Joining Different Orgs (especially the Divine Nine)

[CuriousGreek]

What is the reasoning behind the National Panhellenic's decision that once you are in one memeber org...you cannot join another? What is the issue with joining more than one organization...more community service to go around?????

What do you think?

[unforgettable]

probably because each sorority has its own ritual etc...and whats good about having something secret and mysterious is any other sorority member could join your sorority and learn all your cool stuff. Also, im so loyal to my sorority and sisters, i cant imagine being anything else!

[PenguinTrax]

It is because your decision and your commitment is lifelong. Also, once you are initiated into the group, you are to hold those rituals sacred. Joining second group would put the secrets of the first group at risk.

[CuriousGreek]

But what if you join and change your mind??????? Hmmmmm....(playing devil's advocate a little here)

[gphi2k]

Originally posted by CuriousGreek:
But what if you join and change your mind??????? Hmmmmm....(playing devil's advocate a little here)

You shouldn't join an org unless you feel it in your heart that that's the org you want to be a part of. I'm sure that every sorority's and fraternaty's pledge involves, on some level, devotion for life to the org. to hold it dear to your heart. That pledge should not be made lightly. Changing your mind makes you a fickle sister, and I have a feeling that most houses, even if there was no rule, would not be so quick to pledge a sister who had decided she no longer wanted to be a member of another house. Kinda like sloppy seconds.

IMHO

[finest_alum]

Once you've been initiated, it would be in poor taste to be initiated into another org -who does your loyalty belong to? And what's to stop you then from sharing secrets from the first org. It doesn't make any sense to allow people to join more than one social GLO.

[CuriousGreek]

So its just to keep secrets? I mean the founders of AKA became Deltas....they changed their minds. So would you call them fickled?????

[Sensational08]

Originally posted by CuriousGreek:
But what if you join and change your mind??????? Hmmmmm....(playing devil's advocate a little here)

CuriousGreek - It appears from the tone of your posts that you are an advocate of the devil.

To clarify for those who may take this person seriously: None of the founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated became members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

To you CuriousGreek, I might say get your facts straight before you post, but I think you already know better. This is my only response to this thread, because I think you are just trying to get some mess started up in here.

[CuriousGreek]

First...I am not trying to start anything...just asking a question for clarification purposes.....


Further...in researching....this is what I read. Were they not AKA's?

But that is not the point that I am getting at...that is neither hear nor there. If all teh organizations were all basically founded under the same BASIC principles...why cant you join more than just one?

HOPE I CLARIFIED MYSELF!

[PenguinTrax]

If you wish to perform service with more than one organization (in addition to your GLO affiliation), join another service org (non-GLO) such as Junior League, Elks, Kiwanis, Red Cross, etc. If you truly want to join a service oriented Greek org., I believe both Gamma Sigma Sigma and Alpha Phi Omega allow you to be both a member of their org and an NPC, NPHC or NIC group.

[KnowledgeEternal]

Originally posted by CuriousGreek:
So its just to keep secrets? I mean the founders of AKA became Deltas....they changed their minds. So would you call them fickled?????

It was my understanding that in 1912 some members of AKA defected and founded DST. Although I could be wrong.

BTW, It wasn't the founders that left.


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[PenguinTrax]

Originally posted by localsororities:
What about the community based orgs like Epsilon Sigma Alpha and Beta Sigma Phi? Could a person be a member of one of them and a member of a collegiate based group under the NPC, NPHC or NIC?

Yes, my bad, I left ESA and BSPhi off my list, but those are both service sororities. I don't know if there are any non-collegiate service fraternities taht use Greek letters.

Barbara

[CuriousGreek]

Originally posted by PnguinTrax:
I believe both Gamma Sigma Sigma and Alpha Phi Omega allow you to be both a member of their org and an NPC, NPHC or NIC group.

I have always been told that once you join a NPHC org, it was against etiquette to join even NPC or NIC....I was told its like going backwards...

[KnowledgeEternal]

I don't understand. If you are already a member of a NPHC fraternity or sorority why would you want to join another organization? If you want to do more community service, you can just do MORE community service in the organization that you are already a member of. Although I am not greek, I think that even considering joining another org shows that you were not commited in the first place.

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"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[prospectiverushee]

I thought we already had a topic that covered the reasons why you can't join another NPHC/NPC/NIC orgainzation after you have been initiated into one. Please do a search and you're questions will be answered. Mr Moderator would you please close this topic?