I agree that this is how it appears on its face... The thing is that there will be chapters at schools other than AMU. That's just the jumping off point. All the schools I mentioned are but a smattering.
If there's three guys XYZ University and they want to start a chapter that's encouraged. Doesn't have to be a non-residential situation. The whole idea of letting already degreed professionals in is to not limit membership to active college students.
The reason for this is that most of the men in the Intel and NS world have not had the opportunity to be in a GLO. You'll see a thousand academy rings for every mainstream private university class ring with Greek letters.
The plan is to advertise and network the existence of ASC through venues like greekchat, and campus news media, and word of mouth in the community, in order to attract candidates who're in those non-traditional, non-residential schools. They will in turn establish a chapter when the numbers are self-supporting.
At residential schools there are professionals who're seeking advanced degrees in the economy (civilian world), and they too can start a chapter. This should prove especially true at universities like George Mason, Georgetown, and Maryland U, which offer International Affairs and National Security degrees. Being located in "the District" there are probably thousands of graduate students in those fields whose profession is in National Security or Intelligence: representing the active duty military, civil service, and defense contractor communities.
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Originally posted by FuzzieAlum
Here's the "problem" with the phrase "go national" in your case (and I don't mean this as a negative on your fraternity in any way). Usually, a first chapter is established at one school. Other chapters are established elsewhere, until you have enough that you, the guys who run it, feel that you're national - you don't have to do it through NIC or any other umbrella conference.
However, it sounds as if membership in your org is not restricted by school. Thus, how do you define a "chapter" and add a second or third one? Because "national" in the case of GLOs means "more than one chapter, geographically spread out a bit."
So I would think you can't "go national." Your organization can't be organized logically into a chapter system. Now that doesn't mean you aren't national to begin with. It's just a big gulf separating you from most other GLOs. Chapter organization is one of the major hallmarks of Greek life - NIC, NPC, NPHC, multi-cultural and non-collegiate alike. So it's interesting to see a GLO modeled differently - but I wouldn't worry about the concept of going national in your case.
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