Transfer Do I need to re pledge or can I still go to chapter

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by xxobrooke

once you are initiated, you don't have to repledge. i transferred into a different chapter of my sorority. you just have to go through nationals to transfer your membership. it wouldn't be fair to have to repledge an organization you already know everything about!

That may have worked for you in your organization, but it is not necessarily the case across all GLOs.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

That may have worked for you in your organization, but it is not necessarily the case across all GLOs.

Really? I would be seriously angry if I went from being initiated to, well, not being initiated.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Really? I would be seriously angry if I went from being initiated to, well, not being initiated.

What he means may not be the case in all GLOs is this part:

Originally Posted by xxobrooke

you just have to go through nationals to transfer your membership.

As I said earlier, in many GLOs there may well be more to it because the "new" chapter may have to vote to allow you to affiliate.

This has been discussed at GC many times, so I feel fairly confident in saying that in many GLOs, as in mine, when you leave the school at which you were initiated, you become an alumnus/a. You may seek to affiliate with the chapter of your org at you new school, but they may or may not accept you. If they accept you, you become a member of that chapter. If they don't (or if you choose not to affiliate), you remain an alumnus/a.

That's why he needs to check the rules in his org or talk to people in his org -- how other fraternities and sororities do things isn't relevant to how his fraternity does things.

ETA: Cross-posted with k_s.