I can't even begin to talk about how much I have learned about BGLO's on this board!! My school had very few members and they were all part of city chapters.
Anyway, regarding being told this question or that is "priveleged info", here's the impression I have gotten: BGLO membership is something you have to really work for, something very important and they want to weed out those who might only be interested for the step shows, prestige, etc. This includes the preliminary learning about the orgs.
Here's an analogy: maybe these days you can go onto the Internet & find everything you need for a research paper in one place, but do you really LEARN as much or does your grade mean as much as it would if you had worked harder, read & learned about your subject from several sources, and had to analyze & organize that information all out of your own head?
Also, being able to communicate effectively with people is one of the most important parts of being a member of any organization. Finding out what you need to know and realizing what needs to be kept private is something you need to do personally, not through a computer screen. Especially these days, when one of the MAIN attributes of all GLO's is they take away the increasingly impersonal feel of our society.
Am I on the right track?
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