[9729] in APO-L
Re: Post from a Beta Rho Pledge
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cammy L. Burns)
Wed Oct 12 00:49:00 1994
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 23:34:07 -0500
Reply-To: "Cammy L. Burns" <cburns@THE-COLLEGE.IWCTX.EDU>
From: "Cammy L. Burns" <cburns@THE-COLLEGE.IWCTX.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L%PURCCVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
Don't worry so much about it. He stated he was a pledge, and that was
enough. This is not an official list, anyway. It is open for anyone's
opinion. Its o.k. to be informal here! ;)
...hope the poor pledge doesn't get repremanded for his own opinion!!
On Tue, 11 Oct 1994, Jeffery T. Warrick wrote:
> Earlier this evening I was informed that one of the pledges from our
> chapter posted to the list. At the Beta Rho chapter we encourage pledges
> to learn as much about the fraternity as they can, both inside the pledge
> education program and on their own. As such, we encourage our pledges to
> observe the paperwork between chapter and the national office. We also
> encourage them to learn about the issues facing the fraternity nationally
> by talking with brothers who frequently correspond with other chapters
> and by watching the traffic on the list.
>
> In his post this evening, Michael Whitfield addressed the issues of the
> alcohol policy and the toast song. In his post, however, Mr. Whitfield
> failed to give his disclaimer that the opinions expressed were his own
> opinions and not those of the chapter.
>
> The "official chapter position" on the alcohol policy is that the national
> policy is much more lenient than our own chapter policy. In essence we
> are a dry chapter, and therefore have no objections to the national policy.
> As for the toast song, our membership has varying opinions and the chapter
> has not yet voted on the "official position" we will take at the convention
> this year.
>
> As for Whitfield's misconception about the National Office making
> fraternity policy, the pledgemaster has assured me that he will review
> the National operations of the Fraternity at this week's pledge meeting.
> We apologize for any misconceptions that this may have caused. In the
> future I hope that we will not have to print any more disclaimers of this
> sort. If you have any questions or comments please contact me by private
> e-mail at:
> warrick@comp.uark.edu
>
> In Service,
>
> Jeffery T. Warrick
> "HIPPY"
> President- Beta Rho Chapter
>
> Disclaimer- Unless my posts state "official chapter position" in the text,
> the opinions contained are solely my own.
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