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Originally Posted by lilsunshine214
- Traditions are hard to pass on because there are no set rules on certain things so if you DIDN'T do one thing with a new member class, they assume that's the way it is and the tradition pretty much dies out.
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But as a local, you get the luxury of creating your own traditions. While most individual chapters of a national have different traditions, they do have a lot of very old traditions. As a member of a local, we're constantly building traditions. We have a written Associate Member Education process (aka pledging) which we follow closely. We continue to tweak our AME process and add to it to improve upon what has been established by our previous members. The majority of locals are young, and are still trying to improve themselves. As times change, so does our sisterhood and our policies, procedures and traditions.
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Originally Posted by lilsunshine214
- A lot of times it's hard to compete with nationals for women during formal recruitment. One of the top reasons girls go through is for networking options for their future and a local can't exactly give them that.
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Networking as a great perk, but being involved on campus, and having excellent academics is what matters. It would be silly to join a GLO because of networking and networking alone. It is also silly to think that National GLO's are the only ones that can help with networking. It just makes your network larger, not necessarily better.
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Originally Posted by lilsunshine214
- If one person doesn't do work, the worst you have is the rest of the chapter saying "Don't do that" and sometimes that isn't enough.
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Not true at all. Local organizations can't just not care, because that jeopardizes the longevity of the chapter. We may not have regional directors and National Headquarters to fine us and whatever is done by nationals...we have the existene of our entire sisterhood/brotherhood on the line when our chapter members aren't doing the work. So when one person doesn't do the work, it's a "Please get your work done...without our hard work we won't exist...then you've wasted our time" kinda thing.
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Originally Posted by lilsunshine214
- A lot of locals are "4 years," not "for life." When the chapter members see that, some don't tend to take it seriously and it hurts chapter morale.
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Generalization....yet mostly true in newer locals, because they don't have a strong alumni/ae base yet. We didn't start to get an active alum association until the last few years because there are more members with established careers and families and time to devote than when you graduate and are looking for a job, planning a wedding, and having kids. and this is the case with ANY alumni/ae organization. Those who tend to give back are the older ones.
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Originally Posted by lilsunshine214
- It's a LOT harder to get stuff for your sorority (picture frames, etc...) and a lot of it has to be custom-ordered/bought in bulk through the chapter.
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again...not true. We just have to be a bit more creative in how we get picture frames, etc... we make them. and we don't have to pay for shipping and they are usually cheaper and we love the time and effort our big sisters have put into them. My chapter uses making things with letters as a sisterhood event where we can bond and share memories.
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Originally Posted by lilsunshine214
- It's hard to gain alumnae support because there is no set alumnae group.
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Again a generalization.
I'm not saying I'm against Nationals at all....I just joined my sorority for the sisterhood, not the letters or national affiliation.
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