[19375] in APO-L
Re: promises
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (hawkeye@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU)
Thu Oct 15 13:26:10 1998
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 10:25:59 -0700
Reply-To: hawkeye@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU
From: hawkeye@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
> you are talking as if the '76 national convention was a group of
> individuals making a statement...one of the purposes of having
> conventions, etc. is to speak as an organization or as a
> fraternity...acting as a fraternity of a whole, just because membership
> changes does not mean that we can immediately go against our word!
>
> as bill rugh said, the MUST be a COMPELLING reason to go against our
> word...i am yet to find one...i do believe that all chapters will go
> coed eventually....but let nature take its course...nothing good EVER
> came out of forcing someone or a chapter to do something against its
> will...
I think the possibility of a lawsuit is a pretty compelling reason. It was
the motivating factor in '76, and I don't think we should wait until it
happens again. And there's that little clause in the by-laws that prevents
discrimination to think about as well.
> how would you or others feel if at the same convention a resolution was
> passed stating that all students will be allowed to remain as an active
> brother, but the times have changed and apo is dominated by graduate
> students today and they believe that undergrads are not mature enough
> and demean the fraternity as a whole and they propose legislation that
> states: "this will no longer happen! only graduate students are allowed
> to be active members, no exceptions!" there would be alot of people out
> there that would be for this and many against....but should we pass this
> legislation? even though we made an agreement 20 years ago not to?
Currently there is no distinction between undergrads and other students, yet
some chapters do not allow grad students to be active, perhaps that should
be addressed at a future convention.
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