[17636] in APO-L
Re: Just some ruminations from an old lister...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William J. Turner)
Wed Nov 19 13:26:46 1997
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 13:24:40 -0500
Reply-To: "William J. Turner" <wjturner@EOS.NCSU.EDU>
From: "William J. Turner" <wjturner@EOS.NCSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: "Richard D. Quodomine" <rdq@acsu.buffalo.edu> "Re: Just some
ruminations from an old lister..." (Nov 22, 12:44)
> 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.
There is a question of what exactly exists. We have all heard of a
"gentleman's agreement" but what exactly was it? There is no documentation
left except what people think they remember, and those are often contradictory.
> 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.
*We* did not make it. The voting delegates then did. The voting delegates
today can decide it was wrong to make that promise. As Lee pointed out in a
recent post. They have that right, and *we* should not try to take it away
from them.
