Question: Does anyone ever see the NPC allowing inclusion of a 27th group?

[tld221]

Originally Posted by MissCaramella

Seeing how Sigma Lambda Gamma is a member of NALFO, I would say no.

that's what i was thinking - at 88 chapters (whatever the # is) they'd have to be part of some governing council.

wouldnt being part of NALFO work counter to being part of NPC, as far as which rules to follow and what not? i guess that is sorority-specific, because fraternities can be part of 2 councils without issue, right? (only example i can recall is Alpha Phi Alpha being part of NPHC/NIC)

[jubilance1922]

Originally Posted by tld221

that's what i was thinking - at 88 chapters (whatever the # is) they'd have to be part of some governing council.

wouldnt being part of NALFO work counter to being part of NPC, as far as which rules to follow and what not? i guess that is sorority-specific, because fraternities can be part of 2 councils without issue, right? (only example i can recall is Alpha Phi Alpha being part of NPHC/NIC)

Isn't Kappa Alpha Psi and Iota Phi Theta also members of the NIC? I think the difference is that NIC is different than NPC in that NPC orgs have all agreed to run membership recruitment within a specific system, while NIC hasn't (please correct me if I'm wrong NPC'ers). So given that Sigma Lambda Gamma's recruitment style is more similar to NPHC orgs, it would probably be difficult to switch to a different style if they became members of NPC.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by MissCaramella

Seeing how Sigma Lambda Gamma is a member of NALFO, I would say no.

Lambda Sigma Upsilon, Lambda Theta Phi, Phi Iota Alpha, and Sigma Lambda Beta fraternities are all members of the NIC as well as the NALFO. Why couldn't a sorority be a member of both councils (NPC and NALFO) if so allowed?

[TSteven]

Sorry, I didn't see the previous posts.

NIC members in the NALFO
Lambda Sigma Upsilon
Lambda Theta Phi
Phi Iota Alpha
Sigma Lambda Beta

NIC members in the NPHC
Alpha Phi Alpha
Iota Phi Theta
Kappa Alpha Psi

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by TSteven

Lambda Sigma Upsilon, Lambda Theta Phi, Phi Iota Alpha, and Sigma Lambda Beta fraternities are all members of the NIC as well as the NALFO. Why couldn't a sorority be a member of both councils (NPC and NALFO) if so allowed?

Did not realize this as it used to take 15 years to become a member of NIC.

Times must have changed, but I am in no way knowledgeable about NPC!

It usually takes a long time to get into any National Governing Body.

What was the last Sorority that was accepted in NPC?

[AGDLynn]

The twenty-six member organizations of the National Panhellenic Conference are listed below with their entrance date into NPC. Chairmanship rotation within NPC is based upon the date of entrance into the Conference.

Pi Beta Phi - 1902

Kappa Alpha Theta - 1902

Kappa Kappa Gamma - 1902

Alpha Phi - 1902

Delta Gamma - 1902

Gamma Phi Beta - 1902

Alpha Chi Omega - 1903

Delta Delta Delta - 1902

Alpha Xi Delta - 1904

Chi Omega - 1903

Sigma Kappa - 1905

Alpha Omicron Pi - 1905

Zeta Tau Alpha - 1909

Alpha Gamma Delta - 1909

Alpha Delta Pi - 1909

Delta Zeta - 1910

Phi Mu - 1911

Kappa Delta - 1912

Sigma Sigma Sigma - 1951

Alpha Sigma Tau - 1951

Alpha Sigma Alpha - 1951

Alpha Epsilon Phi - 1951

Theta Phi Alpha - 1951

Phi Sigma Sigma - 1951

Delta Phi Epsilon - 1951

Sigma Delta Tau - 1951

[tallgreekalum]

What happened in 1951? Did NPC change it's admission policy that year?

[fantASTic]

Would joining NPC help people's membership to grow? I'm not sure how the recruitment for non-NPC works; I know the Divine Nine, on my campus, do "if you are interested, you contact us" for recruitment and do fairly well. But wouldn't being able to be a part of formal recruitment help? Or can non-NPC groups participate in that?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by jubilance1922

Isn't Kappa Alpha Psi and Iota Phi Theta also members of the NIC? I think the difference is that NIC is different than NPC in that NPC orgs have all agreed to run membership recruitment within a specific system, while NIC hasn't (please correct me if I'm wrong NPC'ers). So given that Sigma Lambda Gamma's recruitment style is more similar to NPHC orgs, it would probably be difficult to switch to a different style if they became members of NPC.

This pretty much hits the nail on the head.

Originally Posted by tallgreekalum

What happened in 1951? Did NPC change it's admission policy that year?

1951 was the year that the former members of the AES became full members. There are only 3 left out of the original AES 6. That same year 5 other groups were admitted, several of which had a religious foundation.