[Shelacious]

I don't know if it would "never" work. I don't think we would ever meld the conferences into one, for a whole host of reasons (including the fact that the NPHC conference is composed of both male and female organziations). The two conferences (NPHC and NPC) are about as different in mission and scope from each other as the NIC and NPC are from each other, IMHO.

However, this is not to say that the NPHC sororities and the NPC sororities could not have a bi-yearly roundtable, forum or workshop on fostering some sort of relationship between the two groups. I agree with an earlier poster that mentioned that the "old school" of the NPHC might have a difficult time understanding why we would want to foster any sort of relationship: many of them went to HBCUs where the point was moot (no NPC groups) or recall the mood at the time they joined. I was listening to an album recorded at occasion of my Sorority's 50-year celebration, and I recall our Basileus at the time mentioned she has called up presidents of the NPC and NIC [I don't know how many], and said that one of the NPC presidents told her "we didn't have a chance." Now, I don't know that was in reference to, but the point is that the members that were privy to that type of behavior (accurate or not) are still alive and well in the Sorority.

I do think, though, that its time that the groups of sororities begin to have a more formalized relationship with each other, even if it's just information sharing and knowledge gathering.