maybe no SKEPi after all...

[WhirlwindTNX]

Originally posted by cristinasmile
I'm really sorry. I feel that sometimes I am repeating myself because I posted a few messages in different parts of the board.

Hopefully someone can give me a good direction of where I'm headed next.

The problem is that a lot of people seem confused. . .maybe you should collect your thoughts and then write a big post with details.

And since the sorority you want to start isn't affiliated with NPC and your campus is diverse. . .why not make it MULTICULTURAL!!!! Yeahhhhhh!!! lol Can you tell I'm bias?


ONE Luv

[greeklawgirl]

I also posted this in the Sigma Kappa forum...maybe this will help.

Cristinasmile, I think some of the confusion is lying in the fact that that you are calling Sigma Kappa Epsilon Pi a local sorority, yet you want to use Sigma Kappa's history, their colors, and new member manual. To many people, that sounds like you are developing an interest group to become a local chapter of Sigma Kappa.

While I'm sure that the Sigma Kappas are very flattered that you admire them so much (after all, who wouldn't be? ), if you are truly looking to establish a local sorority with no intention of affiliating with any NPC sorority, it is not in good form to appropriate Sigma Kappa's history, colors, mascot, symbols, or ask to use their new member manual.

You are starting on a wonderful new adventure--creating a new local sorority! Why don't you take all the things which you admire about Sigma Kappa and use it as a springboard to create something totally new, different, and unique? Good luck to you in your endeavors!

[WhirlwindTNX]

Originally posted by greeklawgirl
I also posted this in the Sigma Kappa forum...maybe this will help.

Cristinasmile, I think some of the confusion is lying in the fact that that you are calling Sigma Kappa Epsilon Pi a local sorority, yet you want to use Sigma Kappa's history, their colors, and new member manual. To many people, that sounds like you are developing an interest group to become a local chapter of Sigma Kappa.

While I'm sure that the Sigma Kappas are very flattered that you admire them so much (after all, who wouldn't be? ), if you are truly looking to establish a local sorority with no intention of affiliating with any NPC sorority, it is not in good form to appropriate Sigma Kappa's history, colors, mascot, symbols, or ask to use their new member manual.

You are starting on a wonderful new adventure--creating a new local sorority! Why don't you take all the things which you admire about Sigma Kappa and use it as a springboard to create something totally new, different, and unique? Good luck to you in your endeavors!

Ohhhh, now I understand! You are so right Greeklawgirl!

[cristinasmile]

Originally posted by WhirlwindTNX
The problem is that a lot of people seem confused. . .maybe you should collect your thoughts and then write a big post with details.

And since the sorority you want to start isn't affiliated with NPC and your campus is diverse. . .why not make it MULTICULTURAL!!!! Yeahhhhhh!!! lol Can you tell I'm bias?


ONE Luv

Here's my post... for one and for all.

I go to Mount Ida College ( http://www.mountida.edu ) . We do not have any sororities or fraternities. A friend of mine, and myself, we are interested in starting a local sorority that is unaffiliated with NPC. I contacted the NPC and they told me that the name of the sorority I want to start, Sigma Kappa Epilson Pi, is unaffiliated with NPC or any other NPC chapter.

SKEPi, regardless where it's a "sorority" or a "woman's group" is a service and social organization. We would like to plan events for the Mount Ida campus, events for the community of Newton, and for the Sisters themselves.

I am a little bit worried that my school will not recognize us as a "sorority". There are 4 Greek Honor Socities at my campus. Whether they use Greek letters or not, we call ourselves SKEPi.

Mount Ida used to be all female.

[Kristin AGD]

cristinasmile,

I would encourage you to read through a lot of threads and learn a little more about greek letter organizations. It would help you out a lot in your journey. There are only 26 npc groups. You could have checked to see if you had picked one of those on the website yourself. Really no need to contact NPC, although I am sure they were happy to help you out. They are really nice like that.

Local sororities are usually started for one of two purposes. One is to be truly local and never affiliate. The other is with the purpose of affiliating with a larger group in the future. Either way when you start your group you will chose your own name, letters, mascots, colors etc. You would want to have symbols that pertain to your group, and if you affiliate in the future that is when you would start using information from another group. I think I am not the only one who is still in the dark regarding your purpose. But I am always in favor of adding greek life to a new school! If you are striving to become an npc group in the future, keep your options open. All GLOs have different criteria for colonizing a local sorority. Your first choices might not be the right fit.
Check out this thread on naming your org, it might explain a lot to you. Kappa Gamma Delta

Good luck! There is a lot of great information in these threads and lots of great people willing to offer great advice.

[cristinasmile]

Originally posted by Kristin AGD
cristinasmile,

I would encourage you to read through a lot of threads and learn a little more about greek letter organizations. It would help you out a lot in your journey. There are only 26 npc groups. You could have checked to see if you had picked one of those on the website yourself. Really no need to contact NPC, although I am sure they were happy to help you out. They are really nice like that.

Local sororities are usually started for one of two purposes. One is to be truly local and never affiliate. The other is with the purpose of affiliating with a larger group in the future. Either way when you start your group you will chose your own name, letters, mascots, colors etc. The only consideration when picking your letters is up to you. I think I am not the only one who is still in the dark regarding your purpose. But I am always in favor of adding greek life to a new school! Check out this thread on naming your org, it might help. Kappa Gamma Delta

Good luck! There is a lot of great information in these threads and lots of great people willing to offer great advice.

The name, the colors, mascots, etc. are all being freshly chosen by the current sisters of SKEPi. LOCAL sorority, NO affiliation with NPC. Maybe somepoint down the road the Sisters want to affiliate. for now, we are local. Unaffiliated.

[33girl]

Originally posted by cristinasmile
The name, the colors, mascots, etc. are all being freshly chosen by the current sisters of SKEPi. LOCAL sorority, NO affiliation with NPC. Maybe somepoint down the road the Sisters want to affiliate. for now, we are local. Unaffiliated.

OK...I think everyone was confused because you kept mentioning Sigma Kappa. Even if you feel some of their ideas dovetail with yours, it's still important to make sure everyone knows you are creating something brand new to avoid any misunderstandings. (See this thread for an explanation of why.)

[Tom Earp]

OKAY, I checked the Web Site for Mount Ida!!

cristinasmile:

If I can give a small peice of advice to you!

Dont post all over the boards as coming to the attention of a lot of people!

You and the other person must decide what way You want to go with your new group that you are trying to start! Service/Social? Not both. You must have a specific goal not several. What will the School allow. It looks like 1300 students will not attract a National Org. Period, let alone what the school has to say.

There are a ton of people here to help you but do not get crazy posting and getting silly about it!

Use a little common sense and try to be coherant with your posts Io we can understand what you are trying to do!!!


LOL, if you would do research on GC, There is something Named after me!: Earp Speak!!!

Welcome to GC and hope you get some answers, but ask questions that we can help to answer for you!

None but GCers wish sommething for a new person trying to start something new!

i was the Founder Of My Local! Know from what I speak!

[uwwsweetie]

Well said Tom. I was starting to wonder if all the posts on the front page would be from a thread she started.

[Tom Earp]

XOXOXO, Sweetie!

I just love adoration!

I get so little!!!

S**t I have lost Earp Speak as a Mod has Changed me!!!!!!

[uwwsweetie]

Glad I could be of service to make you feel good about yourself Tom.

[mmcat]

you have a plan. good luck and keep us posted.

[LeslieAGD]

This thread was extememly confusing, and Cristina I'm still unsure whether I understand. Maybe I'm wrong here, but it really sounds like you are establishing a club with sorority characteristics. I think *you* need to understand the real reason for this organization before trying to explain it to the rest of us. Please clarify: do you want a sorority (whether local or service) because your school doesn't have any and it really means something to you to start one, or are you trying to start a club/group for social and service purposes but are basing it on Greek characteristics on a whim?

[cristinasmile]

We are trying to start a group for social and service purposes. It is better for us to start it off as a social group, rather than a sorority. Eventhough we may look at Greek ways of recruitment, we are not in any way trying to emulate a sorority.

[LeslieAGD]

Originally posted by cristinasmile
we are not in any way trying to emulate a sorority.

Okay, so you have a greek name, symbols/mascots/colors/etc., and you may use Greek recruitment, but you don't want to be Greek? What's the difference? Why use the Greek background?