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Originally posted by prettyDrLuv
I am confused. (I just read this thread, and I don't know what was said in the other thread that was deleted.) Why do you feel that it is important to your sorority to be recognized by my fraternity? Who is the "us" that you refer to? Is it Gamma Sigma Sigma alone or both Alpha Phi Omega and Gamma Sigma Sigma?
Although I do understand that Gamma Sigma Sigma has a very close relationship with many chapters, the same can be said of Omega Phi Alpha. I think everyone should be proud of their history, as I am proud of mine. That being said, not all chapters of Alpha Phi Omega are affliliated with a service sorority and even if a service sorority is located on their campus, that partnership should be left to each chapter's discretion, regardless of history. I would be worried about that, if added to our history, Gamma Sigma Sigma would be too closely associated. (I mean no disrepect to your organization, but where would the line be drawn?)
Ultimately to ask Nationals or to vote at the convention to add Gamma Sigma Sigma more formally to our history is not something I would support.
In Leadership, Friendship and Service,
PrettyDrLuv
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I apologize if anything wasn't clear in the beginning. It wouldn't be, because the other thread was deleted and you would have known some other things talked about in that other thread.
I personally find it important because (without boring you too much with GSS history) our founders found that they wanted to form an organization similar to Alpha Phi Omega. Some of the founders were dating APO men at the time. So they credit APO a little bit for the reason why Gamma Sig was founded. Alpha Phi Omega wasn't the SOLE reason why, but important just the same. When GSS held a Convention some years after their founding, they invited the National President of your fraternity to participate.
You are right. It is up to each chapter to decide whether or not they want to affiliate with a service sorority on that campus. There are campuses where Alpha Phi Omega and Gamma Sig very openly acknowledge each other as brother and sister. So what I'm saying is that the relationship is there-why are people not acknowleging it. It's like it doesn't even exist and the national bodies of BOTH organizations know this is going on, but are not even speaking on it. Now that this relationship (otherwise known as "25/52") is growing, now everyone is examining it, trying to find out just where it came from. Maybe I'm seeing this more from my Nationals. The vibe I'm getting from most APO members is, "We really don't care and we're really not voting on that". Which is cool.
Hopefully this gave you some more clarification on the subject.