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Originally posted by preciousjeni
Regarding changes in the thrusts of organizations, I was thinking about starting a new thread on this, but since this one is active, let's just discuss it here.
Is it really ok for members of an organization to change the mission/purpose/creed/etc.? If an org started as an AGLO/LGLO/BGLO/MCGLO and is now considered "historically" AGLO/LGLO/BGLO/MCGLO, is it ok revamp?
Let's say, for example, an MCGLO has a majority of African-American members in 50 years. Would it be ok to change it from an MCGLO to a non-discriminating BGLO? You'd have to change the purpose, mission statement and other relevant components, wouldn't you?
Or is it better to maintain the org that the founders created, letting new members (regardless of "race") know that the org will focus on the concerns of all people even though the membership is mostly African American.
It's either one or the other - it cannot be both. To clarify, I'm referring strictly to already existing orgs...I suppose if you start a new org, you can say that it has no specific focus at all and will choose philanthropies and other elements based on something else altogether.
Edited because I confused myself!
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Well, there are some NPC sororities that have changed their "thrusts" over the years. ASA, AST, SSS were all social-educational sororities and if I'm not mistaken, AXO was focused on music. I think that we all found over the years that we felt limited and wanted to expand our membership to everyone, not just those in a particular field of study.
Of course that's not the same thing, but I thought it was an interesting side note.