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Originally posted by stagebear
How do we keep the fraternities and IFC doing their part and contributing to the Greek community? Our PHC and individual sororities are active and plan greek events, but the guys seem to not care. They lack particiption in Greek Week and are practically nonexistent in our annual G.I.V. Month (greeks involved in volunteering). When we pair sororities and fraternities together, the sororities usually have to cover for both. As far as planning events, PHC does the planning and IFC "co-sponsers" by cutting us a check.
Our PHC has thrown around the idea of cutting all ties with IFC as we continue to take leaps and bounds, but we have decided to give them another chance as they are trying to rebuild.
We just don't know what to do anymore. Any suggestions?
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Of course, some people may not like my opinon, but hey....
I once heard a story about a secretary who worked at a university. The department policy was that professors needed to turn in any papers they needed photocopied at least 24 hours in advance. One professor *never* did so. He always waltzed in an hour before his class and handed her syllabi or tests to make 100+ photocopies. She always had to drop everything for him because "he's a professor." She tried to explain the policy to him but he ignored her figuring that "She's a secretary, it's her job." Eventually, she really did get fed-up with him. One semester, during finals week, he handed her a stack of exam papers that he needed copied for that day's final exam. She pointed to a memo on the wall and said "Sorry, 24 hours notice needed" and handed them back to him! He had to run off to the campus bookstore and spend his own money for the copies. He never did that to her again.
Do you see the moral of that story? Your NPC groups and IFC groups have established a relationship based on "the sororities plan things, the fraternities cut checks." If you're telling me that the sororities are not happy with this arrangement, then you need to break the cycle. Be it have a roundtable discussion with them, threaten to not mix with them anymore, etc. Yeah, it could backfire. The fraternities might say "fine, we didn't want to participate with you anyway." You could take that as your opportunity to cry or to be glad you cut off the slackers. It all depends on what you value. If you value the monetary contributions, then you might end up having to stick with this arrangement.
I would suggest a roundtable discussion to start. If they don't get the picture, cut the ties. Like the professor, they'll get the memo loud and clear.
.....Kelly
