[18555] in APO-L
Membership vs. Pledge Trainer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lady Whiterose)
Wed Apr 8 19:19:43 1998
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 18:18:41 -0500
Reply-To: Lady Whiterose <delisse@comp.uark.edu>
From: Lady Whiterose <delisse@comp.uark.edu>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <199804082034.QAA11594@mailer.fsu.edu>
On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, andres wrote:
> I don't understand why there would be competition among a V.P. of Membership
> and a Pledge Trainer. At our chapter those are two different things.
I too was wondering why there should be competition between VP Membership
and a Pledge Trainer. Can someone give some short details on some
particular controversial situations that have arisen? (By all means,
please email me privately, if you so desire.)
> Our VP basically deals with all events that are not service oriented (ie.
> interview socials, picnics, formals, hayrides, Big/Little events, etc).
> Pledges go to these events, but these are still membership events. The
> Pledge Trainer deals with all activities pertaining to the pledge period.
> The Pledge Trainer makes sure that the Pledge meetings run smoothly, the the
> Pledge officers know and do their jobs, and that the pledges are aware of
> our traditions and principles.
This is how Beta Rho works too. Our PledgeMaster is an elected office, but
is under VP Membership in the officer structure. One part of our by-laws
that I think gets rid of a lot of potential problems between the VP and
the PledgeMaster is that each semester the PledgeMaster presents his/her
Pledge Program to the chapter for approval by vote. This way the chapter
(especially and including the most recently activated Brothers) gets input
into the pledge program and everyone is quite clear about how things are
to be carried out.
Amy DeLisse
Beta Rho Chapter -- University of Arkansas
