kappa sigma at fgcu?

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

The way I'm reading his post was that NIC requires a campus to support a chapter. That is, there can not exist a chapter without school recognition. But non NIC orgs can charter in a particular city and not need school recognition to do so.

It is somewhat confusing. But the jest of it is that the NIC believes in open expansion. Perhaps I should have added this from the NIC by-laws regarding the Host school.

For the purposes of these By-Laws, a chapter is "related to" an institution if its membership is drawn from students enrolled at such institution, and no formal agreement with or recognition by such institution shall be required or implied.

This subsection shall not be deemed to prohibit undergraduate chapters related to extension, branches or regional campuses of accredited institutions.

[TSteven]

Now *I* am confused. (Not a difficult task for me to do I might add.)

Further down in the by-laws is the following which seems to be in conflict with the above statements.

Section 4. Colonies. A colony, meaning a newly-formed group or association of students sponsored, organized or assisted by a fraternity with the intent of it becoming a chapter or otherwise affiliated in any manner with that fraternity, may be established by a member fraternity only in relation to an accredited college or university. No member fraternity shall sponsor, organize, assist or participate in any manner in the formation, organization or establishment of a colony related to an accredited college or university, unless such college or university shall hold an approved candidacy status with the appropriate regional association, and such colony may become chartered only upon full accreditation of the institution.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by TSteven

Now *I* am confused. (Not a difficult task for me to do I might add.)

Further down in the by-laws is the following which seems to be in conflict with the above statements.

Section 4. Colonies. A colony, meaning a newly-formed group or association of students sponsored, organized or assisted by a fraternity with the intent of it becoming a chapter or otherwise affiliated in any manner with that fraternity, may be established by a member fraternity only in relation to an accredited college or university. No member fraternity shall sponsor, organize, assist or participate in any manner in the formation, organization or establishment of a colony related to an accredited college or university, unless such college or university shall hold an approved candidacy status with the appropriate regional association, and such colony may become chartered only upon full accreditation of the institution.

WTH? You are right. Maybe once a chapter gets past colony status recognition is no longer needed?

[33girl]

NIC membership doesn't have jack to do with being on a campus and not being school recognized. Phi Sigma Kappa was on our campus for a while not recognized by the school, and they are IFC members. Not to mention all those schools where the whole freakin' system is unrecognized.

That section reads to me like it's more about school accreditation and that you can't form a colony with a bunch of randoms off the street. They may have to call a colony at FGCU the "Fort Myers" colony but as long as it's all FGCU students that's fine.