[sigmadiva]

I hope I understand the point you are trying to make. As I understand it seems to me that you are asking if it is okay for a GLO member to 'take advantage' of their membership by promoting some endeavor of theirs with the anticipation that each or most members of the organization will participate. IF that is what you are addressing, then in some instances I think it is fine for a member to utilize his/her membership for promotion, unless it is being abused.

We had a very similar situation in my grad chapter. We have a member who would only show up to meeting long enough to ask for donations for her granddaughter to help offset the cost of the granddaughter's participation in beauty pagents. At first everyone in the chapter was supportive by donating money and taking out ads. Then it got to a point where our member would only show up to meeting, ask for money then leave. She abused the generosity of the chapter. Once she started just asking for money then leaving, we stopped giving her money and she has not come back to meetings since then.

I think that if you are a member in good standing, meaning not only financial but also participate with your chapter and organization as much as possible, then it is okay to go to your GLO members and ask for support, but if you are only using them, then people realize this very quickly and put a stop to it. Nobody likes to be used, soror or frat.