[16348] in APO-L
Re: Help! Membership problems!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elliot Echlov)
Tue Mar 4 06:24:29 1997
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 00:57:44 -0500
Reply-To: Elliot Echlov <cfknights@INFOAVE.NET>
From: Elliot Echlov <cfknights@INFOAVE.NET>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
At 03:13 PM 3/3/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Brothers are dropping like flies...We are having many brothers who levae
>and never return to be forever inactive....
The first question I would try to answer is "Why?". Do studies, work, other
activities, cause time management problems? Are these brothers not getting
out of the fraternity what they expected? I think you must answer that
question before you take any further steps. In fact, answering that
question should help you focus on a solution, rather than strike blindly at one.
>But, we are having people who should've never been initiated to start with
and do >not return!
Not to be critical, but this is generally a failure of the chapter to adhere
to standards for pledgeship. While no one wants to say that a pledge
program is a "weeding out" process, most are designed such that the active
chapter can determine who is serious about the fraternity and who is a
resume-builder.
>Under our Constitution..these people canot be granted inactive
>status again! So i am proposing a solution and want to know what other
>chapters think and what other chapters policies are:
Again, I think you must answer the "Why?" question before you do this.
Yours could be the best solution, but give yourself some direction first.
Finally, I would suggest soliciting help from your advisors and the Section
staff. I'm sure they could give you some of the guidance you are asking for.
YiLF&S
Elliot Echlov
Section 77 (no longer interim) Chair
