[15499] in APO-L
Voting on Pledges
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Smith)
Tue Nov 12 13:12:19 1996
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 13:09:02 -0500
Reply-To: Bill Smith <bsmith@VOICENET.COM>
From: Bill Smith <bsmith@VOICENET.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199611121716.MAA28260@mail2.voicenet.com>
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> My chapter, Gamma Kappa at TCU in Ft Worth, TX, does not vote to
> extend "bids" nor to activate pledges. We have a set or requirements for
> pledgeship. If you meet the requirements, you are activated. If you
> don't, pledge board (Pledge trainer and Assts.) has the discretion to
> activate you or not. If you not make requirements and Pledge Board
> doesn't activate you, you may appeal to the Exec Board (all elected
> officers). This has never happened. In fact, it is fairly rare for
> anyone to be approved by pledge board who did make requiremnts. The
> decision, in any case, is never made on personality or the like.
>
> I believe the fraternity as a whole should be this way. I
> believe voting to decide who may pledge is wrong. This is again along the
> lines of who is to say "you aren't good enough to do service with us." I
> believe there should definite, objective requirements, decided by each
> chapter, for pledgeship. And I beleive that those who make those
> requirements should be activated unconditionally.
Take this scenario. You have someone who pledges who is rude,
offensive,and plain unbrotherly to the brothers/fellow pledges.
Furthermore, they repeatedly mention that they are pledging so
they can put APO on their resume and because they heard it's a good way
to meet males or females. Despite being rude and such to
everyone, this pledge meets all requirements. Based on your beliefs of
not voting on pledges, this person would become a brother since they met
all requirements. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want such a
person in my chapter. What voting allows is for chapters to vote
such people out who don't deserve to be part of APO. Whether this
happens or has happened at your chapter I don't know. However, it
does happen and it is a serious issue. If some chapters don't vote and
simply require pledges to meet a set of requirements, they are going to get
people such as the one described above and in some cases worst
who will meet the requirements, but are overly rude and offensive to
everyone. People like that are ones who begin to cause turmoil within the
chapter. Just my .02.
In LFS,
Bill
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Bill Smith Drexel University
Alpha Phi Omega Philadelphia, PA
Zeta Theta Chapter - #685 IS & T Major
Life Member - #16428 Class Of 1998
Nationals Member - #260949
Immediate Past President
Pledged - Winter 1995
st9339za@post.drexel.edu bsmith@voicenet.com
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