders? How about become a Torchbearer? In other words, what have you done for Alpha Phi Omega as a whole lately other than bitch about it online?
You talk a big game and like to throw around "Circle K with a Ritual", but you really don't know what you're talking about. You're clearly unwilling to work within the existing structure to change it, and frankly that rings hollow with me.
Obviously Alpha Phi Omega doesn't mean that much to you or wasn't meeting your needs in some way. I'm sorry to hear that, but I'm glad you found an organization that is more up your alley. I'm seriously happy for you. However, don't think that just because you found what you were looking for means that everybody who joins APO is looking for the same thing.
Frank Reed Horton didn't find the standard of manhood he was looking for in SAE. He didn't take what he developed in APO and tried to change SAE to be more like that, nor did he try to make APO more like SAE. What makes you think it's ok if The Lightbearer wasn't willing to do it?