Soror Ideal and I were just having this conversation at our chapter retreat. The issue came up because a Soror was persistently being contacted by an interest. Soror didn't know interest from Sam and the interest got her email address off a public website.
Unless an interest is specifically asking about my chapter, I can’t tell her anything. Why? It’s either public info which they can find on their own or private information (self-explanatory). For those who don't know the meaning because they have dropped out of school or have a false sense of reality PRIVATE MEANING YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW UNTIL YOU BECOME A MEMBER, IF YOU BECOME A MEMBER.
Honestly, what can we say? If we aren't on their campus, we can't state, "do this, that and the other". Also, the smallest things can be misconstrued as hazing these days. For instance, lets say you are in Wendy's and an interest sees your AKA key chain. She comes up to you expressing interest and you ask, "why are you interested in AKA…blah, blah, blah”. God forbid she gets rejected, calls HQ's or worse Soror Joy and is like, "well I did an interview with an AKA at Wendy's and I bought her lunch. I know it sounds ridiculous, but peep the "Confession" thread. People are crazy. I must say though the SF’s that have contacted me were very cordial and their approach was appreciated.
If AKA comes up among the SF's I intereact with, it's because I'm letting them know about a program or event that we are having. I guess it depends on your comfort level with the SF, but we still have to watch what’s said.
This leads into another issue we discussed- members giving out WAY too much information. Interest don't need to know how much it costs to join a grad chapter, what they need to join a grad chapter, how we vote on certain issues, etc. They will find that out if and when they are selected for membership. If I don't know the dealings of the chapter down the street and I'm a member, an interest most certainly doesn't need to know the dealings of an org they don't belong to.
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Originally posted by AKA4MJ
Sorors, I have been MIA from GC for a lttle while.....
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PS: I hope all is well with you Soror. Due to last minute information, we didn’t make it to the archives. So we will try to set another date.
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