Betas and Alumna Initiation

[AngelPhiSig]

oh I so totally agree with bumping this.

JAMIE ADD YOUR 2 CENTS! I know you have em!!!

One thing Ive noticed about BSP which I think I have mentioned before in here...

ORGANIZATION and SUPPORT

The international organization lacks just that... organization. Emailing Intl. does absolutely nothing and they a lot of the time, arent timely in their response. I have, however, been in touch with some fabulous women at Intl. Some organizational problems are: Conventions, the Website, Paperwork.

MOST of these problems could be simply solved by exactly what EVERY OTHER ORGANIZATION does... self govern. ALL NPCs are self governing, other organizations like BSP are self governing. Members make the decisions, not the company. Employees are not people living in the area, they are volunteers spread throughout the country - mostly unpaid work - who do it because of their devotion to the organization, not because they are paid. I do not believe that an organization that is run by a company is going to be sympathetic to the problems that the members are facing. They are NOT hearing our problems.

There is NO support for new chapters or established chapters. The chapters that survive, I believe are surviving by luck. They find the members and do well with the SKILLS that they have on their own - not because BSP is helping them. Each of these chapters could have become their own organization due to the drive and determination of their members, not because they are a chapter of Beta Sigma Phi.

Intl., like I said before, should send representatives to help with new chapters... especially places like Pittsburgh where it is HARD to convince women to join an organzation.

The dues need to be raised - not to beneift the company, but to benefit the chapters... and not to make the torch prettier or better, but to make the chapters better and stronger.

Read all of my points in this thread, they remain the same in my mind.

I love Beta Sigma Phi, but to me it really is becoming something that is just a small portion of my life - I volunteer for Phi Sigma Sigma and I see my benefit to society, through our service and philanthropy and my benfit that my work does for the sisterhood - the alumna and collegians.

ugh, thats the end of my rant for today.