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Originally posted by ChaosDST
I agree with a great deal of what you are saying. Afterall, I don't know if an honorary member is necessarily a SOROR...I actually never thought about it that way.
However, you can not assume the reasoning behind EVERY organization's having honorary members. Maybe you had a secret meeting with all of our Grand Basileus(es) and National Presidents...lemme find out. But, some of our orgs have way over 100,000 members...hardly seems like they need any number padding to me.
I do agree that there is a great deal of misinformation. A lot of this has to do with poor record keeping, especially if we're dealing with members from the more formative years of our orgs. Many people confuse honorary with famous, though...which is another thing that may cause confusion.
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An Honorary Soror is a Soror, however she is not a "member" of the organization (check your C&B). As you know we have plenty of Sorors who aren't "members" of the organization, and thus do not a voice is the path the Sorority takes.
To Inquisitive06
Now I don't beleive that granting Honorary membership to anyone is a means of "padding" member numbers. As we all know, none of the NPHC orgs have a problem with having the masses join, and trust me, the decision to grant honorary membership in Delta is NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY and does not guarantee that ANYONE will get it.
Honorary membership is solely to recognize women who reach a point of excellence in their fields, through hard work, tenacity and life experience, as well as her education (WHATEVER that may be)and not only because they are FAMOUS. We have serveral Honorary Soror that are NOT household names, but whose work and example were deemed worthy of honorary membership.
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