I wanted to post on this earlier, but then Theta Pharoah left, so I didn't. However, after reading Rain Man's post, I couldn't help but to reply.
RM,
I wanted to post to you since I'm not in an NPHC sorority. I hope that maybe this will have an impact on how you feel. But who knows, maybe it won't.
First of all, everything that has been said thus far about the Thetas is indeed the utter truth. I don't think that the criticism is based on the fact that they started a new org or started it at a Denny's (as you said RM, who cares where it started, that's not really important). But it's the site and what's on it that makes me feel that they need to grow up and get it together if they want this org to succeed.
Speaking from personal experience... as a founding member of my chapter and member of a fairly young organization, I have to agree that IF the Thetas want to make a GOOD impression to the public, they need to do better. I'm sorry, but the website they created is pure crap. Just as Kelli said, "plain and simple" the website needs A LOT of work. Yes, they are in undergrad, but to that I say "SO WHAT?"
After my sisters and I established our UNDERGRAD chapter, I became the chapter's webmaster. Now at that time, I was a novice (I had about 6-8 mths experience), but I made
DAMN sure that our website represented the sorority in the
BEST light possible. First, we made sure that we gave information about our principles, our goals, what we did on campus and what we planned on doing on campus, etc. Second, I made sure that it looked tight!! I wanted it to represent everything that we are about. So regardless of their class standing, they CAN pull off a nice site w/out much design experience. My biggest problems with their site were the song in the beginning (just play a regular song...no need to get "fancy" when the rest of the site is seriously lacking) and their bios. I'm sorry, but that was the most ridiculous thing! Why is all that necessary? Ok, if they want bios, cool. But they really made themselves look silly by telling their: fav artists/ song, most attractive woman, relationship status.....the list goes on. This is NOT important. No one wants to know that! Their site should NOT be a place to try and land themselves a date! It really did seem like a version of Blackplanet when I read all of that.
Their site tells nothing about what they do in the community that Theta Pharoah boasted about several times in his posts on here. If that is the biggest thing about their fraternity, then I would expect it to be ALL over the site. Instead, it reeks of nonsense that would not make anyone interested in wanting to join....unless they are desperate men thinking that if they joined, they could get women (
), status or whatever!
As I said, everything that has been said about the site, I agree with. I know from firsthand experience that if he wants his org to go far, he's going to have to do MUCH better than that. I know that putting up a well designed, informative website was important to me and my sisters when we started our chapter. If he feels the same, then he needs to do something about that...and quickly! The more people that see that, the more criticism he is going to get about it.