What Do You Think?

[33girl]

Originally posted by audaz49
Have you ever heard of an interest group deciding not to follow through on becoming a local chapter of a national org. but deciding to just "use their letters"(and half of their other information)? How would you feel if it happened to your org.? What do you think your national org. would do to fix the situation?

Did the national org have any contact with this group - i.e. were they an official colony that was closed - or were they thinking about going to the national and then changed their mind and decided to call themselves TKE or AGD or whatever anyway?

skepi??

[preciousjeni]

Originally posted by 33girl
skepi??

*falls over dead*

[audaz49]

OK, was away for the weekend....

The group was a REGISTERED interest group that decided they didn't want to follow protocol to proceed to the colony level. Then proceeded to steal bits and pieces of the National org's information (the information that is readily available to the public) and use it.

A combination of Greek letters CAN be trademarked by the way.

[Tom Earp]

Sounds like to big for their Panty Hose!

We helped a Soro get started on Campus and had a chance to affiliate with Phi Mu. Oh no, they were to big to do that, guess who is gone, Da!

Look for the same thing to happen if up against National Groups.

[33girl]

Originally posted by audaz49
OK, was away for the weekend....

The group was a REGISTERED interest group that decided they didn't want to follow protocol to proceed to the colony level. Then proceeded to steal bits and pieces of the National org's information (the information that is readily available to the public) and use it.

A combination of Greek letters CAN be trademarked by the way.

tres not cool.

I would make sure that the national group knows and that some sort of notice is put out by the school that this group is not affiliated with XYZ National, regardless of the fact that they are using XYZ letters and info.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by audaz49
OK, was away for the weekend....

The group was a REGISTERED interest group that decided they didn't want to follow protocol to proceed to the colony level. Then proceeded to steal bits and pieces of the National org's information (the information that is readily available to the public) and use it.

A combination of Greek letters CAN be trademarked by the way.

So why don't you do something about it?

I'm sure it will have changed your life greatly once you do it and those kids that could have gotten a little tutoring in the time it took to deal with this situation will understand why it bothered you too.

-Rudey

[non-greek newby]

This is a horrible story and, if this happened to your org., you should sue.