Congrats to Michelle Obama

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Oh, I'm not saying NPC members always just LOOOOVE all the other groups - but it is an unwritten understanding that you don't badmouth another group. Maybe that's what you mean by trying too hard to play nice. I like to think it is just politeness. When the chips are down, we are all NPC. It's kinda like your family - you may talk about your cousin, but God help the outsider who does. And some NPC groups do have more of a bond with some other groups - Syracuse Triad, Monmouth Duo, Longwood Four, Macon Magnolias - that may approximate what has been said about the D9 closeness.
Pming is just that - PRIVATE messaging. It's true we don't want to say anything that might make our GLO look bad, but I think it fair to say that most of us have no problem letting our true feelings be known. The understanding seems to be you just don't air your dirty laundry. But when an issue arises like the Delta Zeta incident at DePauw there will be a discussion that will include criticism.
IFC-type orgs are TOTALLY different (as you know). They bash each other right and left, on-line, on-campus, you name it. I can't tell you the whys and wherefores.
I think that those of us who have had more of a national look at our orgs may recognize that there are some general stereotypes out there, but we fight them because the fact is that every chapter is TOTALLY different. (And let's not even discuss the regional bias that some have!)

You were speaking on what you noticed about NPHC orgs on GC and I was commenting on what I noticed about NPC and IFC orgs on GC.

I'm not sure why you felt the need to embark on this discussion but your play-it-safe public service announcement can also be applied to NPHC org members on and off of GC (as you noted with the "closeness"). When members get along, they get along. When they don't, they don't. When members feel the need to keep certain topics within the NPHC, they do so. When they feel it's a topic that can be discussed openly, they do so.

I hope you were able to get some stuff off of your chest.

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

You were speaking on what you noticed about NPHC orgs on GC and I was commenting on what I noticed about NPC and IFC orgs on GC.

I'm not sure why you felt the need to embark on this discussion but your play-it-safe public service announcement can also be applied to NPHC org members on and off of GC (as you noted with the "closeness"). When members get along, they get along. When they don't, they don't. When members feel the need to keep certain topics within the NPHC, they do so. When they feel it's a topic that can be discussed openly, they do so.

I hope you were able to get some stuff off of your chest.

Nothing to get off my chest - just following up on my original question, which was directly linked to the thread topic. I didn't understand why other D9 orgs would object to Michelle's initiation, and if they wouldn't, why she might not accept because she doesn't wish to be exclusive to AKA.
You made an observation about NPC, and just as my question elicited the pov of D9 members, I assumed you were interested in NPC pov, and weren't just being argumentative.

eta - I guess there is really nothing more to say until Michelle decides - have she or her spokespeople indicated when that might be?

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Nothing to get off my chest

OK.

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I assumed you were interested in NPC pov, and weren't just being argumentative.

I was responding to your comments about the NPHC dynamics on GC as relative to those of the NPC on GC. Nothing to be argumentative about. But I also wasn't interested in the "NPC pov." My opinions of my observations hasn't changed.