Delegate Strength

[33girl]

I don't think it's a matter of rationality, more of education. I mean we have some alum chapters where the women are OLD and there's no collegiate chapter anywhere nearby that probably had no idea what was going on when we voted on our new structure, or what ASA Advantage is. Basically they want to pay their national dues and be left alone. I'm not saying that's right or wrong, just that it is.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I don't think it's a matter of rationality, more of education. I mean we have some alum chapters where the women are OLD and there's no collegiate chapter anywhere nearby that probably had no idea what was going on when we voted on our new structure, or what ASA Advantage is. Basically they want to pay their national dues and be left alone. I'm not saying that's right or wrong, just that it is.

What do you consider OLD???

This again shows the difference between the NPC and the NPHC when it comes to alumnae. (Not saying one is better than the other--just a different philosophy.) In the NPHC the only difference between alumnae chapters and collegiate chapters is that the former have received their degrees.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

What do you consider OLD???

This again shows the difference between the NPC and the NPHC when it comes to alumnae. (Not saying one is better than the other--just a different philosophy.) In the NPHC the only difference between alumnae chapters and collegiate chapters is that the former have received their degrees.

Well, as an example, we had a chapter at UCLA from 1926-1951, so do the math on the age of the alumnae from there, and they are mainly all in one alumnae chapter.

Then again, as you say, there isn't any difference between how the grad & undergrad chapters are run except for whether or not you're in school. I'm betting that the requirements for chapter formation, number of meetings a year, etc, for NPHC alumnae chapters are FAR FAR FAR more stringent than those for NPC alumnae chapters. But then again, I would wager every state in the union has at least one chapter - undergrad or grad - of every one of the NPHC sororities and fraternities. IFC and NPC groups just aren't like that. If I said ASA or KDR to someone in Oregon, they'd have no clue that I was talking about a national group.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Well, as an example, we had a chapter at UCLA from 1926-1951, so do the math on the age of the alumnae from there, and they are mainly all in one alumnae chapter.

Gotcha! lol

[sigmadiva]

In SGR we determine the number of voting delegates by chapter size, for undergrad and grad. But, we also let our Life Members vote. So, a Life Member soror has to decide if she will vote as a delegate *or* Life Member. She can't vote as both.

The chapters tend to vote as a 'block'. That is to say, we discuss the issues that come up for voting in the chapter meeting before we attend the conference so that everyone is on the same page when the chapter votes at the conference.