[9680] in APO-L
Re: Membership Status
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Anderson)
Thu Oct 6 12:18:02 1994
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 11:09:24 -0500
Reply-To: David Anderson <anderda@ENG.AUBURN.EDU>
From: David Anderson <anderda@ENG.AUBURN.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L%PURCCVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199410061332.IAA25660@edison.eng.auburn.edu>
At Delta, our membership is open to both undergraduates and graduates -
both pledging and active membership. I was president of the chapter
while a graduate student. The fact that somebody works for the
university should not keep them from being and active member - or even
pledging. They are still a college student. Although some of our
members and higher ups INSIST on refering to Alpha Phi Omega as an
undergraduate fraternity, nothing in the national rules precludes active
membership or pledging by people who are not classified as
undergraduates. In fact, it quite gets on my nerves when I hear the
phrase "undergraduate fraternity". Enough about that.
As far as an active member becoming an advisor to a chapter....I don't
think that this is the proper path for most people. Advisors should
bring new viewpoints and not be bound to the way things have always been
done. If you leave active membership and move to advisor status at the
SAME chapter, you probably have nothing new to contribute to the
chapter. I doubt that you could be impartial when evaluating chapter
operations, traditions, and policies. Becoming and advisor at a
different chapter would be a good thing, though.
In Brotherhood
David
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