[Kevin]

Hazing is something that has no clear-cut definition. If your state has a law about it that would be a good definition to follow. Otherwise you'll want to find out what your HQ says about it.

Many NIC and NPC groups have extremely conservative views as to what hazing entails. Some go so far as to say asking a new member to do anything they would not normally do is "hazing".

Sometimes it can be a positive thing to ask someone to operate outside of their normal comfort zone but it tends to get taken to extremes.