An email I received

[Albert109]

Dear Undergraduate Brothers and Alumni:

The Board of Directors for the Lambda Chi Alpha Alumni Association of Tampa Bay ask that you take a moment and read the following request for your support. We have submitted the following Resolution entitled A Mandatory Resolution Regarding Chapter Rights to Due Process for consideration at the 2008 General Assembly. With an unprecedented 37+ chapters closed within the last 10 years any loopholes, Article XI Section 6, within the Constitution that may deprive individuals of their timely due process need to be investigated and need to be corrected.

We believe that Undergraduates and Alumni are unaware on how Article XI Section 6 is currently being used by our National Staff Members. It is being used within a practice that they call “Burn and Turn”. Basically it is easier for Staff to close your chapter indefinitely than to take the time to properly investigate allegations, work with undergraduates, and work with Alumni. By closing the chapter no one is found guilty and no one is found innocent. During the implementation of Article XI Section 6 members have no right to assemble, members have no right to counsel, chapter operations are suspended so the chapter is not recognized, National immediately asks the chapter to turn over all money, and the only opportunity for appeal is offered every other year at General Assembly. If anyone questions the charges National staff threaten with Revocation based on reports of rouge chapter activity.

The practice of “Burn and Turn” has no place within our fraternity. The practice does not solve any problems that may truly exist within the chapter. No one is found guilty of a charge, those that are innocent are punished by the loss of their chapter, those guilty are rewarded by becoming Alumnus upon graduation, and Alumni are disenfranchised since their chapter is closed without the opportunity to get involved or have input.

We hope that you will seriously consider supporting the following Resolution personally by writing National, by having your local chapter officially submit the resolution to National, and by sharing this with others.

Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
Attention: Dr. Ed Leonard III
8741 Founders Road
Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-1389

Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
Attention: Committee on Constitution
8741 Founders Road
Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-1389

Let us send a message to the people that are paid $130,000 a year to serve the members and Alumni not to continue seeking ways in which to hide the light of Lambda Chi Alpha by continually extinguishing Zetas. We look forward to hearing from you and your support.

A Mandatory Resolution Regarding Chapter Rights to Due Process


WHEREAS, the ritual, constitution, and statutory codes of Lambda Chi Alpha are predicated on Brotherhood, fair and impartial judgment, and the right to due process within a timely manor and

WHEREAS, Chapters are the life of the fraternity and should be cultivated and cared for and

WHEREAS, Chapters themselves should have the same rights as the members within them and

WHEREAS, ARTICLE XI, Section 6 entitled Declaring a Chapter / Colony Inactive does not provide a Chapter, its active members, or alumni with the basic rights granted members of the fraternity under Article X of the constitution and

WHEREAS, a Chapter placed within such state for a protracted period of time causes irreversible financial and emotional damage to the Chapter and

WHEREAS, the executive administrative staff of Lambda Chi Alpha is promoting a culture that is in direct conflict with the teachings of our Fraternity by practicing such tactics as “Burn and Turn” in which ARTICLE XI Section 6 is used to close a Chapter and circumvent the requirement to provide Chapter members and Alumni the due process that is called for within Article X of the constitution.

BE IT RESOLVED that within 48 hours of the enactment of ARTICLE XI, Section 6 the Chapter’s Housing Corporation and Alumni Association shall be contacted and actively engaged.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that within 60 days of the enactment of ARTICLE XI, Section 6 all members of the Chapter shall be tried in accordance with Article X by the national office so that individual innocence and individual guilt and punishment can be issued. The member(s) from national must be Alumni for a minimum of 5 years or in an executive leadership position.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if a majority of the membership is found guilty then such actions against the Chapter as remaining inactive, being placed on probation, suspended, or revoked can be rightfully considered.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it is national’s responsibility to ensure the proper inventorying, safekeeping, and storage of all chapter belongings once a Chapter has been made inactive, placed on probation, suspended, or revoked.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the national office’s and Grand High Zetas’ objective and directive should be one in which every effort is made to ensure that the innocent are cleared, the guilty are punished, and that the continued existence of the chapter is in the forefront.


The hundreds of Brothers and thousands of Alumni of the following chapters have no say in the future of their chapters. Will you have a say in the future of yours?
Arizona, Zeta-Beta (inactive since 2000)
Arizona State, Zeta-Psi (inactive since 2003)
Arkansas Tech, Phi-Zeta (inactive since 2006)[1]
California–Berkeley, Mu (inactive since 2006)
California–Los Angeles, Epsilon-Sigma (inactive since 2000)
California–Santa Barbara, Zeta-Eta (inactive since 2004)
California State–Chico, Phi-Chi (inactive since 2003)
California State–Fullerton, Phi-Epsilon (inactive since 2006)
Fresno State, Iota-Gamma (inactive since 2003)
Colorado, Gamma-Mu (inactive since 2005)[2]
Colorado State, Gamma-Pi (suspended since 2000)[3]
Calgary, Delta-Zeta (inactive since 1993)
North Florida, Delta-Alpha (suspended since 2006)[4]
University of South Florida, Lambda-Mu (suspended since 2006)[5]
Georgia State, Delta-Epsilon (inactive since 1995)
Georgia Southwestern State, Sigma-Sigma (inactive since 1990)
Southern Tech, Sigma-Xi (inactive since 2001)
Idaho, Epsilon-Gamma (inactive since 1998)
Western Illinois, Beta-Tau (inactive since 1998)
Southern Illinois, Delta-Chi (inactive since 1998)
Bradley, Kappa-Upsilon (Recolonized September 2007)
Northern Illinois, Phi-Omicron (inactive since 2003)[6]
Ball State, Iota-Alpha (inactive since 2004)
Indiana State, Iota-Epsilon (inactive since 2002)
Vincennes, Sigma-Alpha (inactive since 1995)
DePauw, Xi (inactive since 1995)
Morehead State University, Beta-Lambda (inactive since 2006)
Massachusetts, Gamma (inactive since 2003)
Grand Valley State, Delta-Theta (inactive since 2006)[7]
Missouri State, Beta-Psi (inactive since 2003)
Montana State-Bozeman, Epsilon-Delta (inactive since 2002)
New Mexico, Zeta-Mu (inactive since 200?)
Syracuse, Alpha-Upsilon (inactive since 1997)
Alfred, Kappa-Sigma (inactive since 2002)[9]
North Carolina State, Gamma-Upsilon (inactive since 1998)
Methodist, Sigma-Theta (inactive since 1991)
Dayton, Sigma-Eta (inactive since 2003)
Widener, Beta-Chi (inactive since 200?)
Indiana-Pennsylvania, Beta-Gamma (inactive since 1994)
Mansfield, Beta-Omega (inactive since 2003)
Bloomsburg, Beta-Xi (inactive since 1990)
Drexel, Epsilon-Kappa (suspended since 2006)[10]
Washington & Jefferson, Gamma-Zeta (inactive since 2000)
Susquehanna, Iota-Eta (inactive since 1993)
Lock Haven, Lambda-Gamma (inactive since 2000)
Slippery Rock, Lambda-Xi (inactive since 1991)
Tennessee Tech, Beta-Mu (inactive since 1991)
West Texas A&M, Iota-Xi (inactive since 200?)
Stephen F. Austin State, Sigma-Omicron (inactive since 1990)
Texas Wesleyan, Sigma-Zeta (inactive since 2003)
Texas A&M-Commerce, Iota-Kappa (inactive since 1991)
Texas Tech, Sigma-Nu (inactive since 2000)
Richmond, Alpha-Chi (inactive since 1999)
Glenville State, Beta-Beta (inactive since 1991)
Marshall, Zeta-Zeta (inactive since 200?)
Wisconsin-Whitewater, Lambda-Iota (suspended since 2005)[11]

Please contact us at LCAAATB@aol.com with any questions or comments.

In ZAX,

Board of Directors
Lambda Chi Alpha Alumni Association of Tampa Bay
LCAAATB@aol.com

I got this email on our chapter's email address (lxa@stlcop.edu); has anyone else here gotten this message? What does everyone think? (I'm sure GammaZeta has an opinion on this one.)

ZAX,
Adam