Frustrated...any ideas?

[Zephyr]

Hi All,

I just met with another advisor who quite patronizingly told me that while she understood that the Alcohol Initiative (3rd Party Vendor thing...I can't recall the formal name right this second...) was agreed to by her sorority, she felt it would be suicide for her Chapter at that campus to follow it, and she believed that I was crazy for expecting my Chapter to follow it as well.

This is so frustrating! If no one else will follow this policy it does hurt our Chapters as no fraternities will want to mix with them as it would require them to put forth some extra effort to hold the mixers at 3rd Party Vendors.

Why did this pass if no one ever planned to follow it? I truly believe D Phi E is the only sorority at that campus who is following this.

I'm not going to tell our Chapter there they don't have to follow it; it's currently a non-issue as they aren't allowed to mix due to sanctions incurred from a hazing violation. Has anyone else had to deal with something like this? I can understand Collegians not following it but I'd never expect an ADVISOR to be like, "I know we signed that honey but it's stupid."


Any suggestions? I need to think of easy "3rd Party" vendor ideas for them if they get their Social Privliges back, has anyone confronted or talked to another advisor about the need for them to support this initiative, and if so what did you say?

This Campus has no full time Greek Advisor.

Thanks!