Latino Greeks can literally not afford to be fighting

[Rumi_Sonqo98]

wow

[LatinaAlumna]

Originally Posted by Rumi_Sonqo98

I agree.. We must not look at the differences. I am in local Afro-Latino fraternity and i have been asking every member from every org the same question. Why are we fighting against each other? Why are we trying to get rid of each other? The only answer i got is it's competition. I understand that we are in different orgs but our goals are still the same.

I just wanted to respond to this. We (all of our organizations) need to do a better job of educating our members, particularly at the undergraduate level, on how to have pride in your own organization without putting others down. I often wish undergraduate members of the various LGLOs could see what it's like to be on the alumni side of things. I've met some outstanding individuals from other LGLOs in my professional life, and our LGLO membership is a common bond that we share. I'm always thrilled when I find out that an associate is a member of a fellow Latino fraternity or sorority.

[CULater]

i agree that we do need to work together rather than dividing ourselves. It's very hard, though, because I think a lot of the fighting/competition stems from the fact that there is a such a small pool for any to recruit from, and most chapters have very low # members. When you co-sponsor an event with another organization that is recruiting from the same pool as you, it's hard for potentials to be able to differentiate if a lot of what you do involves working with another org. We don't want to share our recruitment strategies, and whatnot, because we don't want to lose that "advantage."

You see IFC and NPC orgs with 50+ members, and each year, their recruitment strategies, rush, allows for them to rarely worry about becoming defunct. That is not true with many non-IFC/NPC orgs, who don't intake on a normal basis, and many of us do not rush.

Another reason why we may not be getting along is due to the fact that working with another organization can be a huge risk. I've seen orgs trying to co-sponsor an event or party with another org, but somewhere along the way someone doesn't fulfill their aspect of responsibilities, and it leaves a sour note for future collaboration.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by CULater

i agree that we do need to work together rather than dividing ourselves. It's very hard, though, because I think a lot of the fighting/competition stems from the fact that there is a such a small pool for any to recruit from, and most chapters have very low # members. When you co-sponsor an event with another organization that is recruiting from the same pool as you, it's hard for potentials to be able to differentiate if a lot of what you do involves working with another org. We don't want to share our recruitment strategies, and whatnot, because we don't want to lose that "advantage."

Does your school hold a "meet the greeks" type function? We're required to have an "all MGC" recruitment schedule that interests can attend. On more than one occasion, I've directed interests to the Betas or Lambdas because they wouldn't be a good fit at my chapter. They've done the same for us. This helps alleviate some of the tension between the orgs.

Originally Posted by CULater

Another reason why we may not be getting along is due to the fact that working with another organization can be a huge risk. I've seen orgs trying to co-sponsor an event or party with another org, but somewhere along the way someone doesn't fulfill their aspect of responsibilities, and it leaves a sour note for future collaboration.

A few years ago, we hosted a joint-social with DU and the Lambdas. We outlined all of the responsibilities in a contract and had representatives from each of the chapters keep their guys in check. That worked out well for us.

You may also try attending functions that have already been set, as opposed to actually hosting/creating new events. Whenever one of our orgs has a social or service type event, we make it a point to send out some representatives to show support.

[knight_shadow]

Bumping because this blog reminded me of this thread. It's sad that the "Greek Hate" blog received 124 comments while the "Greek Love" one received 16. Some of these comments show us why our (LGLO) community is the way it is now.

Greek Hate:
http://greekstand.com/blog/2009/02/g...last/#comments

Greek Love:
http://greekstand.com/blog/2009/02/greek-love/#comments