Voting on Potential New Members?

[MysticCat]

I would run this by your advisor or someone else from the national fraternity who has been working with your colony. I would be a little surprised if the fraternity didn't already have a policy, procedure or some other sort of guidance for this.

[lucgreek]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I would run this by your advisor or someone else from the national fraternity who has been working with your colony. I would be a little surprised if the fraternity didn't already have a policy, procedure or some other sort of guidance for this.

I second this. I would be surprised if your organization's bylaws didn't spell out requirements for giving bids or initiating new members. Your colony adviser should be well-versed on this sort of stuff.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I would run this by your advisor or someone else from the national fraternity who has been working with your colony. I would be a little surprised if the fraternity didn't already have a policy, procedure or some other sort of guidance for this.

Yes, Internet Generationers, Greekchat/facebook/etc. is not the first step in organizational protocol.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Yes, Internet Generationers, Greekchat/facebook/etc. is not the first step in organizational protocol.

This isn't solely an intraweb kidz issue. Some GLOs' version of "colonizing" is blowing in once, picking a bunch of people, having a chartering ceremony, and then letting them figure the rest out as they go along, with little to no help. It varies GREATLY from org to org (and sometimes, campus to campus - i.e. if it's a small campus that they really don't give a shit about, they might not put as much time into it). This concept is not new in the last decade.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by 33girl

This isn't solely an intraweb kidz issue. Some GLOs' version of "colonizing" is blowing in once, picking a bunch of people, having a chartering ceremony, and then letting them figure the rest out as they go along, with little to no help. It varies GREATLY from org to org (and sometimes, campus to campus - i.e. if it's a small campus that they really don't give a shit about, they might not put as much time into it). This concept is not new in the last decade.

Figuring it out is nothing new. There are things that my chapter had to figure out with the help of other chapters, Sorors, and our own smarts.

Going to facebook and Greekchat (and other quick and easy searches) instead of contacting members of your own GLO is something new in approximately the last 5-10 years.