I apologize for the lack of introduction on my last post, which by the way was under my old old user name "Partyshark69", which I felt needed to be changed.
My name is Dan from The Theta-Zeta chapter at ENMU.
I was not implying that any of you don't work hard for our order, but there are a lot of our chapters out there that still dont understand what the Fraternity is all about.
About the whole Tau thing, your only as strong as your weakest link, and as in life, you will be stereotyped for the actions of a few. So, if it was just a few that made Tau look bad, why didnt the EC punish them? I know our EC would not have stood for what they did and would have taken immediate action and since the EC didnt step in and take care of the problem, the SEC did.
The funny thing is though, that the more chapters of Kappa Sig that I see, the more I have found that the brothers and the EC, dont want to be the bad guys, or the guys that reenforce the rules. So basically everybody pussy-foots around and nothing gets done. This leadership needs to come from the EC and as an officer you need to modivate as well as punish.
At Tau it is just as much the chapters fault as it is the brothers that were in the wrong. All the brothers as well as the EC should have stepped in and and elminated the problem, they didnt, so everybody gets punished, thats life, deal with it.
As far as due process goes, do you really think anything would have been changed if they had gotten due process?
Its sad to say that being in a fraternity, you do have to look out for your PR, so when a brother screws up and the word gets out, something has to be done. Sadly, public image always has to be considered, that is why Fraternities have a bad name.
I totally support the SEC on punishing lousy chapters, cuz if they didnt then the undergrads will continue to walk all over the authority of the order, like they have been doing in the past. I think the present SEC is the strongest it has ever been and they arent taking any shit. After this conclave, they will be even stronger. After knowing a few officers on the SEC very well, I can assure you that they will only get stronger and not stand for any wrong doing. So basically you cant ride the fence, you have to pick a side, are you with em or against em?
Yes, it is a social fraternity, but along with that comes hard work, and beleive me, our chapter busts our ass day in and day out.
Yes, I consider Tau chapter my brothers, but I feel a true brother is someone that works hard for the order. Havent you noticed that the guys in your chapter that dont come around or participate, you arent as close to. It's true, you want to be around the guys that are always around and that work hard. There are a lot of slack-ass brothers out there that dont do anything and its frustrating to work so hard for KS and then go to another chapter and see those brothers do nothing significant and dont care about the overall purpose of the fraternity.
You have to remember that the fraternity is a microcosm of life and that the SEC is not going to go into a chapter like TAU and evaluate every brother and be nit-picky.
I wish I could answer all your replys, but Ive written enough as it is and I have to go, but I think this topic needs to be discussed. AEKDB brothers.
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