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Originally Posted by AzTheta
The National Panhellenic Conference Manual of Information, 15th edition, February 2010.
The first principle of the Panhellenic Compact(signed by all 26 NPC chapters) states the following, on page 30:
III. THE PANHELLENIC COMPACT
1. 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.
I believe that the NPHC has a similar statement, and correct me if I am misinformed or have misstated a fact. Although I deeply respect and admire my DST friends, membership in that fine organization would never be an option (and I am NOT getting into membership selection, just using an example), because I am already an initiated member of an NPC GLO.
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There are also many international, non-NPC/NPHC this applies to.
There's also a reason this happens. It's not just to make your life difficult/tick you off/for kicks and giggles. If you initiated in an organization, you put a lot of time into it and they in turn put a lot of time into you. In addition, you promised loyalty and dedication to that organization.
If you were initiated in a Greek organization and you are seeking membership in another organization, you obviously don't give two shakes about those life and loyalty and dedication pledges. You just care about the t-shirts and mixers. Consequently, even if those rules DIDN'T exist, most groups still wouldn't want to pledge you, simply because of the type of member you would be.
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