Keep chapter ideals from changing

[33girl]

But to the majority of mission statements I say "Feh." They're a bunch of pretty words that don't really say anything concrete and can be twisted to mean whatever you want them to mean. They're useful for companies that make things (the mission of Rolling Rock is to produce and distribute high quality beer in the Latrobe area), but they really aren't of use in mandating intangible qualities of individuals or groups. Truthfully, I don't see anything in your mission statement that sounds different from any other GLO.

If you are concerned about issues such as voting, that gets addressed in your chapter bylaws. If the national fraternity approves, you can put a passage in the bylaws that they cannot be changed without approval of the alumni. I don't understand why your advisor wouldn't have made that distinction to you.

If it makes you feel any better, I met some of our chapter founders 30 years after our chapter began and there was no doubt whatsover that we had joined the sorority for the same reasons they founded it, and had the same values.