What is your family name?

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by Shadowskream459

Thanks. Not knocking the family thing, but I don't really get it. It almost seems like a "sub Fraternity/Sorority" kind of thing to me, but being in an org without families, I guess I don't get it.


I just know a lot of orginizations I've talked to with families have families that tend to vote to make sure the Pres. is in their family or something like that. Seems like it would break the bond of the entire fraternity to me.


Anyone care to elaborate on this to me?

In my APO chapter, "trees" (families) are ways to get to feel connected to people in the chapter you might not ordinarily hang around because they're in a different pledge class or graduating year than you.

They also helped the alumni secretary have a backup method of locating alumni. The directory can tell you who pledged with them, but the family tree can tell you who else they had a relationship with.

We never used families outside of fellowship purposes.