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Originally posted by AGDee
Ditto what Sheila said. I'm not finding any of that info on their national web site. Their national website looks and sounds very professional.
ETA: I also suspect that none of the OPA members who are on GreekChat have any control over what IS on the national website, but may feel personally defensive about the comments made above. It might be more constructive to email the webmaster for the web site instead.
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I'm a recent new member to our national Web Development Committee... this isn't to say that I really have any control over what goes on the website. I will say that I designed the webpage you are referencing (about NPC, etc), and the content from that page comes from a manual that was written about six years ago. I'm not saying that that makes it any better (and it certainly doesn't), but it's outdated, and I apologize on behalf of OPA for anyone that it may have offended. I think the purpose was to contrast how OPA functions versus NPCs.
There are some chapters which have about 1/3-1/2 NPC membership. The purpose of OPA is to promote community service on a semester-long basis. A lot of girls who are in NPC and are also in OPA join because there is more of an emphasis on service. Our chapter completed seventeen service projects this semester (averages out to more than one per week). I think what the website's trying to say is that it's literally ALL we do. We have some fellowship on the side, but with that many projects, your main emphasis is service.
I will pass on what I've seen here to the committee, though; I agree that the words could come across harsh and should be rewritten.
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