Quote:
Originally posted by Tom Earp
LXA uses New Associate. They are not due Members until Intiation into Our Ritual.
"Pledge" was dropped because it gave a conotation of Servitude.
With todays R M, the smart thing to do is go with the flow.
Do it first.
If You are not sure what Your Insurance Costs are then get off of You dead rears and check to see.
If You do not think that this money could be put to better useage for You Chapter, think again!
|
I'm confused...since when did changing the language of a chapter programming area ever lower insurance? If you called risky, unregulated, and unregistered illegal parties where underage kids drank...oh I don't know...say you called them "study hours"? I'm pretty sure it wouldn't lower anyone's insurance. It's the activity that's the issue, not the word. Oh, and if our organizations always went with the flow we would be exinct by now.
No knock intended towards you Tom, or to LXA. I agree that changes need to be made...but we cannot and should not just get by through changing the lingo. And I've maintained that fixing the real issues will allow us to use whatever terms we wish (within common sense reasoning).
"Pledge" is not a curse word in a chapter or even a campus Greek System that has its act together. And postive acts are the best argument against the press' or public's negative and ignorant stereotyping.
Hybrid Mode
