I once heard one of our international officers say, "When an undergrad says something is a tradition, it means it was done once, last year."
lol...so true
To the sig ep above... the rest of us have adapted. Lead, follow or get out of the way. You're either relevant or you're not. No one chapter is more important than the whole. Ya get sued, then the whole ship goes under for one chapters "traditions".
It may be important to you, but I am sure if you asked the rest of your brotherhood as a whole, they'd do the same thing your IHQ is doing. Hell, my org did it to our states "Alpha" chapter. it happens to the best of us.