Huge problem with transfering into a new chapter...HELP!!

giggle528 · #1 09-05-2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Also,
CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE MORE TIME WITH YOUR POSTS, THEY ARE HARD TO READ. THANK YOU.

...if you dont like them..then dont read them

LegallyBrunette · #2 09-05-2007, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by giggle528

...if you dont like them..then dont read them

You have recieved some excellent advice as to how to proceed and I wish you the best. That being said, AlphaFrog's comment is also good advice. Poor proofreading, whether in a paper for school, communication with your org, or simply on a message board, takes away from what you're trying to say and is quite distracting.

tld221 · #3 09-05-2007, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by giggle528

THANKK YOUU!!! someone understandds! according to HQ like a week ago, i was in their database as "on hold" meaning that to them i have not been initiated. i was not an ABC according to HQ. thats what i was saying before, that i was going to cancel all my checks and have my chapter throw away my stuff, because at that point my mom wanted me out of it anyways. but i finally just called HQ fusterated that my prez wasnt doing her job, so they did the paperwork for me, and sent it over to my new campus. it is here now..as of yesterday(and i asked my prez to do this...ohh i dunno...beginning of Julyy)so now i am just waiting for them to e-mail me back inviting me to meet them.

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

So why start this thread??

Also,
CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE MORE TIME WITH YOUR POSTS, THEY ARE HARD TO READ. THANK YOU.

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Originally Posted by giggle528

...if you dont like them..then dont read them

i know im SO swervin in yall lane, but seriously, you said yourself that HQ didnt have you down as being an XYZ. i dunno, do HQs usually just "do paperwork" for PNMs like that at the busiest time of (NPC) sorority year?

and kudos on your mom wanting you out of the sorority. and bigger kudos on wanting to throw all your para away. i bet you make a great sister.

i jus feel like there's more to the story - why WOULDNT a chapter send papers to HQ if they initiated you?

(and for my own knowledge, i recall from some retro thread, that when you transfer from State U to U State College as an XYZ, that it is very possible you may not become affiliated because of quotas, chapter fit and what not?)

LegallyBrunette · #4 09-05-2007, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by tld221

i jus feel like there's more to the story - why WOULDNT a chapter send papers to HQ if they initiated you?

It sounds like her original chapter might not be on top of paperwork. Even in chapters that are, it can take a while (at least from my experience) for everything to process. For example, I was initiated in December, but didn't recieve my badge & certificate until the middle of the following semester.

cuteASAbug · #5 09-05-2007, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by tld221

i jus feel like there's more to the story - why WOULDNT a chapter send papers to HQ if they initiated you?

I can speak from personal experience. I don't know what it's like for the giggles' sorority, but in ASA, after you're initiated, the chapter has to send in a form to national headquarters that says your date of initiation, your chapter number, full name to appear on certificate, address, etc. It doesn't seem like a big deal at all, but you have to keep in mind that initiation is usually done at the end of the semester, right before finals and term papers are due. If your president has a test in two days that's worth 40% of her grade, sending out paperwork for the new initiates just isn't a priority at that moment. Plus, it's not always that easy to track down all of the girls and get them to fill out all of the paperwork. It took a while for us to get it done and there were only 9 other girls initiated with me. Imagine what it must be like with a new member class of 35+.

epchick · #6 09-05-2007, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by tld221

i jus feel like there's more to the story - why WOULDNT a chapter send papers to HQ if they initiated you?

It might not be a matter of the paperwork not being sent, it might be a matter of processing. I initiated in the Fall quarter, and it wasn't until the Spring Quarter that I got my badge, my membership info/card, and my certificate. (We were told it takes about 2 quarters/1 semester to process all that info)

If the OP initiated in April it seems logical (at least to me) that she wouldn't have her badge or any of that other stuff.

But I dont know how other chapters handle stuff like that.

tld221 · #7 09-05-2007, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by LegallyBrunette

It sounds like her original chapter might not be on top of paperwork. Even in chapters that are, it can take a while (at least from my experience) for everything to process. For example, I was initiated in December, but didn't recieve my badge & certificate until the middle of the following semester.

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Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

I can speak from personal experience. I don't know what it's like for the giggles' sorority, but in ASA, after you're initiated, the chapter has to send in a form to national headquarters that says your date of initiation, your chapter number, full name to appear on certificate, address, etc. It doesn't seem like a big deal at all, but you have to keep in mind that initiation is usually done at the end of the semester, right before finals and term papers are due. If your president has a test in two days that's worth 40% of her grade, sending out paperwork for the new initiates just isn't a priority at that moment. Plus, it's not always that easy to track down all of the girls and get them to fill out all of the paperwork. It took a while for us to get it done and there were only 9 other girls initiated with me. Imagine what it must be like with a new member class of 35+.

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Originally Posted by epchick

It might not be a matter of the paperwork not being sent, it might be a matter of processing. I initiated in the Fall quarter, and it wasn't until the Spring Quarter that I got my badge, my membership info/card, and my certificate. (We were told it takes about 2 quarters/1 semester to process all that info)

If the OP initiated in April it seems logical (at least to me) that she wouldn't have her badge or any of that other stuff.

But I dont know how other chapters handle stuff like that.

ok, point taken. hell, my HQ goes through the same ish. carry on.

giggle528 · #8 09-05-2007, 05:37 PM

i guess it just varies from chapter to chapter on who handles the paperwork. when i called HQ for the first time when the lady told me that I hadnt been initiated according to HQ and their database, she was like "hmm nor have they sent in your badge forms, and member cards..ill have to give your prez a call" she didnt seem to happy. We filled out all our cards and things during the week of initation, and they said that we would recieve our pins at the first meeting. my sisters havent gotten them yet.
Personally, i just think that my chapter is very irresponsible, because all my sisters complain about how unorganized things are.