ASC is national (zntke711) everyone

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Zntke711, everyone; I tried to respond to zntke711’s post: re; “ASC GLO forum,” but the string was closed... If I did that, I didn't intend to. If the moderator did it, then I take that to mean ASC is not welcome.

It isn't that I am incapable of understanding the motives for excluding our fraternity from greekchat. We are not a residential fraternity. The only reason ASC is currently listed on greekpages as a 'local' fraternity is that we do not yet fit their definition of 'international' even though international affiliations are inherent in our founding. Our membership, however, is currently national.

ASC is determined not to flaunt tradition in most areas. The founding members are equally determined to ensure that membership in ASC is predicated on traditional fraternal foundations.

That said, even though we have international professional ties doesn't make us international in the GLO sense – not until we are associated with a campus outside the U.S. Until then, we'll remain 'local' as per the greekpages definition.

Where we cross over the line is in not being residential. That is the reason ASC was founded as a GLO, and not a fraternal organization like Odd Fellows or Freemasons. The founding vision is to bring the universal man Socratic academic bond to institutions offering degrees in Intelligence, such as a Master's of Science in Strategic Intelligence (MSSI), and Master's of Science in National Security (MSNS), which are not residential campuses.

The result is that many 'universal men' who are achieving advanced academic goals, are deprived of the Greek traditions - we aim to be the first fraternity to bridge this gap. The impact isn't limited to the cyber campus alone, but extends to many non-residential (in the GLO sense) postgraduate institutions that offer intelligence and national security degrees. Make no mistake; we may be founded at a cyber university, but our focus and our audience is global.

We're closing rapidly on the point of fruition where our existence will become known, not only in online venues, but also at brick and mortar institutions such as I've described above. We're listed on acronymfinder under ASC as the national professional fraternity for intelligence and national security studies, and that is who we are. Once we begin our rush process, membership in ASC will be open to thousands of qualified men at the founding institution alone.

The network resident in that initial audience is profound. All of the institutions I've alluded to are well known to the prospective members, because they are either professionals in the intelligence and national security communities, or professors in the academic study of those communities.

If closing our string was intentional, and greekchat seeks to exclude what will become a vast, prestigious, influential, and in most respects traditional GLO - I would submit that is an oversight, and one that warrants reconsideration.