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That was me. I didn't say that we belong to our chapters and our nationals; I said our chapters and our nationals belong to us. Too often the institution's representatives - our "hosts" - are not hospitable. In the cases where they do not view us as guests, we are obligated to fend for ourselves and protect the rights of our organizations. There is often a fundamental difference between what the institution's reps define as our purpose vs. what we know the purpose of our Founder's was. In almost every case, the original and exclusive purpose of our organizations was the advancement and development of friendship among the members.
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