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[filipinoAPO]

Originally Posted by emb021

As I understand it, APO-Phil as an organization is co-ed. However, the men are in fraternity chapters and the women in sorority chapters. At the same school you would have an APO Fraternity Chapter and an APO Sorority Chapter with the same chapter designation. So the individual chapters are NOT co-ed, but the overall organization is because both the Fraternity & Sorority chapters are part of the same org.

i know this thread was posted years ago but i would just like to enlighten my brothers in the USA why Alpha Phi Omega Philippines is named both a fraternity and sorority.

APO philippines initially started as a fraternity. A lot of women helped the fraternity and they were organized into auxillary sorority chapters. upon the approval of admission of women into AphiO, the "auxillary" was later dropped.

Alpha Phi Omega Philippines is co-ed. The fraternity and sorority are not separate organizations. Each school has one chapter with a designated chapter name. A chapter may be composed of males and females. All the males in APO-Phils are the "fraternity" while the females are the "sorority". In other words, the term "fraternity" refers to the male members while "sorority" refers to the female members. But in the end, we are still one: Alpha Phi Omega Philippines.

[Senusret I]

Functionally, are the women and men ever separated in APO-Phils?

[filipinoAPO]

Since the admission of women into APO until the early 90's, the fraternity and sorority had specific jurisdictions in the chapter especially in the handling of pledges. Only the fraternity can handle male pledges and only the sorority can handle female pledges. However, both groups coordinate in the leadership training, fellowships and service projects.

Today, that segregation is gone. The fraternity and sorority share common jurisdiction in the chapter and both parties are involved in all the activities of the either the fraternity or the sorority.

At the national level however, there are specific officers for the fraternity affairs and the sorority affairs though the officer usually are involved with each other's tasks.

Segregation is not at all an issue in APO-Phils. The fraternity and sorority are considered equal in all functions.

[Senusret I]

Thank you for the enlightenment.

I met the Director of Sorority Affairs at our national convention this summer.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by filipinoAPO

Since the admission of women into APO until the early 90's, the fraternity and sorority had specific jurisdictions in the chapter especially in the handling of pledges. Only the fraternity can handle male pledges and only the sorority can handle female pledges. However, both groups coordinate in the leadership training, fellowships and service projects.

Today, that segregation is gone. The fraternity and sorority share common jurisdiction in the chapter and both parties are involved in all the activities of the either the fraternity or the sorority.

At the national level however, there are specific officers for the fraternity affairs and the sorority affairs though the officer usually are involved with each other's tasks.

Segregation is not at all an issue in APO-Phils. The fraternity and sorority are considered equal in all functions.

In terms of non-segregation, are the following things true in APO-Phil today?

1) Sisters as well as Brothers vote on the admittance of male pledges (and vice versa)
2) Brothers (as well as sisters) vote on the Director of Sorority Affairs (and B & S both vote on Director of Fraternity Affairs)
3) Formation of a chapter of Alpha Phi Omega - Philippines requires a certain number of students without regards to gender, or conversely, do they require a certain number of men to start a fraternity chapter and a certain number of women to start a sorority chapter.
4) Are there schools with *only* fraternity or *only* sorority chapters?
5) Can a fraternity chapter be declared inactive (for hazing or other reasons) and still have a sorority chapter there?
(If there is no such thing as a separate fraternity and sorority chapters anymore then the answers to 4 and 5 are no).

YiLFS
Randolph Finder

[Senusret I]

I would also like to add that their alumni associations are coed. No female associations/male associations. As far as I've seen, men and women serve in the same alumni associations, coed leadership and all.

[Senusret I]

Attractive, you've also got to understand Filipino culture a little more....try to do some research into Filipino Greek life. It is very different from over here.

[Attractive#7]

Originally posted by Senusret I
I would also like to add that their alumni associations are coed. No female associations/male associations. As far as I've seen, men and women serve in the same alumni associations, coed leadership and all.

Can you have same sex alumni associations here?

[Senusret I]

ummmm......I dunno. I suppose if the chapter is all male, then the chapter's alumni association would be all male. Like Kappa Delta.

But I dunno otherwise.

[bro_strawter]

If not mistaken, alumni associations can be made up anyway you want, as long as all members were initiated through an undergrad chapter....at least, thats what I've been told.

Strawter

[emb021]

Originally posted by bro_strawter
If not mistaken, alumni associations can be made up anyway you want, as long as all members were initiated through an undergrad chapter....at least, thats what I've been told.

Strawter

My understanding is its not quite that way with APO-Phil. With APO USA, alumni can form themselves into chapter or area based assocations. With APO-Phil, there is only ONE Alumni association permited per state. So ALL the alumni in the state would be a member of that one association.

If I am in error, please correct me.

[Senusret I]

Originally posted by emb021
My understanding is its not quite that way with APO-Phil. With APO USA, alumni can form themselves into chapter or area based assocations. With APO-Phil, there is only ONE Alumni association permited per state. So ALL the alumni in the state would be a member of that one association.

If I am in error, please correct me.

Do you mean one APO-Phils Alumni Associaion per US State or Filipino State?

(For Brothers who might not know, there are Alumni Associations for APO Philippines in the United States.)

[emb021]

Originally posted by Senusret I
Do you mean one APO-Phils Alumni Associaion per US State or Filipino State?

(For Brothers who might not know, there are Alumni Associations for APO Philippines in the United States.)

Per US State.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by emb021

Per US State.

Nope. Greater Los Angeles and Northern California have separate AA's (as does Las Vegas for example). See
http://apoacna.net/acnaware/modules....showpage&pid=6

[Attractive#7]

Originally posted by bro_strawter
If not mistaken, alumni associations can be made up anyway you want, as long as all members were initiated through an undergrad chapter....at least, thats what I've been told.

Strawter

I was under the impression that alumni associations could either be chapter based or location based. Meaning if Psi Phi wanted to create an alumni association all brothers who were initiated through Psi Phi could be in it. These associations are to keep in contact, reunions, etc. The location associations would be if you were initiatated in undergrad and you reside in the Nashville area, then we are all here together so we can do service together etc. Correct me if I am wrong, but this information came directly from Region IV conference when I went in Dec.