[15608] in APO-L
Re: VOting on Pledges
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dolphin's Winter Moon)
Thu Nov 14 12:15:30 1996
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:13:53 -0500
Reply-To: "Dolphin's Winter Moon" <E580280V@EDINBORO.EDU>
From: "Dolphin's Winter Moon" <E580280V@EDINBORO.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
On November 14, Bret Webster wrote:
>Curt
>That may be true in your very large chapter, but in smaller ones someone who
>is unbrotherly can destroy the chapter. I have personally seen this done.
I think Bret is right. Personally I have also seen this happen with my chapter.
My chapter is still here, but there were a number of brothers who were so
unbrotherly that we almost dissolved our charter. Granted, they are no longer
here and things are finally getting back on track with the fraternity, But
this just goes to prove that a few bad apples can ruin the barrel. There was
hardly ever a meeting when they were here that someone was not at another
persons throat. They were dragging personal business with other brothers, who
were inactive at the time because of grades, into the meetings. Making issues
out of their personal business with these brothers in to meetings. This
made members not even want to show up at meetings becasue things got soo bad.
They used the forum of a fraternity business meeting to bash other brothers
when we wanted to discuss fratenity business. We also had prospective pledges
that were thinking about pledging but would not pledge as long as these people
were there. WE have since doubled our membership with the current pledge class.But because of everything that went on we almost closed our chapter. Yes,
everyone is capable of doing service and should be given the right to be a
brother of Alpha Phi Omega, but I think it is like I tell big brothers
"Having a little is a privledge and not a right." Pledges are given the
privledge of being a pledge and if they earn the right to become a brother
they achieved their goal. I don't think there is really a place in the fraternity for someone who throughout pledging has told off or spoken rather rudely
to brothers in a public place, who doesn't seem to care about what they are
doing during the pledging process and doesn't really try to do their best.
If a pledge doesn't seem to care about the group while pledging, should they
really be given the right of being a brother?
just my two cents
Beth
Iota Xi Chapter
V.P. of Membership
Edinboro University of PA
