NALFO Orgs. Changing Focus

[LatinaAlumna]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

I'm surprised that not even one has gone that route.

I would be surprised if any Latina sororities or "Historically Latina sororities" (still don't know what that means) ever tried to join NPC. For many, if not most members, we would have joined a NPC sorority in the first place if that is the experience we wanted. Some Latina sororities were founded specifically to offer something very, very different than traditional NPC sororities. I think within any Latina/Historically Latina sorority, it would be very challenging to gain the support needed to make such a serious move, even if the intention was to continue to support the Latina/o community as a NPC org.

[Little Dragon]

The sororities would also need to consider expansion. Here are NPC expansion rules:

Originally Posted by PenguinTrax

If your campus decides to open expansion, this is the NPC procedure to be followed:

The College Panhellenic must unanimously agree to open the campus for expansion and have the approval of University administration.

The NPC is notified by the university that the campus is considering expansion. If there is a fraternity in which the campus is most interested, their expansion notification should indicate this preference.

The NPC notifies it's members that this campus is open to expansion. The preferred group is given first option to accept or decline the opportunity to present to the campus. The other NPC members will also accept or decline the opportunity.

The university is informed as to which NPC groups wish to explore campus expansion. The College Panhellenic and university admin usually narrow this list down to 2-4 groups. These groups are invited to present themselves on campus and essentially state their case why their group would be the best one to pick.

The Panhellenic votes on one group and this group is informed of the decision. It is up to the sorority to begin recruitment and colonization activities according to the schedule outlined by the university.

Barbara

Here is the link to the thread: http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...4104#post24104

Joining NPC would kill any independent expansion. Most universities have NPC councils and a NALFO sorority member of NPC would need to be invited by the university and be approved by the local NPC council, which could choose to invite another sorority instead.

* BOLD: Most NPC orgs are not sororities but women fraternities.
** Thanks for the update Knight_Shadow.