Quote:
Originally posted by Betarulz!
We're still pledges, even at the international level, and it is a tradition I'm glad we still keep - "new members" implies, to me at least, a little too much certainty that one will become an initiated member of an organization.
|
I agree. We call ours "probationary members," which indicates it's not a done deal yet. We still use "pledge" as a verb -- e.g., he pledged last spring.