Cardinal Rule Broken by Our Greek Advisor ;-(

[DrPhil]

Delta is among the GLOs that explicitly states applicants cannot be initiated members of another NPC and NPHC sorority. Racial and ethnic minority (which is the predominant demographic of NPHC GLOs) PNMs are still relatively rare at most schools. Therefore, it is very rare for such an NPC member to become an NPHC aspirant. In turn, it is extremely rare for an NPCer to successfully become an NPHCer. There are the extremely rare instances where a couple of people will slip through the cracks over the years.

Personally, based on the bit of the OP that I read so forgive me if I missed some key points, I would handle the situation by placing an anonymous call to the NPHC sorority's headquarters. It does not matter whether people at your school like her and are fascinated with her knowledge and experience. It does not matter whether the people at your school are oblivious to what is going on. The fact of the matter is some of our GLOs do not mince words when it comes to this stuff.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I would handle the situation by placing an anonymous call to the NPHC sorority's headquarters.

This might not be a bad idea. I might consider running it by your school's general counsel (or better, a private attorney licensed to practice in your state) first to make sure you're not violating any confidentiality agreements you may have signed in the course of the interview process or might be breaking any laws by making such a disclosure.

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I would handle the situation by placing an anonymous call to the NPHC sorority's headquarters.

Originally Posted by Kevin

This might not be a bad idea. I might consider running it by your school's general counsel (or better, a private attorney licensed to practice in your state) first to make sure you're not violating any confidentiality agreements you may have signed in the course of the interview process or might be breaking any laws by making such a disclosure.

Co-sign. Good way to handle it without being in the middle of the fracas...

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Kevin

This might not be a bad idea. I might consider running it by your school's general counsel (or better, a private attorney licensed to practice in your state) first to make sure you're not violating any confidentiality agreements you may have signed in the course of the interview process or might be breaking any laws by making such a disclosure.

I would not run it by anyone first. There is no confidentiality agreement in this person boasting about both NPC and NPHC membership. The info could have come from anywhere as far as the GLO NHQ's concerned.

[KDCat]

I would think seriously about making an anonymous phone call before you do it.

She is much loved by your community. If you get fingered as the person who made the call, there is going to be a lot of backlash towards you. It's going to cause a lot of drama. If she is not a member of your GLO, either NPC or NPHC, she hasn't broken any agreements to any group that you have a responsibility for. Is it really worth it to protect someone else's GLO?

I would expect that since you have questioned her on this issue, you will be the one fingered as having made the call to her organizations.

I was a whistle blower in college. The backlash, hard feelings, and hangover from that have made me very cautious about ever doing it again. It would have to be something that effects me and mine very directly or something extremely damaging (ie. Enron or Sandusky) before I would be a whistle blower again.

This wouldn't be worth it to me, if it wasn't my GLO. There's a lot of stuff that people do that is wrong. Choose very carefully which issues are worth making a stand on.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I would not run it by anyone first. There is no confidentiality agreement in this person boasting about both NPC and NPHC membership. The info could have come from anywhere as far as the GLO NHQ's concerned.

Slow down there. Remember, the OP's duty is not to the NPHC organization or the NPC organization unless it's hers or unless there's some greenbook something which requires mandatory reporting. Her first duty is to the university's students. A disclosure like this could definitely do more harm than good to the university's students by placing the Greek system in chaos.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Slow down there. Remember, the OP's duty is not to the NPHC organization or the NPC organization unless it's hers or unless there's some greenbook something which requires mandatory reporting. Her first duty is to the university's students. A disclosure like this could definitely do more harm than good to the university's students by placing the Greek system in chaos.

LOL. There is a reason why the OP brought this to GC rather than talking to the people in the Greek system at the school. I doubt the people in the Greek system will tell the OP to call the GLO NHQ. Then the OP will have no choice but to get over it all.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

LOL. There is a reason why the OP brought this to GC rather than talking to the people in the Greek system at the school. I doubt the people in the Greek system will tell the OP to call the GLO NHQ. Then the OP will have no choice but to get over it all.

I can't blame you for advocating for what is very possibly our own organization. That said, I'm just providing information and recommendations just the same as you are.

If you don't even think the people in the Greek system at OP's school would advocate for her turning this into the national organizations, then whose best interests are you advocating for here? OP is the president of her student body, not the dual membership police.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Kevin

If you don't even think the people in the Greek system at OP's school would advocate for her turning this into the national organizations, then whose best interests are you advocating for here? OP is the president of her student body, not the dual membership police.

As I said, if this gets around (and apparently this woman has diarrhea of the mouth to the point that it will) it will damage the chapters as people will be thinking it's OK to quit one, join another, the same way as you get a new apartment in the fall. That is exactly the sort of thing a student body president should be concerned about as it can do great harm to the Greek system.

I also really wonder how many people who are saying to let it go would be saying the same thing if she had joined 2 different NPCs.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Kevin

I can't blame you for advocating for what is very possibly our own organization.

That is not what I am doing and I do not assume that this has to do with my sorority.

Yes, we are all providing recommendations. I am responding to your response to me. I recommend calling the NPHC GLO NHQ. The OP will figure out what to do.

[AlphaFrog]

If the story given to the OP is to be believed, and the NPHC sorority knew about her NPC membership and approved her anyway, then nothing can be done and technically no rules were broken.

I don't know how many (if any) of the NPCs have written rules about joining an NPHC after being initiated into an NPC. She may stand to lose her NPC membership, but it doesn't sound like she cares.

Either way, IF THERE ARE NO RULES AGAINST IT, how is this much different than being in an NPHC and APhiO or an NPC and SAI?