Since I've been an Alpha Gam, I've seen 3 sisters become inactive and/or disaffiliate for different reasons. One had family problems, one couldn't balance school (as she was a Regents scholar), the other didn't feel that making time for AGD was important (she preferred to work and make more $$$, but I won't even START on that right now
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Executive council did all they could to try and encourage them to stay in AGD, but in reality, we can't stop them from wanting to focus more on education, since that's the main reason why they're in school. When personal issues regarding a sister arise, it's always difficult to try and find out what's really going on.
Executive council has the ultimate responsibility of determining one's membership status, but I feel that my chapter should include a chapter discussion about what goes on when a sister wants to leave. I remember walking through campus and one of the disaffiliates came running up to me to give me her badge, telling me to give that to the President. I don't serve on EC this semester, so there was no way in knowing why she was doing this. Something of this nature definitely affects chapter morale, and I was so hurt that this was happening without my knowledge!
I don't think that my chapter has a big problem with this situation, but I just feel that we could handle things differently.
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[This message has been edited by OohTeenyWahine (edited April 16, 2001).]
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