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Originally Posted by Kevin
That whole incident inspired my advisory board to have a serious conversation about crisis management. I guess that's a positive takeaway.
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Absolutely. Best to have that discussion when you DON'T need crisis management and at least have some ideas in mind in the unfortunate event you ever do need it.
This is the second very large, long established fraternity with deep pocketed alums that Tennessee has shut down recently. FIJI was booted in May of this year. Sounds like a crack down on The Hill. I hope fraternities that aren't already doing so will begin to seriously consider their risk management programs. It's rare that an entire chapter is responsible for its demise. It usually comes down to the actions of a renegade group of high risk brothers or maybe even just a few. Fraternities may need to implement zero tolerance policies in regards to problematic members. Honestly, do members who are willing to put the entire chapter at risk really deserve to wear the letters?
I was thinking about the president and how hard it must be to always know your chapter lost its charter the year YOU were captain of the ship. Kinda felt bad for him, but my husband (who was president of his large fraternity) had no sympathy for him. He said when you accept the office of president, it's your job to know what's going on in your house at all times. He said no, you can't be there 24/7, but you always have solid men in place and keep your house under control.
Well, I hope this whole thing does not impact the other fraternities at UTK...in that "butt chugging" doesn't become something people associate with fraternities there in general. Sadly and unjustly, the consequences of a small group of people can be far-reaching, but hopefully, the entire UTK fraternity system won't suffer ridicule or see a reduction in young men interested in going through recruitment.