Comments on some of the other groups where there is a USA group and a Philippines group.
1) Alpha Phi Omega of the Philippines is a separate legal entity which was founded with the full knowledge of the United States group (information about them was in the magazine for APO-USA that came out the month after the APO-Phil founding).
2) Alpha Sigma Phi of the Philippines had its first chapter in 1959, formed as a national organization in 1972 and formed an international council with the ASPhi-USA in 1984.
3) Phi Beta Kappa is in the process of taking legal action in the Philippines to force the group in the Philippines to disband.
At least one of the others that is a social greek (I don't remember which off the top of my head), the group in the Philippines has both brothers and sisters, which makes affiliation with the group in the USA just about impossible.
As best as I can tell, the Delta Upsilon effort in the Philippines is pretty new (within the last 5 years) and while not following the rules for expansion the way that they should be followed within North America, seem to be playing it fairly straight. While I *personally* think that a separate National Organization like ASPhi and APO would be better than trying to make a region of them in the same Organization, I do hope that things work out for the best.
Sincerely
Randolph Finder
Alpha Phi Omega Alumnus and
Wikipedian attempting to keep make
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...he_Philippines a better page.
--KnightShadow
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