Deactivate/Terminate

[AZTheta]

CougADPi, what happened to you, in an NPC organization, would probably not happen today - with BillHighway, financial termination is automatic. No pay, no play.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

CougADPi, what happened to you, in an NPC organization, would probably not happen today - with BillHighway, financial termination is automatic. No pay, no play.

I don't know how common it is, but my organization has a procedure (I think it's called interim status, but don't quote me on that, it's been a very long time) for women who need a semester off. The chapter has to vote to give it to you, and then it has to be approved by several levels of higher-ups. If a woman has an extreme medical situation, or family thing, or something like that, it should be her first option, though I don't know if it is widely known.

[CougADPi]

Yeah, I can't imagine mine is a typical story (I hope not anyway). I'm not entirely sure what happened to allow me to still be a member. I have an idea, but I would rather not post it on a public message board.

Moral of the story: Don't deactivate or terminate unless you know without a doubt that you will never want to be affiliated again. And who can say what you will want 10+ years down the road?

[Jill1228]

Originally Posted by Jen

Has anyone known of circumstances where someone who was terminated or deactivated later became an active member again? Would a sorority re-affiliate you?

Yes I know someone this happened to and yes, they re-affiliated her

[IrishLake]

I've never heard of such a circumstance. I also went financially inactive midway through my senior year. It wasn't because I didn't want to be a Theta anymore, it was that my last year of classes required so many weekend field trips that I couldn't work, and working was how I paid dues. I hated having to do it. We had girls who would go inactive, which at the time the limit was 1 year of inactive status. After that they were expected to become dues-paying members again. Most of them just quit.

I just recently found out that my BiLs wife, my SiL, was a Tri-Delta at Ohio State back in the early 90's. She deaffiliated after 2 years though.

[Titchou]

OP, not all groups have an inactive status. So there is no reason to think that out of ALL the NIC groups that the one you belong to will have someone who posts here. Call HQ

[clarinette]

My organization has a marginal status. Without getting into stuff that's too personal, the normal reasons girls go on marginal are study abroad or student teaching, though there are other reasons, like an overly large courseload.

Deactivation, on the other hand, like most organizations' policies, is final.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by Jen

Has anyone known of circumstances where someone who was terminated or deactivated later became an active member again? Would a sorority re-affiliate you?

We have a process for that.

[Titchou]

We have a process as well.