GC Rules of Thumb

[AlphaFrog]

Threads are not GOING to stay on topic, and telling people to get back on topic is like telling a college freshman not to drink.

[LPIDelta]

Originally Posted by notmanhattan

Multicultural Greek Council

NO...it's called NALFO. A multicultural greek council is something on a local campus, not a national organization.

And this would be an example of what we're talking about. If you don't know for sure....you probably shouldn't post. And if you do, you should expect that people are going to call you out on inaccuracies (sometimes sarcastically).

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Heather17

NO...it's called NALFO. A multicultural greek council is something on a local campus, not a national organization.

And this would be an example of what we're talking about. If you don't know for sure....you probably shouldn't post. And if you do, you should expect that people are going to call you out on inaccuracies (sometimes sarcastically).

And this, Alanis Morrisette, is irony.

NALFO is the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations. The umbrella organization for multicultral organizations (though not all multicultral GLOs are members) is indeed the National Multicultural Greek Council.

[LPIDelta]

I am not going to get into a pissing match--the poster said Multicultural Greek Council, not NATIONAL. And when we're talking about the big four councils, I think many would think of NALFO before NMGC.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Heather17

I am not going to get into a pissing match--the poster said Multicultural Greek Council, not NATIONAL. And when we're talking about the big four councils, I think many would think of NALFO before NMGC.

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by Heather17

I am not going to get into a pissing match--the poster said Multicultural Greek Council, not NATIONAL. And when we're talking about the big four councils, I think many would think of NALFO before NMGC.

But NALFO isn't a council for multicultural orgs, it's a council for the Latino/a orgs. Not the same thing. So it really doesn't matter which someone thinks of first, only one of the two is a multicultural council ...

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Heather17

I am not going to get into a pissing match--the poster said Multicultural Greek Council, not NATIONAL. And when we're talking about the big four councils, I think many would think of NALFO before NMGC.

Can't take the sarcasm you predicted?

As you note, the poster said "Multicultural Greek Council." It's not that far of a stretch to "National Multicultural Greek Council." Latino is a completely different direction though.

The real GC Rule of Thumb here is make yourself clear and make clear what you are responding to. Here's the exchange:

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

1) NPC, NPHC, IFC, and local orgs are all different (and I think I am missing a 4th council).

Originally Posted by notmanhattan

Multicultural Greek Council

Originally Posted by Heather17

NO...it's called NALFO. A multicultural greek council is something on a local campus, not a national organization.

Apparently, you were really responding to DeltaBetaBaby's "and I think I am missing a 4th council," but since you just quoted notmanhattan's "Multicultural Greek Council," it looked like you were saying "No, it's not called the Multicultural Greek Council, because there is no such organization on a national level. The national organization is called NALFO." It read like you were the one mixing up NMGC and NALFO.

And sorry, but "the poster said Multicultural Greek Council, not NATIONAL" is what most people would call a lame distinction without a difference.

Sorry, but I just love pissing matches too much, and I don't like to loose them.

[1908Revelations]

Profanity is OK, but sometimes it is too excessive!

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by 1908Revelations

Profanity is OK, but sometimes it is too excessive!

I so want to reply to this as a smartass but I won't because I kind of have letters in my signature. It wouldn't be classy and we all know British chicks are classy!

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Heather17

I am not going to get into a pissing match--the poster said Multicultural Greek Council, not NATIONAL. And when we're talking about the big four councils, I think many would think of NALFO before NMGC.

You started the pissing match when you got pissy over nothing.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Heather17

I am not going to get into a pissing match--the poster said Multicultural Greek Council, not NATIONAL. And when we're talking about the big four councils, I think many would think of NALFO before NMGC.

There's not a 4th big council. There are three major councils and then there are some of what would definitely be comparably minor councils, at least in terms of size/membership.

That they celebrate a different culture, thus are major is a bunch of hippie talk as far as I'm concerned

People who need to use * in place of letters when they're trying to INTARWEB SWEAR is teh lame.

[DSTCHAOS]

Awww...someone's profane post got deleted.

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Awww...someone's profane post got deleted.

I wouldn't call that profane -- it was an attempt to get profane. A poor one, I might add.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by OTW

I wouldn't call that profane -- it was an attempt to get profane. A poor one, I might add.

Oh yes...another rule:

Use quotation marks (i.e. "profane") when your words aren't to be taken literally or you are lazily using a short cut to express something.