Sorry to crash your board but I saw that no one answered DeniLin’s questions. NPC stands for the National Panhellenic Conference. From the web site,
www.npcwomen.org, “National Panhellenic Conference, founded in 1902, is an umbrella organization for 26 inter/national women's fraternities and sororities. Each member group is autonomous as a social, Greek-letter society of college women and alumnae. Members are represented on over 620 college and university campuses in the United States and Canada and in over 4,800 alumnae associations, making up over 3.5 million sorority women in the world.”
The member groups are Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Tau, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Delta Phi Epsilon, Delta Zeta, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Mu, Phi Sigma Sigma, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Delta Tau, Sigma Kappa, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Theta Phi Alpha and Zeta Tau Alpha.
AI is shorthand for Alumna Initiate or Initiation depending on the context, person or process. It describes a woman who becomes a member of an NPC group but does not meet the criteria for joining as a collegian. Criteria for joining this way vary from group to group. Here is a thread with some useful information – “My Advice to Prospective Alumnae Initiates”
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...threadid=20287
I too thought about becoming a Beta but things didn’t work out.
Strike 1 - When I was a student worker one of the ladies in my office was very active Beta. She did stuff for Beta ALL the time when she had a few minutes to spare. There was no doubt in the world where her heart lay. I dropped hints all the time that I was interested but she brushed me off. I got the hint that I wouldn’t be right for her chapter because I was so young. I was 21 and the member nearest my age was 35. However, she did not attempt to get me involved with one of the 6 other chapters in town or even suggest a FV.
Strike 2 – When I moved here, I became involved with Newcomers Club,
www.newcomersclub.com. There are several ladies in NC that belongs to one of the 8 chapters we have in town. Although their PR is excellent, in the paper at least weekly, they approach only those they want into the chapters. I then turned my attention to Epsilon Sigma Alpha,
www.esaintl.com. I saw it as a way to start from scratch because there isn’t a chapter here. I also really like their philanthropy.
Strike 3 – I joined AOII as an AI and became completely immersed in AOII Land. I have been an officer ever since I joined. I am currently the VP of my chapter and delegate to the local Alumnae Panhellenic Association (APA). I am also in the process of getting another APA started.
I truly love AOII, but the only reason I would join another women’s organization is if there is something tugging at my heart. PEO Sisterhood,
www.peointernational.org, has a chapter here and I have been invited to their fall open meeting. What I like about them is that they fully support women’s higher education. They own Cottey College,
www.cottey.edu, which is a two-year, independent, liberal arts and sciences college for women.
Wow, sorry that was so long.
Edited to add that I am an Alpha Phi Omega brother too. Pledged and Initiated in Spring 1988.
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Originally posted by DeniLin
Ok, I may be stupid, but what is NPC and AI. I have always known BSP because my mother is one. We are a young chapter mostly 20-30 somethings with a couple older. We are even going to Friendly Venture in the fall.
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