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Originally posted by erica812
Thank you for the information. My chapter always seemed to be poorly informed on National matters. In fact, when I was a junior, I was told that NONE of the paperwork for my pledge class had ever been filed with Headquarters, so we weren't actually Brothers (33 of us!). Fortunately, that was cleared up, but after that, I started to realized how "out of the loop" we were. When the Lifetime Membership thing came along, I just didn't give it much thought.
Is it possible to pay this Membership fee after graduating? I would love to help out our Fraternity in this way.
Sincerely,
Erica
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Sure! You can pay for Life Membership at any time after becoming a Brother.
Its $50 for students and up to a year after graduation, then goes to $100. Soooo, its a great idea to try to get it early on. If you got to National Convention, they usually have a special deal on LM at the Convention. (hint, hint).
Many Sections and Regions have set goals to increase Life Membership. Its pretty sad that out of 300,000+ Brothers, only 20,000+ are Life Members. That's not even 10%.
In my chapter we make sure our members know about Life Membership. We give each Pledge a Life Member brochure in their Pledge Books and tell them about it. We understand that most might not have the money, but maybe they could get their parents to get them LM as a xmas gift or the like. Also, we have a "Brother of the Year" Award in our chapter, and any who get it are made Life Members.
Hope this helps.