Congrats to Michelle Obama

[sigmadiva]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Thanks for the information. GC has been great for learning about D9.

PLEASE!!!! Don't take what you get from GC as the *only way* the D9 is!!!!

If you have an opportunity to interact with D9 orgs within your own community I would urge you to do so.

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by sigmadiva

PLEASE!!!! Don't take what you get from GC as the *only way* the D9 is!!!!

If you have an opportunity to interact with D9 orgs within your own community I would urge you to do so.

As I have posted elsewhere, I'd love to have more interaction, but any and all invitations to D9 groups to do projects with the alumnae groups I am active with have been refused. It was explained to me that D9 have very specific goals in terms of philanthropy, and if a project is not perceived as meeting those goals the chapter will not be interested. However, it has meant that we really have no personal interaction with D9, which I lament.

I am very careful to whom I attribute standing in regards to information about D9, or any other GLO, here on GC. There are those I trust, and those who I wouldn't if they tried to tell me the sky was blue. GC has been informative in letting me know the way D9 groups operate. It's easy to assume that all GLOs operate the way in which your group does, and I think it is important to realize that not all groups operate the same way.

I asked my initial question because I didn't want to give credence to some of the more outrageous "trash talking",(and that's why I'm not going to post examples - why give it any more space?) and it turns out I was right to be suspicious. I also was sincere in wondering why there was any debate about Michelle accepting AKA - it would seem to me to be a good thing for all D9 groups.

Follow-up question - do D9 groups have the equivalent of our NPC Alumnae Panhellenic groups?

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

As I have posted elsewhere, I'd love to have more interaction, but any and all invitations to D9 groups to do projects with the alumnae groups I am active with have been refused. It was explained to me that D9 have very specific goals in terms of philanthropy, and if a project is not perceived as meeting those goals the chapter will not be interested. However, it has meant that we really have no personal interaction with D9, which I lament.

I am very careful to whom I attribute standing in regards to information about D9, or any other GLO, here on GC. There are those I trust, and those who I wouldn't if they tried to tell me the sky was blue. GC has been informative in letting me know the way D9 groups operate. It's easy to assume that all GLOs operate the way in which your group does, and I think it is important to realize that not all groups operate the same way.

I asked my initial question because I didn't want to give credence to some of the more outrageous "trash talking",(and that's why I'm not going to post examples - why give it any more space?) and it turns out I was right to be suspicious. I also was sincere in wondering why there was any debate about Michelle accepting AKA - it would seem to me to be a good thing for all D9 groups.

Follow-up question - do D9 groups have the equivalent of our NPC Alumnae Panhellenic groups?

Yup, that's what I was referring to really when I said we work and socialize together at the alumnae level. The NPHC Alumnae chapters usually represent cities: ex. Philadelphia NPHC, Atlanta NPHC, etc. These chapters consist of delegates from all the local Alumnae chapters that wish to participate.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

Yup, that's what I was referring to really when I said we work and socialize together at the alumnae level. The NPHC Alumnae chapters usually represent cities: ex. Philadelphia NPHC, Atlanta NPHC, etc. These chapters consist of delegates from all the local Alumnae chapters that wish to participate.

I have never heard of any NPC alumnae panhellenic events nor has the local NPHC alum chapter done a joint program with the NPC alumnae panhellenic.

However, in addition to the various events that the NPHC orgs advertise seperately, the local NPHC alum chapter releases its calendar and publicizes its events.