Committees?

[JDCookMS]

We're currently at 58 guys and actually I should've stated in my original that it's an "IFC colony" not an "IFC chapter," we will get initiated next semester... this was actually our first semester in operation, with our kickoff being back in late October.

I think...part of the issue is that the chairmen don't know what they can do with their position, since we currently don't have any precedent, so they're just kinda pussyfooting around the whole issue. ...and, some of the other e-board members might not entirely be doing their job right this second.

As to whether it's a bygone era, I would say definitely not. Even with current technology, being able to sit down in a room and focus on one task is important. I don't remember where it was at, I'll try and find it again, but there was actually a 10-year study done at a think tank where they studied how scientists came up with ideas, it turned out that like 70% came from something that was said in the meeting by another scientist, that a scientist just figured out how to use it in their area, it just might have been months later.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by JDCookMS

We're currently at 58 guys and actually I should've stated in my original that it's an "IFC colony" not an "IFC chapter," we will get initiated next semester.

Ask the alumnae (if this is a recolonization) or the national officers who are assisting your chapter.

If the response you get (from either one) is "figure it out yourselves" or no response at all, you might want to rethink your affiliation with this national organization.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Ask the alumnae (if this is a recolonization) or the national officers who are assisting your chapter.

Exactly. There are local/regional/district and national/international bodies for a reason.

Even contacting brothers at other chapters makes more sense than coming to Greekchat and asking random Greeks.

[JDCookMS]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Even contacting brothers at other chapters makes more sense than coming to Greekchat and asking random Greeks.

That would be preferable... if I hadn't already tried to reach other to 40 other chapters without a single response....and that was through conventional e-mail and through our national site. ...and our nationals have been unhelpful in this regards.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by JDCookMS

That would be preferable... if I hadn't already tried to reach other to 40 other chapters without a single response....and that was through conventional e-mail and through our national site. ...and our nationals have been unhelpful in this regards.

If what you are saying is true, and you gave all of your sources ample time to receive your emails and respond to them, you are essentially saying that your fraternity brothers and nhq sucks and nonmembers are better at helping your chapter than your fraternity is.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by JDCookMS

That would be preferable... if I hadn't already tried to reach other to 40 other chapters without a single response....and that was through conventional e-mail and through our national site. ...and our nationals have been unhelpful in this regards.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

If what you are saying is true, and you gave all of your sources ample time to receive your emails and respond to them, you are essentially saying that your fraternity brothers and nhq sucks and nonmembers are better at helping your chapter than your fraternity is.

Originally Posted by 33girl

Ask the alumnae (if this is a recolonization) or the national officers who are assisting your chapter.

If the response you get (from either one) is "figure it out yourselves" or no response at all, you might want to rethink your affiliation with this national organization.

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