Responsibility of the Chapters

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This is just something that's been on my mind for some time.

Here at SJ we have been having a lot of apathy over the past two and half to three years (ever since we moved into our mansion). We've basically had to reinvent the wheel again. What has been clear to me is whose my brother and who isn't. What i've noticed is that chapters function better and infinitely stronger when everyone is brothers, even if it means only being a handful of guys. While a chapter can do less with less members, in the long run it is with the utmost importance that chapters operate with only "brothers," no matter their size. A brother cant always contribute at any given time but a brother is one who has the utmost care for the wellbeing of the chapter and her members.
Chapters have a responsibility to not only initiate but grant alumni-status to only members who are "brothers," for all the chapters trust each other that only "Betas" will be let out into the real world. Twenty years down the line, if I am to meet a Beta and be in need of his assistance, I should know I could count on him, alternatively, if this person did not deserve his alumni status basically due to the fact that he wasn't a "brother" then I would not only be let down by him, but by his chapter by letting him hold the title as brother.
I think it is very much important for brothers to realize that the Beta process doesn't end once one is initiated.
For the well-being of my beta brothers for now, for the future, locally as well as the world at large: it is my responsibility that my chapter only allows true brothers to bear the name, 'Beta Theta Pi;' It is my responsibility that I make sure non-betas leave, even if it means that my chapter and I go through daunting hardship.
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