Interesting FACTS That Some May Not Know About Your Organization

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by nwu43

Do founders really get to actually choose their letters? I thought they're given to them.

By whom?

[nwu43]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

By whom?

by....whoever's in charge of that type of stuff I guess

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by nwu43

by....whoever's in charge of that type of stuff I guess

LOL. No, there isn't anyone is charge of that stuff. Typically, founders chose their letters (although members of some groups like Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu can tell you that this isn't always the case, since their letters as such came long after they were founded).

Usually, founders choose letters they like for whatever reason or they choose a two- or three-word name, motto or set of principles (usually but not always secret, traditionally but not necessarily in Greek) and then use the initials as their letters. The only real prohibition would be for letter combinations already in use.

[nwu43]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

LOL. No, there isn't anyone is charge of that stuff. Typically, founders chose their letters (although members of some groups like Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu can tell you that this isn't always the case, since their letters as such came long after they were founded).

Usually, founders choose letters they like for whatever reason or they choose a two- or three-word name, motto or set of principles (usually but not always secret, traditionally but not necessarily in Greek) and then use the initials as their letters. The only real prohibition would be for letter combinations already in use.

ahhh.. thanks for the clarification!

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

By whom?

I know that our founders chose our letters after doing research to make sure that they were not already being used by another organization. I think that many (if not all) organizations chose their letters specifically for various reasons, although I would assume that when you formally submit your letters in the process to become a legit organization, there are checks in place to ensure that they are not already taken...atleast I think now this is the case.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

. . . although I would assume that when you formally submit your letters in the process to become a legit organization, there are checks in place to ensure that they are not already taken.

Probably not, actually. The only check in place would be that when an org goes to the Secretary of State to incorporate, the SoS's office will check to make sure there isn't another corporation in that state that already has the chosen name or one so close to it that there may be confusion.

The point is that GLOs name themselves; there isn't some pan-Greek naming-authority out there.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

I know that our founders chose our letters after doing research to make sure that they were not already being used by another organization. I think that many (if not all) organizations chose their letters specifically for various reasons, although I would assume that when you formally submit your letters in the process to become a legit organization, there are checks in place to ensure that they are not already taken...atleast I think now this is the case.

Ours did the same thing....and altho it was never told to me why we changed....our original name was Pi Omicron Psi Fraternity, Inc.

[DeeZeeOE07]

DZ's colors were picked by the founders going and looking at ribbon til they found two colors they liked. Also, the first meeting they had was held in a house where the carpet was pink and green. One of our founders had pink and green as her wedding colors.

Dr. Guy Potter Benton, a Phi Delta Theta, helped found DZ and is the only man to have worn a DZ badge

[neosoul]

Zeta Phi Beta is the first greek org to charter chapters outside the U.S. in 1948 in the contry of Liberia

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by neosoul

Zeta Phi Beta is the first greek org to charter chapters outside the U.S. in 1948 in the contry of Liberia

I think Zeta is the first org to have a chapter in Africa, as Alpha had a chapter in Canada in 1908 and London in 1938.

[Wolfman]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I think Zeta is the first org to have a chapter in Africa, as Alpha had a chapter in Canada in 1908 and London in 1938.

The old Sigma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi was located in Montreal, Quebec, being associated with students at McGill. The Canadian APhiA chapter, correct me if I'm wrong, was Toronto based.

[neosoul]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I think Zeta is the first org to have a chapter in Africa, as Alpha had a chapter in Canada in 1908 and London in 1938.

my wording sucks but that is what I was trying to say