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Originally posted by azdtaxi
Okay so its actually like a Latina sorority that is national but not panhellenic ... maybe that explains it better ... I am alum now but I know that some of the girls are upset because they didn't think this could happen and as I tried to explain to them why it could it was upsetting that this Latina national org wouldnt care that at one point they were in a national panhellenic sorority.
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I don't really see a difference. Some national groups (whether they are Latina, NPC, whatever) don't get upset that some potential members were formally local members... and sometimes it even works backwards. I'm almost certain there may have been instances somewhere where a member of a national sorority disaffiliates and joins a local that takes them in knowing that they were former members of another organization.
It even works in the fraternity world (in a somewhat different way)... some IFC men may disaffiliate and even join another IFC even though the new group knows they were former members of another IFC org.
I'm not trying to say that it is always right.. sometimes people will leave because it turns out to not be a fit.. sometimes it's the finances... sometimes they want "more greek looking letters" (like someone posted earlier)... for whatever reason it didn't work out... why would you want to prevent them from finding happiness in another organization of a different type? (i.e. national NPC to national Latina or whatever) That's why NPC has rules stating that if a member decided to not initiate, she may pursue membership with another NPC organization... she has to wait a while, but they allow her to find a place where she will be an asset to her chapter... that way everyone is happy.
Someone earlier in the thread said they don't want anyone "sorority hopping" to be members of *their* sorority, but unless their national or local org. has very explicit rules about it, chances are in reality it has probably happened. Are they any less of a sister to you if you knew they once belonged to another sorority whether it be local, national, regional? I would hope not.