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Originally posted by Sistermadly
But what does this prove? Every organization has different rules in their constitutions.
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EXACTLY! 
Not only do the rules vary by organization, perception & intrepretation of those rules varies by individual. Hence the sticking point in the thread hijack.
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Originally posted by Sistermadly
IMO, the issue in this particular thread hijack isn't membership requirements, it's the constant reiteration of the suggestion that NPC/NIC members aren't as committed to their organization as folks in the NPHC (or NALFO, or MCGLOs).
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The only way to dispell that myth would be to provide the numbers. In a discussion such as this, we can only go by what we're heard or read until someone proves us otherwise. To co-sign with valpogal99's statement, provide us some numbers to work with so that people who are making the statement that alumni/ae NIC/NPC members aren't as active as alumnae/i NPHC members can see where they're going wrong (or right maybe?). I don't think it's that hard to say "XYZ defines a member as someone with pink hair & yellow spots who pays dues to the national body. Undergraduates comprise 56% of our membership and alumnae/i comprise 44%." True enough, only going by those who pay dues is not a totally accurate gague, but the national organization really only has two sets of numbers to go by when counting members: the number initiated and the number currently sending in a check. So we have to work with what we've got.