New Titles- Provisional, Associate, Emerging

[33girl]

I have to state that I absolutely detest the “emerging chapter” business. It reminds me of the chest burster in Alien.

Plus it’s another term you can’t turn into a verb easily. “A chapter is emerging at Foo Foo State” sounds ridiculous. Plus, you don’t know if it’s going to be a chapter until it charters. Same problem with “provisional” or “associate.”

If “colony“ isn’t PC or something. how about a different term that doesn’t usurp “chapter”?

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I have to state that I absolutely detest the “emerging chapter” business. It reminds me of the chest burster in Alien.

ROTFLMAO

"Emerging chapter" sounds like a pimple.

IMO, a colony is a colony, and the colony may not make it to chapter status. When my local was absorbed into AEPhi, we were a colony of 10 women, and we were told that we would not be chartered until we had 25 actives. We had 22 members when we were chartered, because MIT ... but if we hadn't had 12 new ladies join our colony, we'd have gone back to being a local.