"Why Did You Decide to Join ...That?"

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Originally Posted by RozRochelle

I think that's a very uncaring attitude.

Good.

Originally Posted by RozRochelle

Where did I say that other orgs were inadequate? Where did I mention anything about a marketing technique?

It's called "context clues."

Originally Posted by RozRochelle

You're making assumptions again. My target audience is not women who wish they could join NPHC orgs but don't want to wait for alumnae chapter. However, if a woman who wanted to join a NPHC org, but didn't for whatever reason, expresses genuine interest in my org, she'll be accepted as long as she meets our membership criteria.

So how did I make an assumption?

Originally Posted by RozRochelle

As far as playing the background goes, that's elitist BS. Theta Gamma Pi is what it is, and I've never tried to hype it up as being more than what it is. I saw a need, and I hope this org will help fill the need. End of story. If QGPi becomes a large national sorority, great. If it becomes a small national sorority, great. If it becomes a regional sorority, great. Recognition from other GLOs, while welcome, is not necessary.

Well, it's not really the "end of story" when there can be, and is, a discussion surrounding it.

As for elitist BS, anything that doesn't accept everyone and their momma can be labeled "elitist."

Originally Posted by RozRochelle

Again, you are making assumptions. My org's goal is not to try to dissuade women from pursuing NPHC membership. I have nothing against NPHC membership. QGPi is simply another available option for those who would like to pursue it. That "knockoff" comment and other rigid, elitist beliefs like it is one of the reasons why non-NPHC orgs are growing so rapidly. Keep it up, you're only helping us.

Nor did I say that it was.

Do you think that most of these knockoff organizations are a genuine and longstanding threat to organizations that have been here for decades? Show that you can withstand the test of time, then you'll be taken seriously by your target audience (and others). But you still won't be our competition.

But it's good to know that you and others in organizations like yours haven't completely dismissed the possibility of joining an NPHC sorority one day. Do you see how that makes you all NOT a threat or competition?