The Alcohol Thing - again....

[Kapsig1]

All right guys. You have proven time and time again that we are capable of truly meaningful disucssion here. AS the result of a thread on the main boards, our Brother James posted the following:

<<Expell members that drink underage. Immediately. They are in violation of the Law and are the single greatest threat to in terms of liability.

If they are drinking underage and get hurt the lawsuit is much more likely to come.

I am not advocating this personally, but this is certainly the where the context of many of our conversations are taking us.

If you are a National Officer why wouldn't you be recomending the expulsion of a person that was in clear violation of the law (underage consumption of alcohol) and therefore a risk management liability to the National Fraternity?

Unless you (as National Officers) are condoning breaking the Law?>>

I for one certainly do not condone breaking the law, or the policies of the order for that matter. We are currently faced with rapidly rising insurance costs that will certainly have an impact on our Order. Honestly, the alcohol realted incidents are the single largest factor in these risign rates, and could EASILY drive the cost of membership out of reach of many undergraduates.

My question is simple. Wil James' suggestion make an impact? I realize James, that you were not advocating it, but rather making the statement that nothing else made sense.

So, there it is. Let's have some of the intelligent discussion we've had in the past.

Thanks,
Brad