Cardinal Rule Broken by Our Greek Advisor ;-(

[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.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by 33girl

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.

The way things were described, this will get around on its own and someone will probably turn it in. If this woman was as open about her dual affiliation during the interview process as was described, she'll be open about it later.

You're suggesting that if this dual membership issue is made public as if that will lead to some sort of chaos on its own. I doubt that the individual groups on this campus would actually accept such a situation.

As to whether this would be the same if it was between two different NPCs, I think we'd have a brightline rule that it's a no-no. Going back to that '02 thread, no one, including you, seemed to have a clue as to any specific prohibition. While one NPHC group might have that specific prohibition, it's entirely possible that neither the NPC nor the affected NPHC have such a thing, but might instead have some sort of rule like the one I posted from Sigma Nu which could really be argued both ways.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by Kevin

As to whether this would be the same if it was between two different NPCs, I think we'd have a brightline rule that it's a no-no. Going back to that '02 thread, no one, including you, seemed to have a clue as to any specific prohibition.

Ditto.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Kevin

As to whether this would be the same if it was between two different NPCs, I think we'd have a brightline rule that it's a no-no. Going back to that '02 thread, no one, including you, seemed to have a clue as to any specific prohibition. While one NPHC group might have that specific prohibition, it's entirely possible that neither the NPC nor the affected NPHC have such a thing, but might instead have some sort of rule like the one I posted from Sigma Nu which could really be argued both ways.

Are you high?

My response in that thread has nothing to do with what you're saying.

And if you don't understand what I was saying re 2 NPCs...that's part of the problem.

[33girl]

There is a huge difference between an NPHC GROUP taking her and an NPHC CHAPTER taking her. Of course she's going to say that headquarters said there was nothing wrong with it - whether they really did or not. That may have been what the chapter told her. At any rate, any woman who is employed as a Greek advisor should know enough to at least keep her mouth shut, if she realized after the fact that what she did was wrong.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by 33girl

And if you don't understand what I was saying re 2 NPCs...that's part of the problem.

Am I high? No. If other people are having trouble understanding what you write and you're not being explicit enough, that's on you. This would be a different issue if it's between two NPCs because all NPC groups have mutual agreements that dual membership shall not exist. There is no such agreement with NPHC groups and the issue is not nearly as clear. While it has been established that 1/9 groups definitely has such a prohibition, that's 1/9.

The question here is not whether a wrong has been done, but whether a rule has been broken. That's a threshold issue.

Get past that before you throw another silly tantrum.

[NutBrnHair]

[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.