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Originally Posted by SAEalumnus
In the present case at OU, certainly a swift and decisive response was warranted, but I and others are firmly convinced that the national president and Supreme Council were more motivated by the PR value of revoking OKKA's charter than they were with the legality of doing so or of the due process owed to their members, some of whom may actually be innocent in this, nevermind the Supreme Council's current efforts to pursue expulsion proceedings against every single member of that chapter. Guilty until proven otherwise, it would seem.
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That's clearly the case. I guess they thought it was better to ask forgiveness than permission. It would appear your governance model is similar to Sigma Nu's in that at least for 3 days every couple of years, the Convention is the legislative body of the fraternity. Your Convention, I hope, sends a message which the analogs of other Supreme Councils and National Presidents will receive--that simply ignoring the rules in order to get the headlines you want is not acceptable.
I'm sure most of our national bylaws set out certain rules for due process and place constraints on our national leadership. I hope your convention does what it needs to do. The entire fraternal system is watching.
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