Local Sorority Looking to Merge with a National Chapter

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Jfurr1126

Thanks for all of the posts! Since I've been getting a few PMs about other nationals that arent NPC sororities, I'd just like to mention that if we did affiliate with a national chapter the university specifies that it must be an NPC sorority. My university will no longer be allowing sororities on campus that are not members of NPC due to liability.

This is absolute bullshit and discrimination on the part of the school. Do they think NPC groups are perfect and never have any "liability"?

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by 33girl

This is absolute bullshit and discrimination on the part of the school. Do they think NPC groups are perfect and never have any "liability"?

Of course they have liability. They also have and can afford liability insurance to cover such problems.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

Of course they have liability. They also have and can afford liability insurance to cover such problems.

So can other non-NPC groups.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by 33girl

So can other non-NPC groups.

True, but local groups probably can't afford as much insurance as NPC groups. And I'll bet the university meant NPC and NPHC groups....or at least groups with a national presence where the liability will be spread over a bigger group...thus lessening the liability to the university.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

True, but local groups probably can't afford as much insurance as NPC groups. And I'll bet the university meant NPC and NPHC groups....or at least groups with a national presence where the liability will be spread over a bigger group...thus lessening the liability to the university.

We're not talking local groups - we're talking National, Non-NPC (there are a few).

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

True, but local groups probably can't afford as much insurance as NPC groups. And I'll bet the university meant NPC and NPHC groups....or at least groups with a national presence where the liability will be spread over a bigger group...thus lessening the liability to the university.

I didn't say ANYTHING about local groups. Her post said they have to join an NPC group - they cannot join a non-NPC sorority. This includes GSS, SAI, KBG, OPA, and of course all the NPHC groups.

Once again, this is total discrimination on the part of the school.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I didn't say ANYTHING about local groups. Her post said they have to join an NPC group - they cannot join a non-NPC sorority. This includes GSS, SAI, KBG, OPA, and of course all the NPHC groups.

Once again, this is total discrimination on the part of the school.

Yes but GSS and OPA are service sororities, and SAI is music related, those aren't just "social." The impression I get from the OP is that they're socially oriented.

I agree with you about KBG but they aren't as well known. I guarantee no one at my school had ever heard of them, greeks or administration.

My guess is that the policy is a sort of "stick with what we know" sort of thing. It's discriminating, but not necessarily in the negative sense. I'm not sure that there's any way to force a university to recognize another national.

I consider NPHC chapters quite different as I don't think they absorb locals and may have city-wide chapters in the area.

[Jfurr1126]

It may be discrimination on behalf of the school, but they're just trying to protect themselves from any lawsuits that could occur with a non national organization. It's a HUGE liability on behalf of our ogranization and the university itself to not have national backing if an incident were to occur. We already have chapters of Gamma Sigma Sigma and the other co-ed service fraternity at this campus, but that doesn't matter since we're looking to continue the tradition of a social organization. Since we are currently associate members of PHA (unable to vote or hold office) we're definately wanting to have full membership after extension. Therefore, a NPC sorority is really our only option either way. We have not spoken to NPC in regards to extension because PHA has not voted to extend yet since my chapter has yet to vote on a possible merger. We will be voting on if we want to merge or not at the end of the month with pha voting to extend by the end of the semester. I really wish NPC could at least tell us ballpark figures about cost, time length, and the general process before we as a chapter vote on merging or not because many girls in my organization are concerned about that. While most of the girls in my sorority are persuaded that going national would be the best solution to our many problems, if we had more information about the process I think more girls would be for it. Also, I'm well aware about what going national would do to us as a chapter regarding rituals, name, mascot, flower, etc. We would no longer be able to keep these things but would be allowed to teach our history of it in new member education. This seems like a small sacrafice to better our ogranization as a whole.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Yes but GSS and OPA are service sororities, and SAI is music related, those aren't just "social." The impression I get from the OP is that they're socially oriented.

I agree with you about KBG but they aren't as well known. I guarantee no one at my school had ever heard of them, greeks or administration.

My guess is that the policy is a sort of "stick with what we know" sort of thing. It's discriminating, but not necessarily in the negative sense. I'm not sure that there's any way to force a university to recognize another national.

I consider NPHC chapters quite different as I don't think they absorb locals and may have city-wide chapters in the area.

KBG had a chapter at your school...are you sure they'd never heard of them?