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[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by DGMarie

Just what do you think goes on at an alumnae meeting???

Rituals and handshakes? Candles and secret codes?

We have lots of coffee. Sometimes even bad coffee. All 5 of us!

Coffee??? You're in the wrong alumnae group. Our meetings only lack alcohol if it's a morning gathering for breakfast.

[kddani]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

Coffee??? You're in the wrong alumnae group. Our meetings only lack alcohol if it's a morning gathering for breakfast.

What, you guys haven't heard of mimosas and bloody marys?

[tunatartare]

Originally Posted by kddani

What, you guys haven't heard of mimosas and bloody marys?

There's also bellinis.

[DGMarie]

ok sometimes there is wine....but we're mostly 40-60+ women and we aren't having a happy hour.

But I digress. The point I was trying to make was that we aren't all sitting around in robes looking for a candle to light.

[scbelle]

Originally Posted by kddani

What, you guys haven't heard of mimosas and bloody marys?

Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

There's also bellinis.

Amen and Amen, on both counts.

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by ariesrising

So most PNAIs hide the fact they have met with more than one group (for the record, I consider meeting a group different from just contacting a group for info). This is the part that bothers me - if you don't think you're doing wrong by meeting (meeting, not just contacting) more than one group, then why keep it a secret?

That's a really good point. My feeling on that is if you feel like you need to hide it then you probably shouldn't be doing it. I can't imagine any alumnae chapter would be happy to know the PNAI was attending functions for AAs of multiple organizations. I know that if I were confronted with that situation in my alumnae chapter I would be very skeptical of the PNAI's sincerety about my organization.

[BadSquirrelBeta]

Originally Posted by OtterXO

That's a really good point. My feeling on that is if you feel like you need to hide it then you probably shouldn't be doing it. I can't imagine any alumnae chapter would be happy to know the PNAI was attending functions for AAs of multiple organizations. I know that if I were confronted with that situation in my alumnae chapter I would be very skeptical of the PNAI's sincerety about my organization.

Otter, I totally concur. And though I have always been PRO AI I want to make it clear that PRO AI shouldn't be taken for granted, exploited and shouldn't equal pushover...

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by kddani

What, you guys haven't heard of mimosas and bloody marys?

Our breakfasts are usually at cafes. Brunch, at someone's house, would probably have mimosas.