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Originally posted by GPhiBLtColonel
I have mixed feelings about having a special AI designation -- like it will always set them apart and after a time as far as I'm concerned they are just like everyone else who is a member of Gamma Phi. There will always be some who sneer at AI in all the GLOs - why exacerbate that by giving AIs a separate designation?
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I don't necessarily feel as if I have a 'special' designation - I'm a member of a chapter, just like the women at Beta Theta chapter are -- it just happens that my chapter is more of a 'virtual' chapter than a flesh-and-blood house, if that makes sense.
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Separate question: several AIs have posted here and on other threads about "getting their bid" -- exactly what form does that process take for y'all?
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Well for me, it was a phone call from my sponsor. She said that they were going to give me a bid card the night of the party that was cancelled, but it didin't happen. With our chapter's most recent Alumna Initiate (the lovely and talented Jill1228), I gave her the AI paperwork to fill out after a conversation with the chapter president, who then called her a couple of days later and invited her into the sisterhood.
I don't know whether Alpha Phi has a 'standard' for invitations to membership for Alumna Initiates, but I think it's a nice touch to offer an official bid, especially to women who for whatever reason didn't go through collegiate recruitment (or had bad recruitment experiences, as per my case).