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Originally posted by RACooper
But then wouldn't this hurt the chances of successfully establishing a chapter in a campus/community enviroment were the HGBLO method of information management and recruitment isn't the 'norm' - ie. instead of PNM members approaching the org., the org. has to approach them?
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Because of the activity level of BGLOs on the graduate level, a lot of PNMs are exposed to many different organization before even entering college.
To use myself as an example, while in high school I participated in Saturday tutorials and SAT Prep workshops sponsored by the AKA graduate chapter, a cultural awareness/ African American history workshop sponsored by the DST graduate chapter and competed for an academic scholorship offered by the ZPB graduate chapter. Additionally, many of my teachers, advisors and mentors were members of these organizations. So I was exposed to the organizations before college.
Additionally, because of the early exposure to these organizations PNMs for BGLOs (should) already know the proper method of pursuing membership. My guess is that because of the prior knowlege a PNM (probably) has, a BGLO trying establish a chapter on campus whouldn't have many problems attracting members. Matter of fact, the chapter is probably being established through the work of students that already know about the org and want it to be present on the campus.