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Originally posted by DSTCHAOS
**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**
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I see, so HGBLOs will not ever go to a campus were they are not invited or recognized by the school administration? What about the case of a campus were GLOs are neither recognized nor are they banned - sort of a administrative limbo? Questions such as these are very applicable to Canadian campuses, and as such of significant interest to myself - I've also been discussing the issue on the LCA forum, and I'd be interested to get the opinions of some HGBLO members as well.
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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.
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I can understand the desire to protect esoteric information - but it can be difficult to keep track of what information each org. considers esoteric. I could definitely see how an actual panel or meeting to discuss concerns or curiosity could be extremely helpful in this regard... helpful to all greeks actually.
The threads referenced earlier were helpful in trying to understand the intake process for HGBLOs, specifically at a orginizational and administrative level... however I have to say that the process is definately geared towards a certain pre-exisiting enviroment either with the community or campus - and I can see how the process can hinder more than help the establishment of a strong chapter when the supportive enviroment isn't there.