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I just want to say "Thank You" to all of you. I have spent the WHOLE day reading this thread (well once I got to page 22, I just had to stop). But I think I now understand why my IHQ doesn't like this website.
I don't think that it is the website itself but we (I'm only speaking about my sisters) talk about stuff that we really don't need to. My sisters have expressed things, that if I were IHQ, I would have issues with... the thing is... must of it isn't noticable to the necked eye which is good but still.
Recruitment information should only be diseminated by VPRs (Undergrad) and VP-Alumnae Chapter (Alumnae) because they are the people in the know (outside of IHQ). THEY HAVE THE FACTS. I don't have any clue how to tell SuzyPNAI about what qualifies her for AI. I don't think that OTW or even GreekLawGirl have the qualifications to do this.
Also AI and Recruitment are Ritual... at least I know that before we started recruitment, from day one till Chapel Day, we were under ritual. I never thought about the what we dids or what we wore but now I see that if I have ever spoken to a non-AGD about this then I have broken ritual. This is an extreme interpretation of this but it is my interpretation.
I think that there are many WONDERFUL women who have been welcomed into my sisterhood after their college days have ended. These are the women that were asked to join because they were already involved with the fraternity. I also think that there are many women who haven't honored their alumnae status because we have never seen them again after the big day. These were the women that joined without being already involved with the fraternity.
I am against this forum. I am not against the Fraternity asking a woman, who is already invested in a local chapter, to AI. That makes AIing special, the fact that your hardwork was recognized by the group. There are a few fathers that I wished we could bestow this honor upon.
If you are wishing to join a group of women because you want to belong to a group then join the DAR or the Jr. League or even the Women's Club. Or join a church... there are many women's groups at some churches that function like a sorority (for us baptist this would be the WMU). But if you are set on joining a sorority, please don't think that once you join that you will be able to be a chapter advisor or even IPres.
I never participated in the Alumnae Involvement forum before because it was not about alumnae and the chapters. It was always bogged down with alumnae initiation and what was going on with it.
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