Joining a Different NPC?

[jolene]

Originally Posted by Jen

I know of a situation where a NM class was initiated despite the chapter knowing they were going to be closed in the near future. The recent initiates were not told.

That's so sad. The ladies should have been given a choice.

[ASUADPi]

Originally Posted by Jen

I know of a situation where a NM class was initiated despite the chapter knowing they were going to be closed in the near future. The recent initiates were not told.

While I truly respect and understand the need for NPC solidarity and if your in group you can't initiate into another, the case quoted above makes me feel that their should be a "gray" area.

What happened to those new initiates is completely unacceptable. It is immoral that the sorority, chapter and their advisory board ALLOWED them to initiate without informing them that their chapter was about to be closed. As these women WERE NOT given the chose I truly believe that they should be given a "clean slate" if they wanted to join another chapter. I don't feel NM should be punished in cases like above when its the sorority, chapter and advisors who are making decisions without consulting them.

Yes, some people might be like "well if they really wanted to be an ABC they would initiate no matter what". I really urge you to think long and hard about that. Honestly, as much as I love ADPi, if I was an 18-19 year old and was told "hey you can initiate but your chapter is closing at the end of this semester or you can drop it", I'd probably have dropped out. I would have wanted that collegiate experience (which I didn't get in the first place but that is a whole other thread).