BGLO/GLO-Honorary..Good or Bad........ - Page 2

ladygreek · #1 01-06-2008, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by smc112

Yes, you do need people who is going to be resourceful financially. Most people after they graduate and especially the ones who so called "pledged" do not participate financially after they graduate. There are some that continue to pay dues to nationals or enter into a graduate chapter, but majority just walk around with a license plate or a t-shirt of their org and haven't given any money for years. So who do you think keep these orgs running? People who are wealthy and donate a lot of money yearly. Such as the "honorary" people, who put their money where their mouth is. So don't get all big headed and think you don't need those types of people, because those who might have pledged years ago undergrad are not doing a thang (yes, not a thang) for their org but sit around with a t-shirt on.

wow, at you responding to a post that is seven years old.

Reds695 · #2 02-01-2001, 08:34 PM

DoggyStyle
As always you crack me up. I do know that Steve Harvey did pledge

GOALdigger · #3 01-04-2008, 03:09 PM

The only thing I don't like about honoary membership is I don't feel that participation in the org helped to become the great person they are today.

I'd like to think that if I see a famous person of a D9 org that something about joining the org in undergrad or grad played a part in their success.

12dn94dst · #4 02-01-2001, 09:00 PM

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Originally posted by DoggyStyle82:
I applaud KAPsi for not having honoraries and I am proud that we have very few. The few that we do hold a special place in our org and are there for partucular reasons. Fame and/or good works is not a vald reason for membership into Omega. We need no one, nor do we seek them. If you value the membership, then pledge for it. With sororities, it is different.

Brother Dear, would you care to explain how it's different with sororities? Delta doesn't have many honorary members either. Last I checked the number was around 100 total and about half of them are deceased. That's less than five hundreths of a percent (.05%) of the total membership.

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DoggyStyle82 · #5 02-02-2001, 02:55 PM

Sista, there is really no way for me to discuss this without offending anyone and that is not my intention. Again, I will say that honorary membership is fine for female orgs. You do not have to defend it. My feeling for male orgs is that you don't ask people to join your org if they haven't sought membership and have not the time nor inclination to be initiated in the traditional manner, be they famous, noble, and/or influential.

DST Love · #6 02-02-2001, 03:58 PM

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Originally posted by DoggyStyle82:
Common misconceptions:

Shaq is not honorary
David Justice is not honorary
Steve Harvey is not honorary
Bill Cosby is not honorary
Michael Jordan is not honorary
Ahmad Rashad is not honorary
Mayor of Atlanta Bill Campell is not honorary.

I was just wondering where each of them pledged.

justmyo · #7 02-04-2001, 04:02 AM

I can't speak for other organizations but from my experience,my organizations does not have honorary members.If the Prince of Whales wanted to pledge he would have to go through intake like anyone else.I personally don't agree with a person being invited to a function or a convention and then told that he can be a honorary member with all the priveleges as the rest of us.Especially if the person does not have a College degree.
I have heard of one organization that claim famous people even after they are dead.That's a desperate cry for membership.I hope that all famous members of every organization listed in the Divine Nine are truly initiated members.

justmyo · #8 02-04-2001, 04:02 AM

I can't speak for other organizations but from my experience,my organizations does not have honorary members.If the Prince of Whales wanted to pledge he would have to go through intake like anyone else.I personally don't agree with a person being invited to a function or a convention and then told that he can be a honorary member with all the priveleges as the rest of us.Especially if the person does not have a College degree.
I have heard of one organization that claim famous people even after they are dead.That's a desperate cry for membership.I hope that all famous members of every organization listed in the Divine Nine are truly initiated members.

AKA2D '91 · #9 02-05-2001, 01:01 AM

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Originally posted by DST Love:

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Originally posted by DoggyStyle82:
Common misconceptions:

Shaq is not honorary
David Justice is not honorary
Steve Harvey is not honorary
Bill Cosby is not honorary
Michael Jordan is not honorary
Ahmad Rashad is not honorary
Mayor of Atlanta Bill Campell is not honorary.

I was just wondering where each of them pledged.

YEAH, and if they do not have a degree when they are initiated, are they enrolled in college ...just wondering?

Didn't Steve Harvey "go over" not too long ago? So, is he enrolled in school somewhere taking classes towards a degree or does he already have a degree?

That goes for David Justice, too. What about Shaq? He JUST received his degree from LSU last semester and when he "crossed" he was in "the league"...

Reds695 · #10 02-04-2001, 05:22 PM

Don't quote me on this, but I believe Steve Harvey had a degree already. i do know that when he was in college he pledge Que, but his line was dropped. He was just finishing something he started a long time ago.

12dn94dst · #11 02-04-2001, 09:53 PM

Maybe I'm losing my mind, but I thought DoggyStyle82 had posted where the Bruhs he mentioned crossed.

AKA2D '91 · #12 02-04-2001, 10:21 PM

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Originally posted by 12dn94dst:
Maybe I'm losing my mind, but I thought DoggyStyle82 had posted where the Bruhs he mentioned crossed.

he he... maybe it was a dream?

Deja Vu perhaps?

girl, I know that "new job" has not made you "lose your mind up in here, up in here" lol

Seriously, I know earlier he posted that they were not honorary. I don't know...

Miami1839 · #13 02-05-2001, 03:08 PM

I noticed Jim Vance, a news anchor for NBC in Washington, D.C. is a Kappa Alpha Psi. He mentioned that recently during an evening news cast. I thought that was pretty cool.

Kevin

12dn94dst · #14 02-05-2001, 04:01 PM

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Originally posted by AKA2D '91:
he he... maybe it was a dream?
Deja Vu perhaps?

girl, I know that "new job" has not made you "lose your mind up in here, up in here" lol

LMC&CBO! no, i was already losing my mind, have been for quite sometime now

, but this "new job" has seemed to speed up the process just a lil! LOL

DoggyStyle82 · #15 02-05-2001, 06:06 PM

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Originally posted by 12dn94dst:
Maybe I'm losing my mind, but I thought DoggyStyle82 had posted where the Bruhs he mentioned crossed.

Steve Harvey pledged at Kent State as an undergrad, but because of circumstances, did not become official until '99.

David Justice was intake thru the Atl grad chapter

Shaq was not allowed to pledge by his coach as an u/g, he was intake thru the grad in Orlando.

Bill Cosby pledged as an u/g at Temple Univ and belongs to a grad chapter in NYC

Ahmad Rashad is grad intake in NY.

None of them are honorary and they all sought Omega.