[QUOTE]Originally posted by alphaxi_unlv:
[B]It is not unreasonable to ask the alumni to take a step back. First they chose to let thier chapter close and re-colonize that means they are no longer active members of the sorority. On any other campus alumni are often invited to events (such as initiation) but they do not actively participate in the going ons of the chapter. Secondly we do not know the full reasons of why the chapter was asked to close in the first, I am sure their is more to it then is being released to the public.[B]
They are no longer active members, but the minute they close that chapter they become alumnae and they are to receive the same rights and priveleges as other alumnae. One of these is wearing your letters. I don't care what the circumstances are - unless you have done something hideous enough to have your membership terminated, you are allowed to wear your letters any time you bloody well please. Also, if they didn't want the alums involved, they should have said that to begin with, not changed their minds halfway through.
[B]In my personal experience as a Founding sister and an e-board member I know that every National officers strives to uphold the standards on which we where founded. Never would a National officer do anything to harm a sister. Whatever took place was in the best interest of that individual chapter as well as the National organization.[B]
Your pride and trust in your national office and officers is great, and I hope that you are always able to maintain it. However, national officers are very human. They have faults and foibles just like everyone else. They sometimes make decisions that in their opinion are in the sorority's best interest, but it may not turn out that way in the end. Sororities are about PEOPLE first. When you stop caring about people and start turning it into a business, that is not in anyone's best interest.
Incidentally, my comments apply to ALL sororities and fraternities, not just AZD.
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