Your thoughts on AI: discussion goes here.

UGAalum94 · #1 10-07-2006, 01:49 PM

Information is on some sites GLO sites, but some folks might not know where to look and look for that info. here.

The same thing with rush and college members. Many school sits have information about dress, finances, etc, and yet, people still ask and answer here.

Some information is kept off IHQ website because it's ritual, and I think some is just left off because it would be difficult to maintain on all the chapters.

I suspect most members can tell the difference between what is ritual and what is common knowledge. When in doubt, they could ask a national officer.

Just remember that if you go with the "Is it on the national site" as a standard, you're going to really be restricted in what you can say in other forums on GreekChat as well.

For example, I don't believe my group's website (or any others group's, for that matter) addresses whether a new member who quits has to turn in all items with the letters on them when she quits. And yet, such a conversation is taking place right now in another thread. If you apply the "if it's not the webpage, it shouldn't be discussed" rule, you should be demanding that that thread be locked. You aren't. Why not?

There's a thread about "no recs," when you should write them, and who can write them.
There are several threads about affiliation with different chapters. Why would these issues fall under a different standard than AI?

texas*princess · #2 10-07-2006, 02:13 PM

If it is on some websites then why go to an internet chat board to get the same information?

AI is not rush. Period.

AI is selecting members to invite into their sisterhood. (Which means it is "Membership Selection").

Membership Selection is not to be discussed outside the chapter room walls.

GC = outside chapter room walls.

If an alum chapter wants Suzy Q to be a member of their sorority, they will ask her. If she accepts, then she can ask THEM whatever questions she wants.

Suzy Q should not go knocking on the virtual doors (i.e. GC) of all the sorority houses asking if they will take her since she has already graduated college or turned down a bid or couldn't go to college or didn't have any of the cool sororities on her campus.

UGAalum94 · #3 10-07-2006, 02:23 PM

Parts of AI are membership selection.
Not all of it is membership selection.
You are clearly trying to apply a different standard to discussions of AI than you want to see elsewhere on GreekChat.

valkyrie · #4 10-07-2006, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Information is on some sites GLO sites, but some folks might not know where to look and look for that info. here.

If you are too stupid to look at an organization's website to find out information about that organization, why in the hell should anybody on GC help you? SERIOUSLY.

tunatartare · #5 10-07-2006, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Information is on some sites GLO sites, but some folks might not know where to look and look for that info.

If nothing else, it's called the search button.

Jen · #6 10-07-2006, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

If nothing else, it's called the search button.

Very true - everything you wanted to know about AI is already contained in the AI forum, you just have to search for it. But most PNAMs are too lazy to do a search and ask the same things over again - and a lot of the time it's info they could find out on the sorority websites as well if they thought to look there.

UGAalum94 · #7 10-07-2006, 07:55 PM

You all seem to simultaneously arguing two mutually exclusive lines of reasoning: A) only information from a GLO’s website should be available at GreekChat AND B) If it’s on the group’s website, there’s no reason for it to be online elsewhere. What would that leave to be discussed on Greek Chat?

Really, you all are too much.

valkyrie · #8 10-07-2006, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

You all seem to simultaneously arguing two mutually exclusive lines of reasoning: A) only information from a GLO’s website should be available at GreekChat AND B) If it’s on the group’s website, there’s no reason for it to be online elsewhere. What would that leave to be discussed on Greek Chat?

Really, you all are too much.

Well, that would leave the 900,000,000 other things that are discussed on GC.

UGAalum94 · #9 10-07-2006, 08:50 PM

If you weren't allowed to discuss anything that wasn't on the webpage, and you weren't allowed to discuss anything on the webpage, that would leave nothing that could be discussed.

Unless you admit that you are applying a standard to AI discussions that you wouldn't apply to other topics.

Jen · #10 10-07-2006, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

If you weren't allowed to discuss anything that wasn't on the webpage, and you weren't allowed to discuss anything on the webpage, that would leave nothing that could be discussed.

Unless you admit that you are applying a standard to AI discussions that you wouldn't apply to other topics.

AI isn't other topics. It's its own monster.

Tippiechick · #11 10-07-2006, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

You all seem to simultaneously arguing two mutually exclusive lines of reasoning: A) only information from a GLO’s website should be available at GreekChat AND B) If it’s on the group’s website, there’s no reason for it to be online elsewhere. What would that leave to be discussed on Greek Chat?

Really, you all are too much.

Why do you almost always go back and edit your posts? I have noticed a trend of this happening and think it is very odd. Care to explain?

UGAalum94 · #12 10-07-2006, 10:22 PM

Usually it's to correct typos that I didn't notice until later when I see them quoted in other people's comments.

In this instance, I did delete a comment that in hindsight I realized was unnecessarily speculative about peoples attitude and motives in wanting to shut down the AI forum.

This is the only instance for which I think the content was really changed. Usually, it's because I've typed d instead of s and stuff like that.

Should I not fix the errors?

Tippiechick · #13 10-07-2006, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Usually it's to correct typos that I didn't notice until later when I see them quoted in other people's comments.

In this instance, I did delete a comment that in hindsight I realized was unnecessarily speculative about peoples attitude and motives in wanting to shut down the AI forum.

This is the only instance for which I think the content was really changed. Usually, it's because I've typed d instead of s and stuff like that.

Should I not fix the errors?

It just seems odd that you go back and edit so many of them.