NALFO/NPC

[Sen's Revenge]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

The only "official" stipulation seems to be that a PNM can't have been initiated into another NPC group. PNMs pledge this when they register for recruitment. Since it would have been approved at the highest level for a Convention initiation, my guess is that there isn't a policy expressly prohibiting this at the collegiate level, but see below....



At the time, my reaction was, "I didn't know you could do that." My guess is that this is an issue that probably hasn't been addressed between the governing bodies (NPC, NALFO). Aside from the official NPC-wide agreement that once a woman is initiated into a NPC sorority, she can't ever join another, I honestly don't know how "official" any of the agreements or policies are about dual membership or second initiation into another GLO. From discussions I've read, people have referred to rules that may be GLO-specific official policies, campus-specific policies, "unwritten policies," or "this is our official policy"...but is it really, or is the poster just under that assumption? Any decisions about this would be above my policy-making pay-grade, but I think these are questions that are ripe for addressing within and between GLOs and the umbrella organizing bodies. These instances may have been rare previously, but they will likely become more common as diversity in the various groups increases.

For example, I know a Gamma Phi who is an advisor at a university in California with a heavily Latina/Latino student population, and she shared that the NPC sororities on this campus were at a disadvantage because they were bound by the NPC pre-recruitment no-contact rule each year. The NALFO groups got a head start and begin recruiting new members before the NPC groups start formal recruitment. She wants to see a fair and cooperative agreement between the councils on that campus, but I don't know what incentive there would be for the NALFO groups to do that.

Head start as in pre-freshman recruitment? That's not common among NALFO orgs.

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

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Do NALFO, NMGC, and/or NPHC organizations restrict a person from joining if they were in a fraternity/sorority in a different council? I think I've read on this site that at least some NPHC organizations restrict it, but I can't be sure...

My fraternity's policy says something about social or general fraternities (not council-specific) but I think leaves room for a local fraternity.