Warning: really long post.
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Originally posted by shadokat
sugar, my apologies for directing my request at you when it was greeklawgrl who made the point. She sent me a PM with the info. Thanks greeklaw!!  And again, sorry sugar
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No problem.
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Originally posted by FuzzieAlum
You know, I have a feeling this is what our founders intended. How many sororities were founded with the intent to go national from day 1? How many were founded because they wanted to improve on the other options available on their campus? It was a competitive, let's-grow-as-much-as-we-can from the get-go for most GLOs.
Look at our goals - how many GLOs have something about aspiring, achieving, goals, reaching your potential, being leaders, etc. in them? That's not friendship or sisterhood or serving the world, so to say that's all we're about isn't true for most GLOs.
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We were taught, during our new member period, that Tri Delta was the first sorority to be founded with the plan to become a national organization from the get-go. That means that the sororities that were founded before it -- ADPi, Phi Mu, Kappa, Theta, Pi Phi, Alpha Phi, DG, Gamma Phi, AXO, and Sigma Kappa (am I missing any?) -- were not founded with the idea of being national from day 1 (although some of them became national quite quickly after their Alpha chapters were established) . . . and I assume that some of the sororities founded after Tri Delta were also not planning on it. That doesn't mean there weren't a significant amount of sororities who were founded with the intent of being national, but I'd bet it was only around half, possibly less, of today's NPC sororities.
And yes, most of the sororities were founded in a competitive manner -- but that was before they entered the NPC. And I don't see how reaching your potential or acheiving things automatically means competition. You can reach your potential without stopping others from reaching their potential.
Interesting points, though.
Again, I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but I think the NPC has to revise its ideas about what its purpose is if it's going to advocate teamwork and inclusiveness while still encouraging a market of competition and division.
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Originally posted by MooseGirl
That is a common misunderstanding with our Org....we actually have about 5 or 6 paid staff at our Central Office, it's just our Executive Director of CO is the only paid member of our Supreme Council....
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Thanks for letting us know . . . it's always good to clear up misinformation. And 5-6 paid employees is a LONG way from one.