[honeychile]

Personally, I think anyone who hasn't thought that EO was a little "rule-happy" is lying - especially while a collegiate. It's when you graduate and realize all the potential dangers that could happen that the rules start to make sense.

We had a very serious "crisis of commitment" when I was Vice President (my roomie was President). After a very cathartic move of addressing our Charter back to National, we sat down and listed the Pros and Cons of being a national organization v. being a local, and also of being an Alpha Delta Pi.

It was a very long list!

By the next meeting, we were able to present logical reasons why we were committed to Alpha Delta Pi, and asked the rest of the chapter if they were on board or not. That night, we heard more wonderful reasons - both logical and emotional - why each of us had decided to become an ADPi, and had a full renewal of loyalty to both our chapter and to Alpha Delta Pi.

I'm happy to say that I've never looked back!

As for the Chi Omegas at Wake Forest, I'm not sure what to say. They obviously had a lot of pride for the local organization, but for some reason, did not completely bond to the National. I know that part of our New Member Education was learning about the local which became ADPi (the founder was still alive then!), and it was fun learning about it - but our emotional bond was to ADPi.

I'd like to hear the point of view of ADPis who were part of a local-to-International process. Did you feel more loyal to the local? How did you pass on the complete chapter history? I know that there are a few Valpo ADPis - any thoughts?