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[PersistentDST]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

What do you think the ideal situation would be? An agreement across councils?

I would love to see is an agreement across councils. And frankly, that requires acknowledgement and respect of the seperate councils first and foremost. While we do not need to have some drawn out history lesson about each council or organization, it would be great if we were more informed about each other. I think that if people are informed, it would help to change the stigma that outside of the NPC/IFC that our organizations aren't somehow equal, because a majority population of the organizations are not White.

When we have discussions on GC, things tend to be NPC-centric, but the majority of the active posters are from the NPC. I get that. I think generally we are respectful of each other. But at times a topic like this comes along and it shows the "otherness" of our organizations.
We read posts all the time about PNM's or initiates of NPC Sororities who decide they do not want to be in the organization that gave them a bid. GC is not very sympathetic towards the PNM the majority of the time. "That chapter saw something in you, and you didn't give them a chance." I reacted the same way when I read the OP's post. But generally, the reaction is not filled with the same disappointment and outrage despite the situation being the same. That is what I mean by "otherness."

It's deeper than agreements and paperwork. If we can first respect each other equally, then an agreement across councils would be a great idea. I am a realist (and a pessimist at times) and I don't see it happening.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by PersistentDST

It's deeper than agreements and paperwork. If we can first respect each other equally, then an agreement across councils would be a great idea. I am a realist (and a pessimist at times) and I don't see it happening.

This.

Aside from the fact that I don't like the idea of councils dictating who can and can't be members of their member organizations, I think this cross-council kumbaya talk is much ado about nothing.

"Let's all have equal footing when it comes to rush/recruitment/intake" doesn't translate to "We're all equals" when socials are only held among groups that have housing or when "we'll reach out to you again when we need a step team for Greek Week" happens.

Until there's a paradigm shift where groups are actively learning about and engaging with groups other than the ones like theirs, no amount of YAY JOINT RUSH is going to fix things.

Plus, the way we bring in members varies among groups (ie. city-wide, grad chapters, rush before school starts, 365 recruitment, balanced man, etc) -- what kind of agreement would address all of these things? And what about "general interest/social" organizations that aren't members of national councils?