GreekChat.com Forums  

Go Back   GreekChat.com Forums > Locals
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

» GC Stats
Members: 329,746
Threads: 115,668
Posts: 2,205,140
Welcome to our newest member, AlfredEmpom
» Online Users: 4,058
3 members and 4,055 guests
Xidelt
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 07-21-2009, 03:01 PM
babylyne babylyne is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Silverdale, WA
Posts: 46
Personally I think that the selling point of no big brother/sister is pretty much lame. I used that one until I woke up a realized that not only is there no big sister to answer to but we have no one to help us when we want to learn more and expand our chapter's way of thinking...no sounding board, no advice nothing. As far as adhering to National Guidlines every member sorority would agree to the bylaws prior to membership approval. The goal here is to create an organization that a Greek Life Advisor would want their local's to be apart of because there is some sort of "Big Sister". There are many, many details to this I am really trying to see if there is a huge amount of interest out there before we put a ton of time and effort into it.

From my experiance Greek Life Advisor's don't really like locals and its because they don't really have anywhere to fit them (in my experiance). I am merly trying to help locals have a credible place on their campus as the try and live with Panhellenic.

Last edited by babylyne; 07-21-2009 at 03:04 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 07-21-2009, 03:56 PM
knight_shadow knight_shadow is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Texas
Posts: 14,146
Quote:
Originally Posted by babylyne View Post
Personally I think that the selling point of no big brother/sister is pretty much lame. I used that one until I woke up a realized that not only is there no big sister to answer to but we have no one to help us when we want to learn more and expand our chapter's way of thinking...no sounding board, no advice nothing. As far as adhering to National Guidlines every member sorority would agree to the bylaws prior to membership approval. The goal here is to create an organization that a Greek Life Advisor would want their local's to be apart of because there is some sort of "Big Sister". There are many, many details to this I am really trying to see if there is a huge amount of interest out there before we put a ton of time and effort into it.

From my experiance Greek Life Advisor's don't really like locals and its because they don't really have anywhere to fit them (in my experiance). I am merly trying to help locals have a credible place on their campus as the try and live with Panhellenic.

I'm not trying to discourage you -- just giving you some food for thought

Many of the local groups that I've come in contact with pride themselves on the fact that they have no "higher ups" to answer to, so that's why I brought that up. You'd probably know more about this than I would, though. If you feel there is enough interest, I'd say go for it. It'll be a huge undertaking, and I can't see it being successful on a national level (due to the amount of locals). Perhaps you should consider creating something for your region? For example, Local Governing Board for North Texas or something like that.

Keep in mind, though, that many schools want organizations to belong to councils for insurance purposes. That's another thing you'll want to look into.

Good luck.
__________________
*does side bends and sit-ups*
*doesn't lose butt*


Last edited by knight_shadow; 07-21-2009 at 05:17 PM. Reason: grammar
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 07-21-2009, 05:07 PM
33girl 33girl is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hotel Oceanview
Posts: 34,519
Quote:
Originally Posted by babylyne View Post
Personally I think that the selling point of no big brother/sister is pretty much lame. I used that one until I woke up a realized that not only is there no big sister to answer to but we have no one to help us when we want to learn more and expand our chapter's way of thinking...no sounding board, no advice nothing.
Where are your alumnae? Aren't you getting support from them? They should be your backup when there are problems with the university or the other groups. As far as a sounding board...you're on it. It's called GC. Or a Facebook group.

If you are looking for a sort of coalition to help you attain insurance at lower rates, that's a different matter.

If you need new ideas, try CampusSpeak. Last I looked, they are not limited to national fraternities and sororities...just whoever has the green to hire them.

ETA: scratch that "ask your alumnae for help" comment.

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/se...archid=4763161
__________________
It is all 33girl's fault. ~DrPhil

Last edited by 33girl; 07-21-2009 at 05:11 PM.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Local sorority "seeking national affiliation" klplovely Locals 17 08-27-2018 08:20 PM
Invitation to 2005 Local Sorority Convention - Open to any local in US UMKCDeltaRho Locals 16 10-02-2008 10:55 PM
question about local sorority affliating with national sorority skr002 Greek Life 13 07-27-2007 01:02 PM
Local Sorority Looking to Merge with a National Chapter Jfurr1126 Greek Life 30 04-10-2007 02:21 PM
Local Greek Board Zetagymnast Locals 7 10-07-2004 01:32 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:06 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.