[17627] in APO-L
Re: Just some ruminations from an old lister...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard D. Quodomine)
Wed Nov 19 12:46:56 1997
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 12:44:41 -0500
Reply-To: "Richard D. Quodomine" <rdq@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU>
From: "Richard D. Quodomine" <rdq@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
William J. Turner wrote:
> > 1) We, as in the Fraternity of Alpha Phi Omega, gave to the brothers of
> > the all-male
> > chapters our agreement that they were grandfathered, and if they wish to
> > remain All-Male,
> > such is their right.
>
> Please show me some record of this agreement. From very reliable sources, I
> have heard there is no record left of it. If there ever was a record of it. I
> would like to see origianl documents one way or the other. Word of mouth is
> such a bad source of information.
>
The record of such is old, and I have no idea where it might be. This does not mean
itdoes not exist. It does. Every brother present at the debates in recent nationals
has been made aware of it. There is no question that it exists. Finding the actual
documentation
may be difficult, however.
> Also, we are not the same fraternity as we were 20 years ago. The actives make
> the decisions, as always, and if they decide there should be no all-male
> chapters, then they should chage the fraternity yet again. If we were to never
> change, we would still be a fraternity of men who had scouting background.
> This hasn't been the case for over 20 years.
Change is not a problem. However, when you promise something, you have to stick by
it, period. If you don't like your promises, don't make them. We made that promise
21 years ago, and just because somebody doesn't like it now doesn't mean we have
the right to go back on it. We decide the policy, and if we decided 21 years ago
that this would be the promise into perpetuity, then that is the promise we made.
And the current brothers of ALpha Phi Omega have a solemn duty to keep it.
-- Richard D. Quodomine
