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Originally posted by kddani
OPhiARen3, i'm not trying to pick, but it seems that you have a hard time understanding/appreciating that not every group does things the same way yours does. The way your org does things isn't necessarily the "right" way or the only way of doing things.
Personally, I read your posts as being somewhat negative and condescending towards NPC groups because they don't do things the way your group does. It is coming across as you're looking down your nose at NPC groups. I could be wrong as to this, but this is the way that it is just the way i'm reading it.
I wouldn't dream of questioning the way your group does things, especially in a negative way. Every group does things for a reason. Why they do it is their business, certainly not any of mine. Some put more emphasis on other aspects, some things just are the way they are. For instance, I can't say why we get paraphanelia in all different colors and patterns. Women like color and variety, but other than that, I don't know. There's not a reason behind everything, somethings just are the way they are.
Most of our groups have been around for 100+ years and collectively have millions of members, obviously we're doing things right.
Back to the jersey question- NPC groups don't have an "official, standard" set of letters. My chapter had what we called "house letters"- i.e. everyone had the same set of letters. They were sorta in our colors- a dark green, with silver letters sewn on a white background (our official colors are olive green -though many chapters use a more flattering and modern shade of green- and pearl white). But this was our decision, for similar purposes as UKTriDelt's- it looks nice and uniform.
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I'm not trying to say that what you do is wrong, and I'm really sorry if I come off as condescending toward the NPC groups - I'm not trying to! I'm just not very familiar with NPC groups and the way that they operate, and am trying to understand that better. I definitely know that my org doesn't not have the best or the only right way of doing things - heck, I don't think half of us know what we're doing, we're just trying to find out ;p
I think the confusion for me was just over the word "jersey" - for me, I think that jersey maybe has different implications than maybe it does for others of you. So I think that may be where the confusion comes in. I mean, it's a shirt, yes, but it's your most important letter shirt, and while you can have others in other colors, you have that one that is the jersey, it is official, and it is typically your first set of letters. If that makes sense ...
Again, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to offend anyone!
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