Dual Membership?

[CutiePie2000]

Originally posted by SoTrue1920
Hi folks -
A question: would it be possible for a person to hold membership in an NPHC group and in an NPC/NIC/IFC group at the same time? I know it's not possible to have membership in two NPHC groups at once, and I know it's not allowed to have membership in two NPC/NIC/IFC groups at once.
I know for some folks this is a heretical proposition, but I'm just curious.

SoTrue1920,
Yes, you're right, just as someone cannot be initiated into 2 NPHC groups, one is not permitted to be initated into 2 NPC groups.

Everything that I have ever read in "NPC lore" states that a woman can only be initiated into 1 of the 26 groups in the NPC. It doesn't actually say anything explicitly about the 4 women's NPHC groups.
This is what it says from the Panhellenic compact of the NPC (excerpt):
"A woman who is or who has ever been an initiated member of an existing NPC fraternity shall not be eligible for membership in another NPC fraternity. (1).

I have never read anything that says you cannot be initiated to an NPC sorority, and then be initiated additionally into an NPHC group (or vice versa). However, I would certainly say that this practice would be frowned upon, even if it is "technically" permissible from an NPC standpoint.

Lots of women are in an NPC group + a music fraternity, and lots of women are in an NPHC group + a music fraternity but I think that's considered a "different" scenario and not seen as being disloyal to your social GLO.

From an NPC standpoint, I guess I would have to say that it's technically "permissible", since the NPHC 4 women's orgs are not among the NPC's 26 members, but to be initiated into "1 from the Conference and one from the Council" would probably be frowned upon (and perceived as being disloyal). So, while technically permissible (at least from an NPC standpoint) would be frowned upon, or as you put it, a "heretical proposition". As an NPHC member, what do you think? Am I right?