LatinaAlum, I guess you just showed both sides of an issue. Saddening as it might be, but seems to be True!
Those that do that, seem to me just do nothing but belittle themselves and Thier Organizations!
As you said, if they are that hard up, then there is a problem, we as Greeks in TOTO have a hard enough time recruiting members for our Individual Groups from the ranks of Independents without treating fellow Greeks this way.