Oh the drama

[adpiucf]

Just reading the drama in the AI forum right now... thought we might add our constructive two cents here. Honey, I'm not trying to start any inflammatory posts, but it does seem this is a hot button issue, and I am curious to see what the ADPi's think of this.

[BBelleADPi]

Oh, I've definitely been keeping up with the drama over there! I can't decide which is more exciting, the rush threads or the AI conumdrum.

Well, from what I can tell:

a. having the AI forum on GC seems to be opening up a can of worms for many NPC headquarters with questions, forms, bickering, etc, from both "hopeful PNAIs" AS WELL as their own members;

b. having the AI forum on GC seems to be informing women of something that they otherwise would never have known about, but that in itself is a moot point because it really, seldom, hardly ever, in 90% of the cases and sororities in question happens anyway, so it doesn't matter if they ever get informed about it;

c. having the AI forum on GC seems to be giving women, both the reasonable, active and intelligent ones as well as the "no way will you ever be a member of my organization" ones the hope/idea that they can be a member of a sorority;

d. having the AI forum on GC is right now giving mostly incorrect and incomplete information without regard for any of the NPC sororities AND without their being able to do anything about it other than following through with a correctly worded PM to a MAN and hoping that the Earp God ("No correction for YOU!" Seinfeld-style) will accept their offer/sacrifice/cowtowing and will post something halfway reasonable pertaining to their sorority that they DON'T want up anyway.

Hmm...I think that about covers it from what I can see/read. Other than that, could all this drama be at a worse possible time of the year for sororities?

[ASUADPi]

Wow! I never realized how much was going on. I knew that there was a thread to get a new moderator. Some women wanted a female moderator who would attempt to give correct information (their arguement). I just kind of read the thread.

I see the good points and the bad points of the forum. But then again the same almost goes for the Rush forum. It's kind of the same thing, PNM's coming in thinking "OMG I'm totally going to get a bid" and then get severly disappointed with A) the process or B) that they didn't get a bid to the chapter they wanted.

The good is that now PNAM's know about AI. The bad is that some people are using it as a way becauase they got cut every single time they rushed in college. Unfortunately with GC we can't weed out the bad seeds. But I say that that should be up to the individual sororities the people are attempting to join. It's not up to us on GC (the internet) to start saying "no you will be a bad sister because you rushed 3 times in college and got cut all 3 times". Again, that is up to the chapter(s) they are looking at.

AI is just a very "touchy" subject. I think a bit more discretion is required with it. Some of the PNAM's have done a wonderful job, but some you shake your head thinking "WTF?".

[honeychile]

Actually, I'm somewhat glad that this came up. I'm interested in knowing what everyone thinks, both when you read the AI thread/Forum and what you think would be a good answer. I also appreciate the tenor of the thread, a LOT!!

I was toying with asking someone who is involved with AI for a statement, for our Forum. Please consider that a possibility, too.

[adpiucf]

Honeychile, coming from someone who used to be part of the AI approvals process: I would not go so far as to make any statement about AI and ADPi on GC. If someone is going to be invited to AI for ADPi, we'll ask her. There's info on our web site for members. That's it. Anyone who calls our HQ wanting AI info will be told as much. It really isn't our place to advertise it on GC, but rather to meet women in our communities, ADPi moms, RMH volunteers, etc., that we could see as involved and active members of our AA's and chapters.

Let's remember that GC is just a public message board. We can't make any "official" statements. I think there is tendancy to not remember this at times-- what happens on GC is not the real world. We can't qualify anything anyone says. And for that matter, with the number of trolls that have been outed in the past, we truly shouldn't trust that the people we are speaking with are always who they say they are. Let's continue to use GC as a goodwill idea sharing/friendship forum and leave the statements to the official websites and organizations.

Regarding the drama: I wish Tom would just delete the whole thread.

[WLFEO]

Man I tried reading through that thread and it was just too exhausting and hateful!

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

Honeychile, coming from someone who used to be part of the AI approvals process: I would not go so far as to make any statement about AI and ADPi on GC. If someone is going to be invited to AI for ADPi, we'll ask her. There's info on our web site for members. That's it. Anyone who calls our HQ wanting AI info will be told as much. It really isn't our place to advertise it on GC, but rather to meet women in our communities, ADPi moms, RMH volunteers, etc., that we could see as involved and active members of our AA's and chapters.

I definitely agree with adpiucf. AI is not something I think should be discussed on GC. GC is a public message board and AI is something that, from my understanding, is very rare in our sorority and should be treated just as collegiate membership selection is.

After reading all the other posts, I pretty much agree with everything else she said.

In my own opinion, it seems like GC creates a sort of marketplace for AI and that is not what the AI program was intended for. AI was intended to honor exceptional members of the community, volunteers, etc. Just my .02