Depledging (HELP!!)

[AlphaFrog]

There's absolutely not enough comprehensive NPC education in NM ed. At least not in some groups. I didn't even know that there was 26 groups, and I probably couldn't name more than 8 of them until I joined GC.

I remember asking one of the older sisters when my chapter closed if we were allowed to join another GLO - BECAUSE NO ONE TALKED ABOUT IT, AND US NEW INITIATED DIDN'T KNOW!! The sister I asked acted all offended. If no one told us, how are we supposed to know?

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

There's absolutely not enough comprehensive NPC education in NM ed. At least not in some groups. I didn't even know that there was 26 groups, and I probably couldn't name more than 8 of them until I joined GC.

I agree with you Alpha Frog, there should be NPC education included in the NM programs for all NPC sororities. Theta's NM program does mention NPC bylaws quite a bit, but I am suprised that some might not. I am not trying to call any groups out, but I suppose it would be a good idea for all NPC groups to re-examine the amount of NPC knowledge the talk about.

[blackngoldengrl]

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

I agree with you Alpha Frog, there should be NPC education included in the NM programs for all NPC sororities. Theta's NM program does mention NPC bylaws quite a bit, but I am suprised that some might not. I am not trying to call any groups out, but I suppose it would be a good idea for all NPC groups to re-examine the amount of NPC knowledge the talk about.

That is still new, since during my new member period, there wasn't information about the NPC. However, I figured that once I was initiated, there was no going back to another group (not that I considered it). That just made sense to me...I haven't seen the new Theta New member manuals, but I will say that I too have learned almost a lot from GC.

Also, welcome to the sisterhood!

[susan314]

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

I agree with you Alpha Frog, there should be NPC education included in the NM programs for all NPC sororities. Theta's NM program does mention NPC bylaws quite a bit, but I am suprised that some might not. I am not trying to call any groups out, but I suppose it would be a good idea for all NPC groups to re-examine the amount of NPC knowledge the talk about.

Out of sheer curiosity, I just pulled out my new member manual (from 1992)...it was in the same box of stuff as my rush journal that I located and posted recently.

We had Units that we worked on each week - learning the history of Alpha Gam, etc. There was a corresponding workbook with questions that we all needed to answer. One entire unit was dedicated to Panhellenic/NPC, and one of the workbook questions was "what are the Unanimous Agreements?" (one of which, of course, is that you cannot join another NPC group after initiating into one)

I thought that we had covered that information somewhere along the line in my new member education, but it was nice to pull out the workbook/manual and confirm it.