Interesting FACTS That Some May Not Know About Your Organization

[Buttonz]

We started off as Sigma Delta Phi and it was changed to SDT after finding out that another Greek organization had SDPhi as their name.

[nonchalant]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

^ I think you were misinformed. Who's double checking every GLOs purpose against the 100s that already exist?

Thank you for a serious answer. However, there weren't but three BGLOs for sororities.

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by nonchalant

Serious question. From how I was educated, I was told in order to start a GLO, it must have a purpose that no other organization already has in order to be formed. With SGRho, did they form the first BGLO for women educators just to get their foot in the door and then decide to amend their constitution?

Regardless Sigma Gamma Rho is here and that is all that matters. I am sure MY sisterGREEKS agree.

Originally Posted by BlueReign

Serious question: Foot in what door?

This is a pretty decent and civil thread. Let's keep it that way.

Thank you.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

Magic Johnson - Nupe

He is? I've never heard this one before.

[Wolfman]

The Ques (Omegas) were evicted from their first fraternity house in Washington D.C. in 1913. The house was rented from a late congressman's wife and it was in a residential neighborhood of African American professionals and academics. The widow complained about these "wild college kids." They moved down the street.

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by nonchalant

Serious question. From how I was educated, I was told in order to start a GLO, it must have a purpose that no other organization already has in order to be formed. With SGRho, did they form the first BGLO for women educators just to get their foot in the door and then decide to amend their constitution?

Originally Posted by nonchalant

Thank you for a serious answer. However, there weren't but three BGLOs for sororities.

You had not specified new BGLO in your original question. Still though I think the same thought applies. Now if the NPHC decided to restrict membership into their council by requiring a purpose unique from their existing members, that could be feasable. I'm not sure of NPHC requirements for a new GLO to be recognized. You could contact NPHC to inquire about the qualifications.

[Jody]

Nonchalent,

The NPHC wasn't formed until 1930, after the founding of SGR in 1922. I hope that addresses your question about whether our SisterGreek organization had to get some type of "approval" before forming (they didn't btw)

back to the regularly scheduled thread...

[nonchalant]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

You had not specified new BGLO in your original question. Still though I think the same thought applies. Now if the NPHC decided to restrict membership into their council by requiring a purpose unique from their existing members, that could be feasable. I'm not sure of NPHC requirements for a new GLO to be recognized. You could contact NPHC to inquire about the qualifications.

It may not have been as clear as you needed it to be, but I brought up SGRho being the first BGLO for women educators. Also, the NPHC was not created until after their founding as well as after the amending of the constitution. Therefore, contacting the NPHC would be null and void.

Originally Posted by Jody

Nonchalent,

The NPHC wasn't formed until 1930, after the founding of SGR in 1922. I hope that addresses your question about whether our SisterGreek organization had to get some type of "approval" before forming (they didn't btw)

back to the regularly scheduled thread...

Yes and no. Yes because you state that they didn't need any type of approval(which I feel that's hard to believe). No because I wasn't referring to anything pertaining to the NPHC(due to it being founded after the sorority was founded). Alpha Kappa Alpha had to get approval from the officers of Howard University as well as Delta Sigma Theta(which was all before the founding of the NPHC). However, since certain people feel that I'm throwing the thread off track, my topic can be dropped. Based on what has been posted, it seems that it doesn't matter if there was an existing organization on campus with similar interests, but it depends on the approval from the officers of the university.

Back to your regulary scheduled program.

[Tom Earp]

No matter how much We want Our GLO to be The One, there is no GLO who is bad!

If some tell you that shy away from them!

While Chapters can not be good, there are many others who are so much better!

Beleive it or not, GLOs can be Regional.

[BlueNYC2]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

Magic Johnson - Nupe

Ehh...ionno bout that...definitely the first i'm hearing of this...unless he's a ghost member


BUT, i do know he was on for Delta Kappa chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, but he dropped...

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by nonchalant

Serious question. From how I was educated, I was told in order to start a GLO, it must have a purpose that no other organization already has in order to be formed. With SGRho, did they form the first BGLO for women educators just to get their foot in the door and then decide to amend their constitution?

There is no such requirement since as we have seen in numerous threads where any group of like-minded people can form a GLO.

Also to take it further there is no such requirement to be admitted into the NPHC if a GLO wants to join.

Now I suspect a school might make that a requirement for a new GLO to be recognized as a student organiztion at THAT school.

Of course I can't speak on NPC or IFC.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by nonchalant

Yes and no. Yes because you state that they didn't need any type of approval(which I feel that's hard to believe). No because I wasn't referring to anything pertaining to the NPHC(due to it being founded after the sorority was founded). Alpha Kappa Alpha had to get approval from the officers of Howard University as well as Delta Sigma Theta(which was all before the founding of the NPHC). However, since certain people feel that I'm throwing the thread off track, my topic can be dropped. Based on what has been posted, it seems that it doesn't matter if there was an existing organization on campus with similar interests, but it depends on the approval from the officers of the university.

Back to your regulary scheduled program.

I see what you are saying, but that pertained to Alpha Chapter at Howard for incorporation purposes. And I don't remember ever reading that DST had to prove it had a different purpose than AKA before HU would recognize them.

[nonchalant]

ladygreek,

As I stated in the other thread, thank you once again for an honest answer. Very much appreciated.

Nonchalant

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by nonchalant

It may not have been as clear as you needed it to be, but I brought up SGRho being the first BGLO for women educators. Also, the NPHC was not created until after their founding as well as after the amending of the constitution. Therefore, contacting the NPHC would be null and void.



Yes and no. Yes because you state that they didn't need any type of approval(which I feel that's hard to believe). No because I wasn't referring to anything pertaining to the NPHC(due to it being founded after the sorority was founded). Alpha Kappa Alpha had to get approval from the officers of Howard University as well as Delta Sigma Theta(which was all before the founding of the NPHC). However, since certain people feel that I'm throwing the thread off track, my topic can be dropped. Based on what has been posted, it seems that it doesn't matter if there was an existing organization on campus with similar interests, but it depends on the approval from the officers of the university.

Back to your regulary scheduled program.

To clear up any questions, any such rules or approvals specific to collegiate sororities and fraternities at the time that Sigma Gamma Rho was founded in 1922 would not apply to her since she was not collegiate until 1929 when the Alpha chapter was established at Butler University in Indiana. Until then Sigma Gamma Rho was a professional sorority in the city of Indianapolis in Indiana. Also, while our constitution was amended in 1925 to allow women pursuing various degrees (not just education) to seek membership, we did then and continue today, to support programs and initiatives which focus on educating the youth and our communities.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

To clear up any questions, any such rules or approvals specific to collegiate sororities and fraternities at the time that Sigma Gamma Rho was founded in 1922 would not apply to her since she was not collegiate until 1929 when the Alpha chapter was established at Butler University in Indiana. Until then Sigma Gamma Rho was a professional sorority in the city of Indianapolis in Indiana. Also, while our constitution was amended in 1925 to allow women pursuing various degrees (not just education) to seek membership, we did then and continue today, to support programs and initiatives which focus on educating the youth and our communities.

Now that is an interesting tidbit--the fact that your first collegiate chapter was not charted until seven years after your founding. The opposite of the rest of us who were founded by collegiates.