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Originally posted by Winterbloom
I know on my campus we make distinctions between the social GLOs--ADPi, ZTA, Phi Mu Delta, KD, Sigma Kappa, Sig Ep, Theta Chi, Phi Sigma Kappa--professional GLOs--SAI and PMA Sinfonia--and the honor societies.
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I know I sound like a broken record sometimes, but...
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is
not a professional fraternity, and we haven't been a professional fraternity for almost 20 years. We were founded 104 years ago as a social fraternity. Over time we veered into the professional fraternity realm, but we always kept a foot (or at least a toe) in the realm of our social roots. In the mid-1980's, our National Assembly made the decision to move completely back to social fraternity status. We removed all references to being a "professional fraternity" from our constitution and other documents. Since that time, a growing number of chapters have joined their campus IFCs.
I know that the idea that we are a professional fraternity lingers on in some places, including in some chapters, but it just ain't so. If we need to be classified more restrictively than just "social fraternity," then consider us a special interest social fraternity, along the lines of Triangle, Alpha Gamma Rho or Farmhouse. But we are not a professional fraternity.