I had a similar experience. The women in my chapter were mad that the alums were interfering too much and that they would like to "make their own mistakes". There is a difference between wanting to learn how to run the chapter and purposely ignoring national policy. I am finding that some chapters don't want alums around because they feel the alums are trying to relive their college days. You know what? Sure, I want to participate in a rush once in a while because they are fun, but we have also been there and made those mistakes they are on the road to making. Our jobs as alumnae advisors and national officers is to support and maintain the integrity of the sorority as a whole and the individual chapters. There is a line between overinvolvement and true support. I think that difference is when you try to start running the chapter and not just giving advice.
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