Verifying Alumnae (random question)

[KSUViolet06]

I had a random question about alumnae chapters:

Do you verify membership of an alumni/ae before allowing her/him to participate in your chapter activites?

Lets say Suzie shows up to an XYZ alumnae chapter meeting looking to get involved. She says she's from XY chapter and even what year she joined. Do you take her word for it and allow her to become involved, or do you verify members through your HQ before they can get started?

[saetex]

Originally posted by JocelynC
I had a random question about alumnae chapters:

Do you verify membership of an alumni/ae before allowing her/him to participate in your chapter activites?

Lets say Suzie shows up to an XYZ alumnae chapter meeting looking to get involved. She says she's from XY chapter and even what year she joined. Do you take her word for it and allow her to become involved, or do you verify members through your HQ before they can get started?

i'm not sure, but i certainly would not let someone see our chapter room or divulge in any private discussions based solely on a chapter name and a year.

[KD Diamonds]

Keep in mind that alumnae ARE members! If the alumna can sucessfully reply to discreet challenges, then they are your sisters. Sometimes people are mistrustful - this can cause alumnae to turn away from the sorority.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by JocelynC
Do you verify membership of an alumni/ae before allowing her/him to participate in your chapter activites?

In NPHC organizations we do.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by KD Diamonds
Keep in mind that alumnae ARE members! If the alumna can sucessfully reply to discreet challenges, then they are your sisters. Sometimes people are mistrustful - this can cause alumnae to turn away from the sorority.

Nonmembers get a hold of information all the time and unfortunately membership cards get lost or stolen. There are also people whose membership standings are questionable due to disciplinary action. Aside from introductory kindness when you meet someone who claims to be a member, there's no harm in checking membership. Alumnae who are offended by this need to relax because it justs comes with the territory.

If the person actually wants to formally have her membership status switched over to an alumnae chapter, their membership standing should be checked and the appropriate paperwork should be completed. If the person just wants to assist the alumnae chapter with certain activities without transfering membership, there are other ways of confirming membership status and standing with the sorority. An ounce of prevention is a pound of cure.

[AGDee]

We get a list of alumnae within a certain geographic area and send our newsletters out to them. They wouldn't be on our mailing list unless they were members. We do have a member directory on our members only side of our website though, so I would look them up there if I didn't know who they were, where they were coming from, etc.

[AGDLynn]

Additionally, if a collegiate Alpha Gam wants to affliate with the new chapter, the former Chapter Advisor is contacted to verify membership status.

[Tom Earp]

Being Greeks I think We beleive anyone who comes to our doorway. UT-Knoxvill is a proof in point.

I used to travel a lot and would stop in Houses.

If You have lost Your Card, You still have a rudiment knowledge of Signs that so designate who may be Members and who are not.

At The Gen. Assemb. that I attended 2 years ago, while I had My Card and Credentials, I still had to give the Grip.

It was funny to see so many Guys practicing it before they were allowed to enter!

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by Tom Earp
If You have lost Your Card, You still have a rudiment knowledge of Signs that so designate who may be Members and who are not.

Grips and other "signs" are easily passed on to nonmembers.

[Tom Earp]

Then give a suggestion instead of a comment!

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by Tom Earp
Then give a suggestion instead of a comment!

Is that a new GC rule?

I already answered the OP's question. You responded to something in my post and I returned the favor. Touchy touchy.

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally posted by AGDee
We get a list of alumnae within a certain geographic area and send our newsletters out to them. They wouldn't be on our mailing list unless they were members. We do have a member directory on our members only side of our website though, so I would look them up there if I didn't know who they were, where they were coming from, etc.

That's what I do as well.

[texas*princess]

Originally posted by JocelynC
I had a random question about alumnae chapters:

Do you verify membership of an alumni/ae before allowing her/him to participate in your chapter activites?

Lets say Suzie shows up to an XYZ alumnae chapter meeting looking to get involved. She says she's from XY chapter and even what year she joined. Do you take her word for it and allow her to become involved, or do you verify members through your HQ before they can get started?

I think it definitely would be very wise to verify alumnae status (or even membership for that matter!).

[honeychile]

We always do. If nothing else, a quick call to EO is in order, as an alumna is not supposed to just "show up" at a chapter meeting, without either an invitation or an okay.

DSTCHAOS is right, many people who shouldn't know your handshake, sign, whistle, or password do know it. If you let that be your only guide, you'll only sell your organization short.

BTW, we had an advisor when I was an active who had not been previously vetted. It turned out that she was an ADPi, but had been deactivated for a reason. After her brief stint as our advisor, she was AGAIN deactivated, and I shudder to think that she's passing herself off at yet another unsuspecting chapter!

[ajuhdg]

I 've been trying to get involved with our local chapter here in Syracuse. I was able to go to the house last night and help out after Recruitment. I was sitting at this table with other advisers and alumnae, and thinking: "Wow, they just let me come down here!" Oh, we were doing post recruitment 'personal' things. It makes me wonder if they checked my status.