ZTAngel--I think for an NPC sorority your question WAS NOT out of line. But then, my sorority's legacy policy is word for word on our National web page. Hence my complete openiness about it!
But of course that's not the case for every GLO.
AKA2D '91 & mccoyred--I think your responses were very appropiate for your orgs. I know you both realize that there are many diffs between NPC/IFC and NPHC. This is just another one of those things.
So, yeah a real member wouldn't necessarily know the answer. With my own chapter, it's something that's never brought up until formal rush. And then it's just sort of skimmed over and not really explained in a very detailed manner.
I don't think (and I certainly hope) that anyone was trying to completely disrespect one another. Let's all just try to remember that were coming from different places on these things.
CutiePie2000--
the 4 different ways that women in my NPC sorority can be considered alumna status are:
1. If you've graduated from college
2. If you leave school for more than 1 yr during your undergrad degree.
3. If you leave the chapter on good standing alumna status can be granted. So, you could be an alumna and still taking classes.
4. If you go through our special alumna ritual! Not all sororities have this one. Actually I'm not aware of any other sorority that has it...but who knows!
It's all pretty complicated when applied to real life. The decisions about #3 are at the whim of our exec board. So if two girls with the same situation requested alumna status, one could get it while the other is denied.
