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Originally posted by RACooper
I meant more in line with a campus community... such as when expanding into a campus that hasn't had a HGBLO presence (ever or for a long time) - so how is campus community educated, and how are PNM reached if they don't know about the org's precence on campus?
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**Sidebar**Chapters are not chartered without the school's knowledge and consent. The administrations research the organizations that are brought to their campuses in order to give this consent. As with non-Greek organizations, the school wants to know what type of organization it is, including BASIC membership intake process info, and what types of students may be interested in the organization.**end sidebar**
This translates into how the campus community learns about the organization with the administration's assistance and support. Some chapters are not given this assistance and support, of course. But, in general, the organization does its regular programming which can include a "FAQ about BGLOs" panel. People are free to ask questions and are told (as you all were told in this thread) what types of questions are inappropriate. This is often done very respectfully. Unlike many of you in this thread, most people aren't offended by this request (when it is done respectfully) and they respect it and move on.
Esoteric info is not needed for BGLO presence to be appreciated and understood, however campuses vary in how intrusive (and extremely combative) they attempt to be. Their intrusiveness (and combativeness) can often be curtailed by a very supportive graduate chapter and regional representative on the side of the BGLO chapters.