Greek Discrimination....

[ladygreek]

Hmmmm, interesting. We have cities campaigning to get our regional conference and national convention business, and convention bureaus wine and dine our national board. In fact, not only do they give us good discount rates on hotel rooms, convention center meeting rooms, etc., but in a couple of cases cities have donated thousands of dollars to our org. for choosing them. For example, Philly gave us a check for $25,000 to compensate for any added expenses due to it being controlled by unions.

The reason? We are known to drop mucho dollars at our national and regional meetings. In 1988, we spent so much money in San Francisco that they were able to retire their city debt.

The NPHC frats get even deeper discounts from hotels, because of the money they spend in the hotel bars. LOL

[Day13]

AGDee - I understand what you are saying, but it shouldn't have happened in the first place. I don't read and article about the Puerto Rican Day Parade where 208 were arrested and assume that anytime there is a gathering of Puerto Ricans arrests are eminent. Maybe I'm just an idealist?

Ladygreek - This was for the 9 officers in our chapter, not our national fraternity. Our national conventions certainly put a boom on the economy too I'm sure, though I doubt think we could fix someone's debt.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by Day13

AGDee - I understand what you are saying, but it shouldn't have happened in the first place. I don't read and article about the Puerto Rican Day Parade where 208 were arrested and assume that anytime there is a gathering of Puerto Ricans arrests are eminent. Maybe I'm just an idealist?

Ladygreek - This was for the 9 officers in our chapter, not our national fraternity. Our national conventions certainly put a boom on the economy too I'm sure, though I doubt think we could fix someone's debt.

I understand, but even on as local basis we have no problem booking rooms for retreats, etc., or getting charitable donations. Major coporations such as General Mills, Cargill, Medtronic, etc. have never hesitated to support our charitable programs. Not to mention the support the collegiate chapter gets from the schools in their service area.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

Hmmmm, interesting. We have cities campaigning to get our regional conference and national convention business, and convention bureaus wine and dine our national board. In fact, not only do they give us good discount rates on hotel rooms, convention center meeting rooms, etc., but in a couple of cases cities have donated thousands of dollars to our org. for choosing them. For example, Philly gave us a check for $25,000 to compensate for any added expenses due to it being controlled by unions.

The reason? We are known to drop mucho dollars at our national and regional meetings. In 1988, we spent so much money in San Francisco that they were able to retire their city debt.

The NPHC frats get even deeper discounts from hotels, because of the money they spend in the hotel bars. LOL

[KyleMcGuire1983]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

Hmmmm, interesting. We have cities campaigning to get our regional conference and national convention business, and convention bureaus wine and dine our national board. In fact, not only do they give us good discount rates on hotel rooms, convention center meeting rooms, etc., but in a couple of cases cities have donated thousands of dollars to our org. for choosing them. For example, Philly gave us a check for $25,000 to compensate for any added expenses due to it being controlled by unions.

The reason? We are known to drop mucho dollars at our national and regional meetings. In 1988, we spent so much money in San Francisco that they were able to retire their city debt.

The NPHC frats get even deeper discounts from hotels, because of the money they spend in the hotel bars. LOL

For the record 20 years later San Francisco is hundreds of millions of dollars in debt! How do you do that in such short time?

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by KyleMcGuire1983

For the record 20 years later San Francisco is hundreds of millions of dollars in debt! How do you do that in such short time?

Liberal local governments have problems keeping their spending in check.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

Liberal local governments have problems keeping their spending in check.

So do conservative federal governments, so the bulk of the last 7 years would seem to indicate.

[swizzSTG]

the best thing we can do is accept that there is a stereotype and fight to improve our image in every aspect of our lifes. also remember that every little thing we do wrong is going to make the news first page and the good things we do will be on page ten of section d. its an uphill battle but i know im not the only one that thinks its worth fighting

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

So do conservative federal governments, so the bulk of the last 7 years would seem to indicate.

I heart my TAR teammate.

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

The NPHC frats get even deeper discounts from hotels, because of the money they spend in the hotel bars. LOL

Yeah! We've gotten to the point where we don't have to pay to rent out bars because our average tab is over $1200.

[LXAAlum]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

Hmmmm, interesting. We have cities campaigning to get our regional conference and national convention business, and convention bureaus wine and dine our national board. In fact, not only do they give us good discount rates on hotel rooms, convention center meeting rooms, etc., but in a couple of cases cities have donated thousands of dollars to our org. for choosing them. For example, Philly gave us a check for $25,000 to compensate for any added expenses due to it being controlled by unions.

The reason? We are known to drop mucho dollars at our national and regional meetings. In 1988, we spent so much money in San Francisco that they were able to retire their city debt.

The NPHC frats get even deeper discounts from hotels, because of the money they spend in the hotel bars. LOL

I was at a convention in Chicago a couple of years ago for another fraternal org I belong to when a NPHC org had their national convention - it was either at the Hilton, or the members were staying there.

I was impressed by the way they conducted themselves. Very nice - decently dressed, polite...everything ANY greek member should be.

The real difference was yet ANOTHER convention being held that had something to do with gay rights or gay pride...umm...yeah. They had NO respect for anyone around them, were very obnoxious, intoxicated...etc....

The things you see (but wish you hadn't) at a multi-convention hotel....