Chapter meeting secrecy

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

This.


Alumnae can still attend business meetings (not that it happens often), so where is the line drawn?

I'm probably going to get a little flack for this, but my opinion:

Unless an alumna is an advisor/house corp member or is approved by Exec to attend the meeting for a reason (Ex: You are doing Race for the Cure and you want to do a presentation and get the actives involved), they shouldn't be attending chapter meeting.

[tri deezy]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I'm probably going to get a little flack for this, but my opinion:

Unless an alumna is an advisor/house corp member or is approved by Exec to attend the meeting for a reason (Ex: You are doing Race for the Cure and you want to do a presentation and get the actives involved), they shouldn't be attending chapter meeting.

I second this BIG TIME. Alumnae can be as bad a helicopter parents, especially if the chapter has changed and they don't approve of how things are going. Advisers are one thing, because they do have the right to be there at the meetings, but even that can come off as overbearing and even make it seem like they don't trust the chapter to do it themselves. My sisters and I would have thought it very strange and out of place if alumnae started showing up at chapter... Even our alumna adviser was like a helicopter mom and it got really bitter by the end.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by lawgal

I actually give a lot of credit to the college students today who exercise discretion. I think it is harder by far, with facebook, email and chatrooms to be discreet because you do not always remember how public it is.

Back in my day, when you went on Spring Break, for instance, that momentary lack of judgment would not appear on the internet, someone's phone vid - or Girls Gone Wild.

Hear, hear! We were taught while new members that the D in Delta stood for Discretion.

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I'm probably going to get a little flack for this, but my opinion:

Unless an alumna is an advisor/house corp member or is approved by Exec to attend the meeting for a reason (Ex: You are doing Race for the Cure and you want to do a presentation and get the actives involved), they shouldn't be attending chapter meeting.

We have a similar rule, but I was surprised to find out that some GLOs don't have it.

[Thetagirl218]

It should go with out saying to any member of a GLO that is a meeting is closed, than things that occur within its doors are private! Unfortunately, as some other have said, people just don't have the common sense anymore to understand this!