Holding back the train (proposals by the all-male chapters)

Can you provide a link to these?

[naraht]

Originally Posted by ErinKathleenNJ

Can you provide a link to these?

http://www.apo.org/show/Conferences_...on/Legislation , but you'll have to log in. (you can log in with your national membership id)

[emb021]

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Few of the proposed changes to the National Org go thru the reference committess. One I recall that did was to setup a "Student Advisory Committee" that would bring an active student from each region together, election on to be a member of the BoD. It was defeated.

The decision to go co-ed by 2008 was confirmed. As with all membership issues with chapters, I think most SC & RD will be reasonable that if a former all-male chapter is working to recruit females (promos, getting assistance from nearby co-ed chapters, etc), but is not being successful, they will not penalize them unless its clear that they have been discouraging or turning away females. I know my RD has made that clear many times in the past year or two with chapters.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by emb021

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I know my RD has made that clear many times in the past year or two with chapters.

And IV (yours) and VII are the only ones with more than 2 all-male chapters in them. As such they are the model, I think.

[Senusret I]

The phrase "good faith effort" was in there somewhere, I think.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

The phrase "good faith effort" was in there somewhere, I think.

OK, sounds reasonable. At this point that could probably end up getting used against one of the chapters at a heavily female school like Carlow, Cedar Crest or the extension effort at Chatham...

[emb021]

Originally Posted by naraht

OK, sounds reasonable. At this point that could probably end up getting used against one of the chapters at a heavily female school like Carlow, Cedar Crest or the extension effort at Chatham...

But it shouldn't be.

So long as a chapter is making their best effort to recruit from the entire spectrum of students (gender, race/ethnicity, area of study, etc). My home chapter has many times had no male students. This does not make them an 'all-girl chapter' in the same sense of the 'all-male chapters'. They make an effort to recruite men, and most times are successful.