How much should we teach our members about other GLOs in our conference/council?

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

I'd say it may have changed from the pledge program way back but if you compare NM program to pledge program year to year, this is not a change that occurred...at least in AOII. I have the advantage of being the first NM class ever and my biological sister is the last pledge class. She knows nothing about the NPC. They learned the Greek alphabet when they were pledges but she couldn't tell it to you now. I've seen her pledge book. They had a page (like in my NM manual) that showed all the NPC badges/pins and a second page where they listed the groups on their campus with their local history. Meh. Being ignorant of the NPC is irrespective of pledge/NM. It's willful ignorance. You have the information, you just choose not to learn it.

Perhaps, but when we pledged for a semester rather than 6 weeks, sometimes you learned that extra stuff because the pledge educator needed stuff to fill in the time. That doesn't mean necessarily that the pledges paid attention or retained it. I remember going over that page and writing down the names of all the people that I knew who had pledged each one.

That being said, I agree with Sen and DrPhil. There is never a need to be rude just because you are unfamiliar with a group.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by flirt5721

During my NM period we never went over the other NPC groups. There is a page with all the other NPC organizations in our NM book but we never covered them. I only knew of the chapters that were on campus (5 other groups). I didn't learn about all the other groups until I got onto GreekChat.

I remember my Little introducing me to a friend from another school and she was a Theta. I was like I never heard of it. I realized that I needed to find out more about the Greek system as a whole.

I had a similar experience. I don't think the version of Advantage I had (the very first edition, I was the first pledge class not to use Encounter) even had a list of the other NPCs. Also, there was no mention of the rule about being initiated into one NPC disqualifies you from ever pledging another. I remember one of my sisters getting snippy with me because I asked her when our chapter closed if we could join another sorority.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I had a similar experience. I don't think the version of Advantage I had (the very first edition, I was the first pledge class not to use Encounter) even had a list of the other NPCs. Also, there was no mention of the rule about being initiated into one NPC disqualifies you from ever pledging another. I remember one of my sisters getting snippy with me because I asked her when our chapter closed if we could join another sorority.

The first version of Advantage was awful. It had NO history, just all touchy feely journaling garbage.

I don't think you should be required to learn all the other groups, but EVERY group should have a list of all the fraternities/sororities in their conference somewhere in their pledge materials and it should be pointed out by the pledge educator. I do think you should be required to learn all the groups on your campus, simply in the name of social interaction and Greek unity. This used to be a lot easier when you had to go out and ask them all for signatures. It's a little difficult now that the pledges are cloistered.