Alumni/Alumnae who don't know their place

Originally Posted by Kevin

This is a little bit of a lane swerve, but here are a few observations:

Is there some sort of adviser hierarchy? Is there someone who sort of oversees all of the other alumnae advisers? I'd go to her first with this issue. There isn't, unfortunately. Each oversees a certain "area" of the chapter (recruitment, philanthropy, etc) but there's no head honcho.

Finally, I'm not sure how your meetings are run, but it might be appropriate (again, if you're the appropriate person to be advising these folks) to instruct your parliamentarian and President to enforce strict parliamentary procedure (if applicable) in that you don't get to speak unless you are recognized by the chair and that it is a privilege, not a right for an alumna to be recognized at a chapter meeting. This has been an area where the chapter has struggled. The new parliamentarian is working really hard to get things run in an orderly fashion... for the past few years meetings have been semi-controlled chaos with a lot of side-chatter, interrupting, etc.

I think you hit the nail on the head re: parliamentary procedure. That will eliminate 80% of the issues with actives and alum