[18003] in APO-L
Re: Open Membership
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Liston Bias)
Tue Dec 16 08:08:11 1997
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 08:07:10 -0500
Reply-To: Liston Bias <bias@POBOX.COM>
From: Liston Bias <bias@POBOX.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199712160118.UAA26395@growl.pobox.com>
> Chapters can't be forced to have certain numbers or percentages of whatever
> group is at their school. Certain chapters develop certain characteristics
> based on their own school and the desire for those students to want to
> join. So trying to force chapter ZZZ to have 25% of it's membership to
> be Martian, just because the school is 25% Martian is unrealistic. As long
> as chapter ZZZ allows Martians to join, that is all that can be asked.
Obviously, nobody can force anyone to do anything. If a chapter, however,
becomes greatly misaligned with the overall representation of the school
then someone could complain and our elected officials could investigate.
They can't force them to integrate, but they could suspend their charter.
Actions can sometimes speak louder than words. Allowing people to join
chapter x is not the same as inviting/encouraging them to do so.
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