Dual memberships

[Empress0105]

being in dual (or more) memberships in other types of orgs (like TBS, a recognition org) isn't so much the issue for me....TBS and GSS serve two totally different funtions...

what i would liek to know is how do those who are both GSS and APO balance the two? how can you equally serve two organizations that essentially are both service groups? i have my own personal opinions on it...but i'd like to hear how that works.....it's like trying to be in two socials in my mind

[AngelPhiSig]

I cant say anything about being in GSS and my other orgs, since being in GSS is my main focus right now.

In college I was in a social sorority (spring 2000) and in TBS (fall 2001) and many of my sisters were in both. I held exec board positions in both and really got the most out of each org. There were some sisters who got mad when you had to go to a Phi Sig initiation over a TBS social event or a TBS convention over a Phi Sig social event, but I made sure to attend the main events of both orgs and then balance out the social things. I loved being in many orgs - as you can tell by my sig. I love being busy and having a lot going on!

[naraht]

Originally Posted by Empress0105

being in dual (or more) memberships in other types of orgs (like TBS, a recognition org) isn't so much the issue for me....TBS and GSS serve two totally different funtions...

what i would liek to know is how do those who are both GSS and APO balance the two? how can you equally serve two organizations that essentially are both service groups? i have my own personal opinions on it...but i'd like to hear how that works.....it's like trying to be in two socials in my mind

The one person who I know did that was a brother of Alpha Phi Omega (rechartered the chapter at U of Pennsylvania) as an undergraduate and then went to graduate school at a school where the APO chapter was all-male (Drexel) and decided to pledge GSS while there. Once she graduated, she ended up with her major service as an alumnus to Circle K, which she had joined before either APO or GSS.

That sort of serial membership doesn't surprise me (either like above or transfering schools from a large school where you belong to APO to a small school that only has GSS or vice versa), I would have done it under appropriate conditions. But I agree with the above poster that being active in both APO and GSS on the same campus at the same time would be sort of like belonging to two socials.

YILFS
Randolph Finder

[Empress0105]

no...i don't mean the average member who is in both...

i'm talking about people who stay involved with the business and function of our orgs past their collegiate years....

if i'm a female APO, but i do GSS later, how can i honestly support the growth and ideals of GSS without going against the idleas and growth of APO? I mean, techinically it's not a competition, but when you start adding adjectives like "biggest" and "premier" when you talk about your org (not calling anyone out...*cough cough*), that indirectly downplays the other.

I could never fully dedicate myself to Alpha Phi Omega because I am Gamma Sig. Period. I serve my org so that GSS re-flourishes and expands even further and grows to levels even beyond my belief....I can't do that if I would also have to pledge myself to the betterment of APO.

Same thing with TBS and KKPsi...I could never serve KKPsi the same way I do TBS because I am what TBS is all about building better bandswomen......how could I serve an org that origianlly didn't even want my female behind in there, and doesn't specifically cater to the unique needs of me as a woman??


I dunno....that's moreso where I was going with this..