Holding back the train (proposals by the all-male chapters)

[naraht]

A *very* large percentage of the amendment proposals that I saw
were either by Delta (Auburn) or Sigma Xi (UMaine-Orono).
Now everything that I can see (the fact that the board structure didn't obviously change,
etc.) seems to indicate that the majority of their proposals didn't
get very far, but did *any* of them get through?

Also, for the all-male chapters (excepting Wabash, of course), do they have
to have female brothers in order to avoid having the charter pulled,
or is the RD going "They tried, they honestly tried" good enough (or some other criteria).
Also, any public statements one way or another from any of the all-male chapters as to whether they were going to go co-ed or simply going to go?

Can you provide a link to these?

[naraht]

Originally Posted by ErinKathleenNJ

Can you provide a link to these?

http://www.apo.org/show/Conferences_...on/Legislation , but you'll have to log in. (you can log in with your national membership id)

[emb021]

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Few of the proposed changes to the National Org go thru the reference committess. One I recall that did was to setup a "Student Advisory Committee" that would bring an active student from each region together, election on to be a member of the BoD. It was defeated.

The decision to go co-ed by 2008 was confirmed. As with all membership issues with chapters, I think most SC & RD will be reasonable that if a former all-male chapter is working to recruit females (promos, getting assistance from nearby co-ed chapters, etc), but is not being successful, they will not penalize them unless its clear that they have been discouraging or turning away females. I know my RD has made that clear many times in the past year or two with chapters.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by emb021

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I know my RD has made that clear many times in the past year or two with chapters.

And IV (yours) and VII are the only ones with more than 2 all-male chapters in them. As such they are the model, I think.

[Senusret I]

The phrase "good faith effort" was in there somewhere, I think.