A Real Member

Anydaynow · #1 05-21-2000, 06:21 PM

This is to all of my Sorors:

Are you an active member,
The kind that would be missed
Or are you just content to see
Your name on the list?

Do you attend the meetings,
And mingle with the flock
Or do you always stay at home
And criticize and knock?

Do you take an active part,
To help your group along
Or are you simply satisfied
To say that you belong?

Do you ever volunteer
To help the guiding stick
Or leave the work to just a few,
Then talk about the clique?

Come out to all the meetings,
And help with hand and heart.
Don't be just a member,
But take an active part.

Participate in all the events,
And stay until the the end.
Don't leave the work to just a few,
Be faithful and chip in.

Just think this over, Soror,
You know right from wrong;
Are you an active member
Or do you just belong?

ridiculous2000 · #2 05-21-2000, 07:33 PM

Great message and very well written!!

deja · #3 05-22-2000, 07:58 PM

SOROR,

THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY TO THAT IS,"OUCH"

THANKS I NEEDED THAT. I DID ATTEND A MEETING YESTERDAY....MY NIECE WAS AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP, DOES THAT COUNT!(SMILE)

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TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN....MUCH IS EXPECTED.

celestial · #4 05-22-2000, 08:37 PM

Greetings Sorors!
I just sent the poem to my sorors from my undergrad chapter because we are facing some serious issues. You are really speaking to someone's heart. To any soror who is not active, my question is why? Why do you even claim AKA if you aren't working for AKA?

AKAtude · #5 05-23-2000, 08:54 AM

Soror Anydaynow, thank you for sharing this poem. It would have been a great addition to the last edition of the Ivy Leaf.

BatonRougeDelta · #6 05-23-2000, 10:43 AM

That was the bomb. Are you the author or do you know who is?

Quote:

Originally posted by Anydaynow:
This is to all of my Sorors:

Are you an active member,
The kind that would be missed
Or are you just content to see
Your name on the list?

Do you attend the meetings,
And mingle with the flock
Or do you always stay at home
And criticize and knock?

Do you take an active part,
To help your group along
Or are you simply satisfied
To say that you belong?

Do you ever volunteer
To help the guiding stick
Or leave the work to just a few,
Then talk about the clique?

Come out to all the meetings,
And help with hand and heart.
Don't be just a member,
But take an active part.

Participate in all the events,
And stay until the the end.
Don't leave the work to just a few,
Be faithful and chip in.

Just think this over, Soror,
You know right from wrong;
Are you an active member
Or do you just belong?

equeen · #7 05-23-2000, 01:21 PM

What a beautiful, thought-provoking poem. Did you write it? If so, may I pass it on to my sisters.

Diva_56 · #8 05-23-2000, 03:14 PM

The first time I saw that poem was on a SGRho website. That was about 2 yrs ago. The author is unknown...

PositivelyAKA · #9 05-23-2000, 06:11 PM

great poem, its so true. Hope everyone is having greats days

Sweet Deliverance · #10 05-23-2000, 08:40 PM

Hope my Greek Sisters don't mind a touch of Blue. I like that poem too. It really is applicable to all of our sororities.

Have a blessed day everyone!

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Sweet Deliverance's PHI-losophy:
"What you do or do not do today determines what you can or cannot do tomorrow."

[This message has been edited by Sweet Deliverance (edited May 23, 2000).]

LadyAKA · #11 05-24-2000, 12:34 AM

This message came right on time for some thanks for taking the time to post it....my chpater President read it to us at a chapter meeting sometime last year.

Anydaynow · #12 05-24-2000, 03:18 AM

I wish I could claim it as my own piece of work but unfortunately it is not

The author is unkown. During MIP we were given several poems, chants and songs and this is one the poems that really inspired me and I just wanted to share it with everybody.

Let's keep continue to be REAL MEMBERS and uphold Ethel H. Lyle's vision!!!

AKA2D '91 · #13 04-21-2002, 10:05 PM

to the top...

NinjaPoodle · #14 04-21-2002, 10:55 PM

What a great poem! Do you ladies mind if I borrow it?

IlovemyAKA · #15 02-26-2008, 01:59 AM

TTT

Very old thread...

We have a variation of this poem on our site.

"Do not bring your nothingness to AKA!"
Author Unknown

Will you be an active member?
The kind that would be missed
Or will you just be content
That your name is on the list?
Will you attend the meetings?
And mingle with the flock
Or will you just meet in private
And criticize and "knock?"
Will you take an active part?
To help the work along
Or will you be satisfied to be
The kind that just belongs?
Will you work on committees?
To these it is no trick
Or leave the work to just a few
And talk about the clique?
There’s more to being an AKA
than wearing pink and green,
showing up in your letters,
only trying to be seen
Please come to meetings often
And help with hand and true heart
Don’t just be a member,
But one who takes an active part
Think it over potential members
You know what’s right from wrong
Will you be an active member?
Or do you just want to belong?