To the OP:
I'm fairly familiar with the Risk and Social policies of my organization,as well as FIPG and University policies, and my organization's by-laws (which supercede everything else except State and Federal law, of course). The actives keep telling me how strict our organization is. I typically reply "that may well be, and do you find these policies to be unreasonable?" I also tell them that we are not holding anyone hostage, and they can choose to participate or not. The grumbling has decreased as they have learned that the policies are not interfering with their enjoyment of events.
That said, if your President and Social Chair created those "rules" for participating without being in compliance with your Advisory Board as well as your Inter/National HQ's policies (don't know your organization), there might be some direction and advising coming from my end of the equation to redirect their energies and "rules". That's a nice way of saying that as an advisor I'd step in and have them rethink what they proposed. I'd say it the way Alumiyum worded it, but I'd be thinking what she was thinking in my inside voice.
Further, where there's alcohol, per your quote of your national bylaws (right?) bus transportation is required. Period. You are courting major disaster otherwise. You possibly won't be covered by your fraternity insurance, for example. As for the "designated driver" idea, that will not protect the organization in the event of an accident. There are some excellent articles that detail the problems associated with "designated drivers". Risk is complicated and there are so many things that need to be accounted for and considered when planning and executing events. The most important factor is that risk is managed from the outset and then it's not a big deal at all.
It isn't unreasonable to require members to earn "points" to attend social events (e.g. attending chapter, participating in volunteer/philanthropy events, etc). My take on the situation you've described is two-fold: your chapter may not have active advisors, or the president/social chair have been told that your chapter is not complying with your organization's by-laws and policies and this is their last-minute solution since they don't have bus transportation arranged for the event.
Good luck, and I hope you can get an advisor to assist your chapter in resolving this. It's really unfortunate when, at the 11th hour and 59th minute, an advisor learns of an illegal situation and has to cancel an event. Now THAT is another story!
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