I can completely understand how this would be an issue for your chapter and possibly other chapters/organizations. In dealing with dual memberships, the "more important" membership (which would be personal opinion) is going to get priority. Therefore, you may have someone who holds key roles in both an organization within the NPC and APO (for example). Sometimes, one role, or the other, will not get attention.
To be honest with you, depending on the university, the organizations that do not fall within the IFC, NPC, and the NPHC are not taken seriously. They often have to FIGHT for acknowledgement and respect. So, if you want to be seen in the same light as, say Delta Gamma or Delta Sigma Theta, the dual membership issue would have to be resolved.
For many, membership in a band fraternity is the equivalent of membership in a glee club. Again, that depends, because I see some campuses (particularly HBCUs) where Kappa Kappa Psi (band fraternity) membership is no joke! I was in a pre-law and criminal justice fraternity. That membership was on my resume, but not anywhere in my heart...I knew nothing about the crest (which was public knowledge). It was another club membership. I'd laugh if someone came to me who took such a pre-law or criminal justice fraternity membership seriously and as if it were an actual GLO. That's my $19.13, though.
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Originally posted by Dionysus
This is becoming an issue for many people, including me, in non-social GLO's. We often (not always!) have people from social GLO's who join our GLO's, run for EC positions, sometimes win them, yet they are non-committed. They put their social GLO before us, which is fine I understand, but they ALWAYS do it. Also, they often segregate themselves within our chapter. Stuff like that prevent chapters from progressing.
What is the hidden agenda? Application fillers?
And, again this does not pertain to all, however the number who do is too large.
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