Is this legal? Deactivated one NPC, now part of a new NPC.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by TSteven

I don't know if it would be considered a privacy issue, or some so called great burden to do so, but would it be possible for the NPC to unanimously agree to request all colleges to include the girl's affiliation when it forwards her transcripts to the new schools?

Privacy issue? No.
Burden that universities wouldn't care to deal with? Yes.

A better idea would to actually have that so-called database that we like to joke about.

[susan314]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Privacy issue? No.
Burden that universities wouldn't care to deal with? Yes.

A better idea would to actually have that so-called database that we like to joke about.

honechile's idea about the local Panhellenic checking up on transfer students isn't such a bad idea either.

Checking on every student who goes through recruitment would be burdensome (and probably a waste of time if the majority of PNMs on that campus are 18 year old freshman). But doing a quick check on the transfer students wouldn't be too bad.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

A better idea would to actually have that so-called database that we like to joke about.

In this day and age, it would be simple to maintain. I would guess the start up might be a tad daunting.

Name: Doe, Jane
SS#: 123-45-6789
NPC: ABC
Initiation Chapter: XY
Initiation College: Big State University
Initiation Date: 01/31/2007

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by TSteven

In this day and age, it would be simple to maintain. I would guess the start up might be a tad daunting.

Name: Doe, Jane
SS#: 123-45-6789
NPC: ABC
Initiation Chapter: XY
Initiation College: Big State University
Initiation Date: 01/31/2007

That much info wouldn't even be necessary...


Just have each group load SSN's under their name and if there's ever a "hit" the NM Ed. can contact the other group to confirm name, etc.

[susan314]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

That much info wouldn't even be necessary...


Just have each group load SSN's under their name and if there's ever a "hit" the NM Ed. can contact the other group to confirm name, etc.

Do we provide SSNs to Panhellenic when signing up for Recruitment? (It has been 15 years for me, so I don't remember anymore!)

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by susan314

Do we provide SSNs to Panhellenic when signing up for Recruitment? (It has been 15 years for me, so I don't remember anymore!)

Maybe not for recruitment, but when you send in your NM paperwork, it's there. I realize that's a little late to catch people, and someone else could have had that spot, but it's better then not catching them at all.

[AnchorAlumna]

Yet another good reason to use the sponsorship system. Your sorority's alumnae from the candidate's hometown checks her out and writes the sponsor (AKA recommendation) form or letter. More than likely she will turn up whether the girl has been an initiated member of another NPC group. Not to say that some will slip through the cracks, but it would be another check. I personally would not give Panhellenic my social security number.
I really don't think it is that big of a problem. Now, I'm not saying that NO woman has EVER been initiated in 2 NPC orgs. People forget the rules. Perhaps the transferee really misses her sorority experience and wants to continue it. But I don't think it is that frequent a problem.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

Yet another good reason to use the sponsorship system. Your sorority's alumnae from the candidate's hometown checks her out and writes the sponsor (AKA recommendation) form or letter. More than likely she will turn up whether the girl has been an initiated member of another NPC group. Not to say that some will slip through the cracks, but it would be another check. I personally would not give Panhellenic my social security number.
I really don't think it is that big of a problem. Now, I'm not saying that NO woman has EVER been initiated in 2 NPC orgs. People forget the rules. Perhaps the transferee really misses her sorority experience and wants to continue it. But I don't think it is that frequent a problem.

But this is pretty absurd for women who are from towns where most people did not join sororitys. I should be precluded from membership simply because most women in my town were anti-establishment hippies when they were in college? I find that troublesome.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Maybe not for recruitment, but when you send in your NM paperwork, it's there.

Really? I'm not so sure that's standard practice for everyone.

I'm not in favor of a giant database for all -- I don't think it's necessary.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by TSteven

In this day and age, it would be simple to maintain. I would guess the start up might be a tad daunting.

Name: Doe, Jane
SS#: 123-45-6789
NPC: ABC
Initiation Chapter: XY
Initiation College: Big State University
Initiation Date: 01/31/2007

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

That much info wouldn't even be necessary...


Just have each group load SSN's under their name and if there's ever a "hit" the NM Ed. can contact the other group to confirm name, etc.

seriously - its nothing an excel spreadsheet, or even an access file cant handle. find a sister/soror who knows their Excel and put them to work!

ETA: yes, i know the feasibility of the upkeep would be monstrous, esp between semesters and between 26 orgs. but there has to be a better way of stopping stuff like this happening. or maybe HQ's on a whole figure they have bigger issues to worry about?

Originally Posted by MeiMeiCat

Well, Iwas pinned by a Sig Ep at my school who transferred (and we broke up)to another school without a SFE chapter and went Pike. Not sure on the disclosure, but he was a pretty honest guy...I am sure he told them....

So I guess you can do it. Whether it's right or not, I can't say.....it seems dodgy.

The OP asked about NPC sororities. There is an NPC unanimous agreement saying that once you join one NPC, you cannot join another.

It's not quite black or white for fraternities.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by MeiMeiCat

Um, sorry. Didn't mean to solicit such a rude reply. I just thought I would share. Won't make that mistake again. And I am not an idiot, I know what NPC is. Just thought another anecdote might add to the discussion.

Oh, honey, that wasn't even a rude reply. She was just clarifying that the NPC was different. Please take the tone as straightforward and explanatory. You'd know if it was rude.

ETA: This is kind of putting words in your mouth again, OTW, and I apologize. But I couldn't help but think, Oh no, a rude reply would be much different.