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>I would be very upset if I paid $320.00 and another person in my chapter paid like $120.00, and got to go to all the events.
This would not upset me at all as long as the other person was paying the same as I was in terms of percentage of their disposable income.
This is how my college worked things, after all...I (or actually my parents) paid $30,000 a year because we could afford to. But most of my classmates paid less because they had less. Once you got in, you were in, and if your family went broke, the school didn't kick you out...they'd increase your aid. So my family was probably subsidizing the education of other students. Well, so be it...I got the enormous benefit of getting to go to school with a mix of amazing kids from all different backgrounds.
I don't doubt that money makes the world go round, but these are not-for-profit organizations we're talking about, right? Let's say one of your brothers lost a parent and suddenly needed his whole income to support his younger siblings. Would you really cease to think of him as a brother??
Are there any GLOs that calculate dues based on income? Do any offer financial aid to otherwise excellent candidates who can't afford the dues?
Ivy
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