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Originally posted by ZChi4Life:
Rain Man,
I have been reading all of your responses and frankly, I'm just not understanding one thing. Why do you keep asking all these questions and after someone answers them, you say (paraphrasing) "I'm still not getting an answer, just rhetoric".
I think if you read the answers again, you will see that the AKAs and DSTs have MORE than answered your question. What they said is that they DO NOT feel their orgs should change their membership requirements to accomodate whoever it may be. That's the bottom line. They've said that like 3 times! Why don't you get that? I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but they really have answered the question. They may not have answered it the way YOU want it to be, but they have. So leave them alone. Dang!
You just can't go around changing rules and regs to accomodate every Joe and Jane. That is just not going to happen. I mean, you're Greek, would you suggest to your Nat'ls that they do that?...go around changing their req's to meet EVERY damn body that was interested, so they can get up in your org? NO, you wouldn't! It's insane and damn near impossible. You say you know so much about Black Greeks or whatever, then you should know how they feel about people who seek membership into their orgs. Being Greek is a PRIVILEGE, NOT a right!! Why don't you understand this? Geez!
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Points of clarification, ZC4L
In my initial post, I asked three questions; parts 1 & 2 have been fully answered, part 3 somewhat, but answered nonetheless. When I was saying that my questions weren't being answered, I was referring more to my follow-up questions in responses to posts made by Positively AKA and AKA2D. In other words, when I got a little deeper in the topic, it was at that point the FOLLOW-UP questions weren't being answered, although I have to admit when I was asking for non-rhetorical answers I was probably thinking about all the other responses to posts I made being made in a "prescribed" manner.
In short, my initial questions were answered to my satisfaction, and a big thanks to all who responded (though I would like to get some frat input), while my follow-ups to Positively and AKA2D were not, and that was my target for the "rhetoric" posts.
As far as my org issuing membership to every Joe and Jane, frankly that has already been done to a great extent. The basic requirement to be an Alpha Phi Omega is that you must be an enrolled college student at an accredited institution of higher learning that has a chapter of Alpha Phi Omega. BTW, Alpha Phi Omega can have chapters at ANY college, 2-year, 4-year, trade, technical, heck, there is nothing prohibiting APO from starting a chapter at Ajax Barber College or Ace Hair and Nail Academy. What if you graduated? If you in grad school, you can join an undergrad chapter, if not, there's always honorary membership, which is something APO issues like business cards. Of course, the chapter I pledged at had a process of weeding out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to serve in my beloved frat. But I digress.
Hope this helps