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Open Expansion and Student Government
Hey all,
I've got a question involving policies on your campuses for formation of new GLOs. On our campus, we have a Greek Council that oversees all of the GLOs, fraternity/sorority and national/local, and we have a document called the "Statement of Relationship" that outlines the process for expansion, including colonization and recognition. This legal "checklist" of sorts includes a few different stages, none of which include seeking recognition from the student government.
And, thus, where the student government comes into play. There are some in the student government who believe that this new GLO coming on campus would require their approval before becoming a legitimate new GLO on campus. This wouldn't be an issue except for the fact that there are some in the administration that are siding with their interpretation. They are doing this mostly due to precedent, since, apparently, GLOs that have seeked to come on campus in the past have gone through the student government approval process.
Now, I'm not sure how to proceed. On the one hand, I could advise this new GLO coming on campus to go to the student government for approval and recognition and just let this slide, since I know it's unlikely that they would get turned down. But I'm affraid of the precedent that this would continue. Is it common for student governments to have this kind of "veto power" over new GLOs? Is this policy against open expansion policies that host institutions are supposed to abide by? How should I proceed?
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