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Closing chapters
Yes, I HAVE been associated with closing chapters. I recommended the closure of Towson and it was done within a matter of a few days. three risk management violations within six weeks, all of which had police involvement. This coming on the heels of a membership review two months prior.
I have some contact right now with UC Riverside and that is all that I can say at this point. Stay tuned for General Assembly ' Leadership Seminar and the Standards committee.
We left UCLA with regret but again it was a risk management problem. Chico had several visits by staff members to try and boost membership before closingearlier this year.
We invest time and money establishing a chapter. Closing a chapter down is not done on a casual basis and it does bring a sense of regret.
Suggesting that Towson be closed post-haste was a very difficult thing to do. When I called Brad Peabody and said that their actions were indefensible in a legal sense and that they had three separate violations within such a short period of time, all of which involved the Towson PD was an admission of failure for all of us because we could not impress upon perhaps ten members the severity of their transgressions.
When 25% of a chapter defies the rules and the remainder of the chapter says that's OK, then we have no choice. They have to go.
"Apparently you have never been involved with a chapter that was in danger of closing..."
So you see, I have been associated with closing chapters.
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