Local sorority "seeking national affiliation"

[klplovely]

Hey everyone! I'm new to GC and as I've been reading some posts, I've seen "locals seeking national affiliation" mentioned a few times, and I have a few questions about it if anyone knows.

How does local-national affiliation work? Would the local organization have to change their letters, or would they be seen under the national organizations wing? In other words, would the local have to give up their letters in order to become a new chapter of the national organization?

Any answers are appreciated =)

[Megahurtz]

Originally Posted by klplovely

Hey everyone! I'm new to GC and as I've been reading some posts, I've seen "locals seeking national affiliation" mentioned a few times, and I have a few questions about it if anyone knows.

How does local-national affiliation work? Would the local organization have to change their letters, or would they be seen under the national organizations wing? In other words, would the local have to give up their letters in order to become a new chapter of the national organization?

Just curious. I figure that if our numbers get too small, national affiliation may be an option and help to single us out less, as we are the only local organization on campus.

Any answers are appreciated =)

If you are a member of the organization I believe you to be, I was under the impression that there are 5 chapters in current existence. Why not form an alumnae governing Board of Directors and pool your resources amongst your chapters?

I have all the answers for the questions you've asked.

PM the GCer known as tunatartare. I'll bet she'll know.

[tunatartare]

Originally Posted by OTW

I have all the answers for the questions you've asked.

PM the GCer known as tunatartare. I'll bet she'll know.

Well you brought me back from my 3+ month hiatus.

Christi- this is Masha, we've tried twice to go two different routes about becoming national and neither one of them worked. I'll explain more on Tuesday.

[OmegaPDPrez]

i think that once you affiliate with a national group you do take on their letters, and some of the history that goes along with the group. thats when your group applies to become a part of that national group as a new chapter

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by tunatartare

Well you brought me back from my 3+ month hiatus.

Christi- this is Masha, we've tried twice to go two different routes about becoming national and neither one of them worked. I'll explain more on Tuesday.

Hi Friend, missed you!

[KyleMcGuire1983]

QMS ----> ZI Chapter of SN on May 19th, 1951.

So yes, you give up your letters, your colors, etc etc. The only thing you keep is your history. We still have a QMS paddle in our trophy case with little Spartans painted on it representing the local fraternity that existed at SJSU from 1943 to 1951 before becoming a chapter of SN

[WhiteRose1912]

Off the top of my head, the Wright State local Kappa Delta Chi became the Kappa Delta chapter of AOII. I don't think any other NPC orgs let chapters pick their own designations.

[TSteven]

Kentucky: Prior to being a Kappa Delta chapter, it was a local sorority originally named "Black Cats". They later changed their name to Epsilon Omega Delta. When the local sorority became a chapter of Kappa Delta (in 1910), they became the Epsilon Omega chapter.

I believe had they not been so named, they would have been a single letter chapter (i.e. one of the first 24 chapters).

[SigmaCat]

Another AOII here. When UC Berkeley local sorority Alpha Beta Sigma affiliated with Alpha Omicron Pi over a hundred years ago, we kept the "Sigma" as our chapter name. When our chapter closed not long ago, Sigmas who were still active Cal students formed a local sorority named Delta Sigma - delta for change, sigma for continuity.

[Kevin]

This is an eleven year old thread.