Visiting Chapters Thread

[fantASTic]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

In my opinion, that makes them the founders of the organization.

They have great ideals which lay the foundation, but they're not my brothers in any sense that the guys in my chapter are.

I really don't understand the love-affair between Greek-Chat and the national organization.

Interesting. A lot of people are attacking you for this view...but go into the Sorority Recruitment forum and you'll see people saying a hundred times over that "people join sororities for the people, not for the motto/ideals/philanthropy".

So, by that standard, it's perfectly acceptable to not consider your founders or other chapter's members a part of your organization - you did not join for them, you joined for the people who were in it at your time.

It just strikes me as interesting because people are getting all upset over this, but yet why does it matter how someone feels towards his nationals if people are going to say it's only the people that matter?

..I hope that made sense.

[AOE2AlphaPhi]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

Interesting. A lot of people are attacking you for this view...but go into the Sorority Recruitment forum and you'll see people saying a hundred times over that "people join sororities for the people, not for the motto/ideals/philanthropy".

So, by that standard, it's perfectly acceptable to not consider your founders or other chapter's members a part of your organization - you did not join for them, you joined for the people who were in it at your time.

It just strikes me as interesting because people are getting all upset over this, but yet why does it matter how someone feels towards his nationals if people are going to say it's only the people that matter?

..I hope that made sense.

If it were only the people that matter, then you wouldn't have to join a GLO with ritual and tradition--just a club with people you like would be enough.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

Interesting. A lot of people are attacking you for this view...but go into the Sorority Recruitment forum and you'll see people saying a hundred times over that "people join sororities for the people, not for the motto/ideals/philanthropy".

So, by that standard, it's perfectly acceptable to not consider your founders or other chapter's members a part of your organization - you did not join for them, you joined for the people who were in it at your time.

It just strikes me as interesting because people are getting all upset over this, but yet why does it matter how someone feels towards his nationals if people are going to say it's only the people that matter?

..I hope that made sense.

I'll agree that almost everyone who joins an NIC or NPC GLO chooses which one to join based on which chapter at their school is the best fit for their personality. However, what [most] members learn and come to appreciate is that they joined an organization so much bigger than their cohort of friends, an organization that has continued for many years, and will continue for many more. That's the difference between a fraternity/sorority and a clique. Some people realize how special it is to join a GLO even as potential members, but the rest will realize it later, maybe after initiation, maybe after meeting members of another chapter at Founders' Day, maybe after attending Convention, etc. I guess there are some who don't realize it at all.

ETA: Probably 99.999% of GLO members are closest to members from their chapter from when they were in school. It would be silly to expect a member to be BFF with a brother/sister they've never talked to/met, and I'd think that most members would be courteous and respectful to brothers/sisters they are meeting for the first time. What I was criticizing was a perceived air of superiority of a poster's chapter over other chapters and the national organization collectively.