Please join me in welcoming...

Quala67 · #1 02-04-2008, 06:23 AM

A new Petitioning Group! (yes, they're popping up like spring flowers in Region III)

Congratulations to the new Petitioning Group at Virginia State University in Petersburg, VA. Congrats can be sent to vsuapo@googlegroups.com

Sister Havana · #2 02-04-2008, 01:21 PM

Woohoo! Another petitioning group! Welcome!

naraht · #3 02-04-2008, 03:51 PM

Beautiful Flowers popping up!

I'm sure the groups from the various Petitioning Groups will do things together. However the crosspollination possbilities between Regent on the one hand and Virginia State and Norfolk State on the other *completely* boggle the mind.

BTW, if the group at Regent does Probate, I think I'll be able to hear heads exploding from here in DC, 200 miles away.

YiLFS
Randy

txdiva · #4 02-04-2008, 04:40 PM

Congratulations!!!

GoldnBlue2004 · #5 02-04-2008, 05:32 PM

Congratulations VSU!

GMUAPhiOAdvisor · #6 02-05-2008, 08:49 AM

If anyone's head is going to explode, it might be Dawn's, from all the new chapters she has to visit in the Region!! She might put the region on some for of "pollination-control"....LOL

Congrats to VSU!!!! Welcome to the family!!

naraht · #7 02-06-2008, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by GMUAPhiOAdvisor

If anyone's head is going to explode, it might be Dawn's, from all the new chapters she has to visit in the Region!! She might put the region on some for of "pollination-control"....LOL

Congrats to VSU!!!! Welcome to the family!!

Note quite sure what your second sentence means, I think 'for' means 'form'.

While I was an undergraduate, from May of 1988 to April of 1989, my *section* went from 12 chapters to 16. It was only after I became a staffer that I understood why the section chair had started developing odd physical tics.

Right now Region III is tied for second place in number of chapters Region V has 49 and Regions III and VI have 44. (II:40, IV:39, VII:37, I&VIII:28, X:20, IX:18, XI:12).

I'm actually falling behind in keeping track of all of the PGs in Region III. I *think* there are Five: UofMd- Baltimore Cty, Regent, Norfolk State, Regent, Virginia State and St. Augustine's(NC). Add to that an Interest Group at Salisbury State...

GMUAPhiOAdvisor · #8 02-07-2008, 09:19 AM

LOL....yes, I meant "form"....I never learned how to type and it is blatantly evident when I am tired!

As for where the chapters are, I only wish they would show up at some other college/university closer to Northern VA. The only problem is that there ARE no other colleges/universities closer to Northern VA!!!

Ah, the joys of living in the "People's Republic of Northern VA"!

naraht · #9 02-07-2008, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by GMUAPhiOAdvisor

The only problem is that there ARE no other colleges/universities closer to Northern VA!!!

Northern Virginia Possibilities...

First, I think Marymount University in North Arlington is a possibility. A little on the small side (undergrad enrollment, 2000) and no social fraternities, but probably worth a try.

Second, Northern Virginia Comm College @ Annandale had a chapter for most of the 1970s. (Phi Lambda chapter)

Of course if you want to try a campus of Strayer University or University of Phoenix, there are a few in the area, but I can think of simpler forms of self-torture.

Of course dealing with the distances that some other Regions have to deal with, any chapter inside the DC Beltway should be counted as local to Mason.

pirate00 · #10 02-08-2008, 07:46 PM

Yay VSU! Just another reason for me to like Petersburg (and not just it's because where I-85 begins

).

GMUAPhiOAdvisor · #11 02-09-2008, 02:12 PM

I think I said something to someone about Marymount at Regionals and seem to recall being told it wasn't something A Phi O was looking at.

As for NVCC, it seems that we've been turning away from community colleges, as the turnover is just too high. I was a community college student when I was initiated, and was told back then (95) that A Phi O was looking to not have 2 year schools having chapters.

In regard to the schools inside the Beltway, I would have thought the chapter would jump at the chance to work more closely with them (there was a chance they'd switch), but that was shot down. As it stands right now, they're happy to do their own thing for the majority of the time and make the road trip to sectionals and have that be their only contact with the section for the entire year.

naraht · #12 02-10-2008, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by GMUAPhiOAdvisor

I think I said something to someone about Marymount at Regionals and seem to recall being told it wasn't something A Phi O was looking at.

As for NVCC, it seems that we've been turning away from community colleges, as the turnover is just too high. I was a community college student when I was initiated, and was told back then (95) that A Phi O was looking to not have 2 year schools having chapters.

In regard to the schools inside the Beltway, I would have thought the chapter would jump at the chance to work more closely with them (there was a chance they'd switch), but that was shot down. As it stands right now, they're happy to do their own thing for the majority of the time and make the road trip to sectionals and have that be their only contact with the section for the entire year.

Beats me on Marymount. I don't know if it has to do with the school itself or something else.

In regards to the CCs I was presenting all of the options. I'm not a fan of APO trying to go to CCs either, but this is an area where there appears to be a *great* deal of difference among not only the National Board members, but also the various people who have been PD Membership. I know that we have at least one active chapter at a two year school, but Georgia Military College isn't exactly your standard Community College.

Having George Mason switch sections to join with the chapters in DC has been brought up at various times going all the way back to prior to chartering. There was discussion of moving it out of Section 82 into Section 84 (which should give you some idea how far back.

Within the state of Virginia, I'm not sure what the closest 4 year school with dorms and more than 1000 students is *other* than Marymount, my guess is University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg.

Do you think an individual invitation from Frostburg for this spring's sectional would make a difference?

Randy

KAPital PHINUst · #13 02-12-2008, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by GMUAPhiOAdvisor

As for NVCC, it seems that we've been turning away from community colleges, as the turnover is just too high. I was a community college student when I was initiated, and was told back then (95) that A Phi O was looking to not have 2 year schools having chapters.

*applause* Good call back in '95, good call today.

I second that notion.

GMUAPhiOAdvisor · #14 02-13-2008, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst

*applause* Good call back in '95, good call today.

I second that notion.

Yeah, I'm an anomaly on here....student at a 2 year school that didn't have a chapter and became an extension brother at a 4 year school (extension membership no longer exists and I think I'm partially the reason!)

KAPital PHINUst · #15 02-13-2008, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by GMUAPhiOAdvisor

Yeah, I'm an anomaly on here....student at a 2 year school that didn't have a chapter and became an extension brother at a 4 year school (extension membership no longer exists and I think I'm partially the reason!)

Actually, IMHO if anything, extension membership should have remained for the very reason you indicated. I find your post ironic as far as the events that transpired with regards to extension membership.