Kappa Beta Gamma/Kappa Delta

[Ch2tf]

Originally Posted by kappadivstar

I'm sorry we didn't do that, but everyone actually involved in the situation was satisfied.

But that's just in NOT everyone was satisfied, and in fact it seems as if there were some who are very far from satisfied. This isn't necessarily a criticism of your group/chapter, but in dealing with undergraduate members of various GLOs I find that often younger adults have very little understanding or comprehension of how their decisions affect other people. While you alumnae were not on campus and didn't have to make the actual decision, they are very much involved.

The fact that you put a notice in a quarterly newsletter is "interesting" in that you pretty much admit it was too late by the time any of the alumnae would've found out. That isn't considerate or responsible, imo.

Just a question (more rhetorical than one in which I expect an actual answer from), when you say "we" who exactly are you talking about. Where you on the committees that sent out these letters, newsletter articles, etc.? I ask because I'm a bit of a conspiracy theorist, but the things that others have said weren't done and your counterclaims that they were lead me to believe there was a certain disconnect in these efforts.

Originally Posted by kappadivstar

I am deeply saddened by the fact that you are now against Kappa, our institution, and our members, but as I said earlier: we took a risk. We knew that not everyone would agree with our decision, but our members, and members of kappa across the US have supported our decision, and in the end, that's all that really matters.

I think the above statement is a bit melodramatic. To say that people are against Kappa is a bit much. It's more like a frowning upon the decisions made/how things were handled. And if you truly knew and prepared for people not agreeing with your decision, then this thread and some of the sentiments expressed should not be a surprise.

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by Denise_DPhiE

That is not to say I was not completely offended that any group would drop their letters to join another. As Director of Extension since 1996, I would not apply for such an "opportunity". I saw the listing in the bulletin and decided it was someone elses trainwreck.

I personally feel my organization puts a lot of consideration into and is actually on the conservative side when colonizing new chapters. For more than a decade, they were only colonizing roughly one chapter per year. I also personally feel if the expansion committee didn't feel the situation at Loyola was aboveboard, they would not have gone any further in the colonization process. But, really, that doesn't matter any more. What's done is done and the Eta Lambda chapter will soon celebrate its first anniversary.

Originally Posted by Ch2tf

The fact that you put a notice in a quarterly newsletter is "interesting" in that you pretty much admit it was too late by the time any of the alumnae would've found out. That isn't considerate or responsible, imo.

They might not have had any control over when the information in the quarterly magazine was published. If the magazine reached Loyola alumni in December, that means the magazine was probably printed sometime in November and the information in that magazine had to be written and laid out in October. Even if the group had gotten the information to the magazine earlier in the year, it still might have been bumped to a later issue due to space.