It's pretty disappointing that a posting that declared "This is what I have - did your group do something similar?" has degenerated into calling the poster "evasive" and a "ritual fisher". Puh-leeze...
You flatter yourselves. Ritual doesn't mean anything to anyone else unless they can actually participate in the ceremony.
Realizing this is a touchy subject (at least for some) and knowing it could easily be misinterpreted (as it apparently has by some) I didn't want to just put my group's name out there and imply, "This is what ALL chapters of XYZ do (because I'm pretty sure they don't)." Then some hyper-sensitive bonehead poster would read it, misunderstand it (no surprise there), then post somewhere else that XYZ prints out copies of their ritual and distributes it" - or worse.
At any rate, this is what I found out today: I called my chapter and talked to a gal who was initiated last year. She knew what I was talking about, but said that the new initiates only had these summaries long enough to memorize some stuff and then they were turned in. Guess that makes sense.
Then I asked a friend of mine who initiated at the same chapter a year or so after I did if she remembers getting this (unofficial) summary, and she said yes. She said she remembers getting this folder from her Big Sis and the folder had her name on it (just like mine).
So...my guess is that at one time, new initiates did not get to keep this information. Then someone (unofficially) decided to just give their Little Sis a copy, and then it just generally evolved back into just letting new initiates keep the copy long enough to memorize or review things.
Wolfman, I'm with you! I still stand by my statement that it's kind of cool to have this, even if it's not officially sanctioned by national HQ. It's locked away in my cedar chest where no one can see it...in case anyone is still wringing their hands over this.
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