Satellite Chapters?

[Senusret I]

I've never really heard of this specific term before, nor have I heard of a similar concept outside of NPHC or other cultural organizations.

A "city-wide" chapter (or county-wide) is a chapter consisting of several schools in one area that do not or cannot support their own chapter on their own. A good example of a city-wide chapter is Omicron Pi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha in DC - Georgetown U., Catholic University, and Trinity University.

Core chapters (called different things by different orgs) are chapters at several schools but are not city wide. There are chapters of Delta Sigma Theta like this in DC - one is at American and Georgetown, the other is as Catholic and Trinity.

A satellite chapter has a different connotation for me -- it sounds like one chapter having a branch at another university, functioning as two entities. Is this what you mean?

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I've never really heard of this specific term before, nor have I heard of a similar concept outside of NPHC or other cultural organizations.

A "city-wide" chapter (or county-wide) is a chapter consisting of several schools in one area that do not or cannot support their own chapter on their own. A good example of a city-wide chapter is Omicron Pi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha in DC - Georgetown U., Catholic University, and Trinity University.

Core chapters (called different things by different orgs) are chapters at several schools but are not city wide. There are chapters of Delta Sigma Theta like this in DC - one is at American and Georgetown, the other is as Catholic and Trinity.

It is my understanding that city-wides are not affiliated with a campus at all while core (or whatever an org calls it) are attached to one campus but allow people from other campuses to join. In each case, all participating schools must be included on the charter. Would that be correct? My sorority has different terminology, but it's all the same thing.

[Senusret I]

I totally forgot to address the whole issue of recognition/access to benefits.

In Alpha specifically, whether it's a true city-wide or a segment of a city, at least one campus has to recognize the chapter. I do know that in other NPHCs, campus recognition isn't necessary for their city-wide chapters.

[ask_bm001]

Ok, let me specify by saying that this is in regards to having a group at the same university, but at a different campus.

I really don't think this is possible when the campuses are separated by 200 miles, esp. considering the requirements involved. But someone has posed this question to us, and the idea was new to me, so I wondered if it was done anywhere else.

[moe.ron]

Originally Posted by ask_bm001

Ok, let me specify by saying that this is in regards to having a group at the same university, but at a different campus.

I really don't think this is possible when the campuses are separated by 200 miles, esp. considering the requirements involved. But someone has posed this question to us, and the idea was new to me, so I wondered if it was done anywhere else.

At a different campus, wouldn't that be a different chapter then?