[Shelacious]

When the idea first came up, I thought the concept was as such: an informal group of Greeks and non-Greeks, brought together by Greek Chat that crossed the needs of individual organizations and respective umbrella organizations. Kind of like a "big umbrella" organization, if you will. I thought it might provide the opportunity to think of and implement tools, ideas and strategies that would re-establish Greek Life as a positive and beneficial experience on both campuses and within the community, as well as showcasing and encouraging the commonality of the Greek Experience regardless of your NPHC, NPC, NIC, MGLOC, LGLOC, Local, or non-Greek backgrounds. Gamma Chi would also be a good opportunity to meet with your fellow GC folks around the country: for GChatters, I think Greek Chat has become a hobby and lifestyle much like collecting fine wine, crystal or Star Trek memorabilia. There is certainly nothing wrong with that.

Then I didn't pay too much more attention to it.

Then I started to notice membership requirements, public relations, Alpha classes, induction ceremonies...etc. It started to look like folks were spending considerable time and effort in "creating" the trappings of a fledgling, formal organization, rather than turning attention on ways to make ALL Greeks more visible in a positive way via creating a "Gamma Chi All Greek World" Day around the country or a “October is Promote Greek Life month”, for example.

What I "thought" was the concept of Gamma Chi is I believe a noble one: it certainly would provide an opportunity to learn more about each other in this eventual Greek World. However, it certainly looks more and more like Gamma Chi was really about creating yet another formal organization to which to belong. For some reason, that doesn't sit as well with me as my original thoughts about the organization.

So while my opinion may not be worth the keyboard I'm using to type it with, I think that #3 may provide a good opportunity to really think about what type of group would be most beneficial to promote cross-functional relationships between Greek Organizations coupled with the opportunity to highlight the benefits of Greek membership. Maybe that takes a formal membership induction, membership classes and the like...then again, maybe it doesn't.

Best,
Shel