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Originally Posted by Eleven7
Thanks for the responses! I was hoping 33 and KSU would respond. I even thought of PMing you first but decided just to post.
We got an email reiterating that if we weren't at chapter on monday we would not be 'permitted to enter the social'.
We are not taking buses. Apparently (what i'm told. i'm doing reserach) is that our national org requires us to take buses to socials, which we did for formal this past year. It is hazy on 'mixers' since these are mixers with other fraternties.
They're not making the mixers mandatory, but they're telling us we have to be there by a certain time and cannot leave until 1. some girls were pissed/didn't go because they had work early in the morning.
I talked to our panhellenic president today and I am going to talk to our greek advisor about it tomorrow. Thanks for the reassurance!
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They shouldn't be making rules without the chapter being involved (I know every organization is different, but this seems to be an across the board thing when it comes to non-emergency situations). This has happened in my chapter several times and the solution was to challenge those who thought they could make rules. They always acknowledged things weren't being done correctly and the problem would dissolve. The key is diplomacy. (What I wanted to say: "This is OUR chapter, not YOUR chapter and we have rules for a reason." What I did say: "I don't think this is by the bylaws...let's go over them together".)
My organization has stipulations about leaving early from events, though I don't think they include FORCING members to stay. There has to be a solution besides keeping members hostage until 1am. Requiring members to attend chpater in order to attend optional social events sounds reasonable, but I'm willing to bet regardless of your organization that should be a bylaw that the chapter is involved in installing.
Also, it appears that according to your rules, if there is alcohol the chapter must provide buses. A mixer is still considered a chapter event, right? This is the kind of thing that can get a chapter in trouble. They need to consult with a higher-up to make sure they're going by the book. (Or just not serve alcohol).