[16363] in APO-L
Re: Petitioning history
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Finder)
Wed Mar 5 09:57:31 1997
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 09:55:11 -0400
Reply-To: Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
From: Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <01IG4A9QC4AEHW9TB9@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Jonathan T. Alloy wrote:
> >> On Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:15:17 -0400 Randy Finder
> >> <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU> writes:
> >>
> >> >Does anyone have any clue what a group of men who wanted to charter a
> >> >chapter of Alpha Phi Omega in the 1920's or 1930's were called?
> >>
> >> I remember that petitioners were never really part of the fraternity
> >> when
> >> we had our petitioning group. I think we were finally added into the
> >> bylaws in either 1994 or 1996.
>
> Jerry may not be here, but I am :-) As a Petitioning Group member of the
> Alpha Gamma Chi Chapter at Frostburg State University, I can assure you that
> we petitioners existed before 1994.
The term Petitioners goes back to at least 1986, the question is when
these Petitioners became full members of the fraternity (as opposed to
brothers)
>
> We began petitioning in early 1992, and by the time I joined in September
> 1992, we had our pins and the whole bit (and we were responsible for a major
> change in the national offices materials distribution policy, but that's
> another story *laugh*).
I was in the middle of that story. :)
>
> I dunno what the national bylaws said at the time, but I had voice on the
> floor of the 1992 Boston convention (after a debate, of course -- this is
> APO). The longer I'm an alumnus, though, the less I care what bylaws say what.
By-laws are fun. :)
Randy Finder
>
> That's my $0.02 . . . In L,F,S,
>
> Jonathan
>
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>
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