Your thoughts on AI: discussion goes here.

[UGAalum94]

SydneyK,

Believe it or not, my interest in preserving the AI forum is simply because I don't think we should try to limit the speech or writing of other people unless it falls into certain clearly defined catagories.

For GreekChat those catagories seem to be the TOS, GLO ritual, and GLO policies that may not technically be ritual but are private none the less. I suppose the owner of GreekChat could add others at any time he felt it appropriate.

It appears to me that when a smallish group of posters lost the ability to snark at will in the AI forum, they began to ask for the forum to be shut down.

They retroactively seem to want to apply a standard to the AI forum that isn't in play in any other area of GreekChat. (ie, Only stuff that's on official webpage, only stuff that's not on official webpages, etc)

If the forum owner and the moderators get rid of the AI forum, it won't really represent a personal loss to me or anything. My group has some information about AI that can presently be found online places other than GreekChat, and my group's AI is only open to women invited by members of the group. I don't have any strong feelings about AI discussion on GreekChat partially because I don't think it really matters in terms of how GLOs function in real life.

I do think it's nice to have a forum for AI women to describe how the were able to become members. I don't mean of the "I shopped around and this one took me" variety. I mean the stories of the women that the GLOs sought out or the stories of the women who were pledges but had to drop and then were finally initiated through AI. These stories are inspirational and remind some of us who aren't super-involved as alums that our service to the organization is still important, important enough that some people join simply to serve as alumnae.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

SydneyK,

Believe it or not, my interest in preserving the AI forum is simply because I don't think we should try to limit the speech or writing of other people unless it falls into certain clearly defined catagories.

For GreekChat those catagories seem to be the TOS, GLO ritual, and GLO policies that may not technically be ritual but are private none the less. I suppose the owner of GreekChat could add others at any time he felt it appropriate.


Please note the words you typed that I highlighted in red. Membership selection is private. Private information should not be broadcasted.

If a sorority wishes to broadcast their AI policy via their website, or flyers mailed to every unaffiliated woman in the U.S., then so be it. That is what the HQ wishes to do.

Many NPCs took AI information down from their public publications.


It appears to me that when a smallish group of posters lost the ability to snark at will in the AI forum, they began to ask for the forum to be shut down.

They retroactively seem to want to apply a standard to the AI forum that isn't in play in any other area of GreekChat. (ie, Only stuff that's on official webpage, only stuff that's not on official webpages, etc)


If information that was previously public, is no longer public information, why again should it be on GC? If the sorority used to make flyers and posted them along every street corner announcing their AI policy, they did so to share that information. If they take fliers down, they no longer wish to share that information.

If the forum owner and the moderators get rid of the AI forum, it won't really represent a personal loss to me or anything. My group has some information about AI that can presently be found online places other than GreekChat, and my group's AI is only open to women invited by members of the group. I don't have any strong feelings about AI discussion on GreekChat partially because I don't think it really matters in terms of how GLOs function in real life.

I do think it's nice to have a forum for AI women to describe how the were able to become members. I don't mean of the "I shopped around and this one took me" variety. I mean the stories of the women that the GLOs sought out or the stories of the women who were pledges but had to drop and then were finally initiated through AI. These stories are inspirational and remind some of us who aren't super-involved as alums that our service to the organization is still important, important enough that some people join simply to serve as alumnae.

I agree that it is nice to have a place to share how they became sisters of ABC. Why not do that in the GLO forum?

Since I've been on GC, very few AI stories started out with the "I pledged QRS when I was in college but I couldn't initaite because I had a family emergency and had to drop out of college for the year" or "I always helped out the Alpha Beta chapter of DEF because their philanthropy was dear to my heart and was so excited when they surprised me with an invitation to join".

The majority of them start out with "So I was reading these boards and am so excited that AI is possible because I didn't know about it before!!! I've contacted 10 NPC sororities and will name them after the characters on Laguna Beach and let you know who finally takes me!!!!"

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[BaylorBean]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Believe it or not, my interest in preserving the AI forum is simply because I don't think we should try to limit the speech or writing of other people unless it falls into certain clearly defined catagories.

For GreekChat those catagories seem to be the TOS, GLO ritual, and GLO policies that may not technically be ritual but are private none the less. I suppose the owner of GreekChat could add others at any time he felt it appropriate.

I think you finally touched on why this is being discussed in the first place. That is the EXACT catagory that many of us feel AI falls into and hence should not be freely discussed.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

I do think it's nice to have a forum for AI women to describe how the were able to become members. I don't mean of the "I shopped around and this one took me" variety. I mean the stories of the women that the GLOs sought out or the stories of the women who were pledges but had to drop and then were finally initiated through AI. These stories are inspirational and remind some of us who aren't super-involved as alums that our service to the organization is still important, important enough that some people join simply to serve as alumnae.

I agree that some of the stories are inspirational, and that they also make us more aware of our own involvement (or lack thereof) once we're alumnae. However, I don't know that there needs to be a separate forum for ladies who are AIs to share their story. GC doesn't have a COB forum, or a snap-bid forum, or a "I transferred to another school, leaving AB chapter for XY chapter" forum. I simply don't see a need for a separate AI forum solely for this purpose. If someone wants to share her story once she's an AI, why does she have to have a special forum to share it in? I think she'd be most interested in sharing that story with her new sisters, in which case, it would be most fitting for her to post her story in her specific sorority's forum.