[20004] in APO-L
Actives, Alumni, and Legislation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chuck)
Tue Jan 26 10:30:39 1999
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:35:08 -0500
Reply-To: Chuck <brace@MATHCS.DUQ.EDU>
From: Chuck <brace@MATHCS.DUQ.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <199901261407.JAA15500@bur-po1.bbn.com>
After reading Brother Grossi's message, I felt that I should respond with
a possible reason why actives do not submit as much legislation as alumni do.
(By the way, Thank you John for a good posting!)
The active membership of my chapter is very much concerned with the
day-to-day activities of the chapter. We continually strive to improve
our chapter through hard work and new ideas. Our committment to the
three principles of leadership, friendship, and service are given top
priority on the chapter level.
In my opinion, it is this same committment to the Fraternity that allows
the active membership to take a less than active role in the national
organization. (Save, of course, the National Convention time.)
As someone said, the average life of an active is only 18 months. This
only allows any given active to attend one National Convention as an
active. I for one did not fully understand the big national picture
until I went to the convention and served as a voting delegate. I would
not have even dreamed of drafting legislation prior to that experience.
Now, if I wrote a proposal or two for the next convention, I will be in
law school and no longer an active (however, most likely still very much
involved).
[Note: I pledged in the Spring of 1997, the semester after the last
national convention. I will graduate in the Spring of 2000, right before
the next one. 1998 was my first and only convention as an active.]
Having said this, it makes sense that the alumni are the ones who draft a
majority of the legislation. If I would now draft legislation, even now,
as an active, it would have the following attached:
"Submitted by: Charles Brace, Alumni, Pi Chi Chapter, Duquesne University"
Why? Because I will be alumni when the legislation would come up on the
floor in 2000.
I applaud the efforts of actives drafting legislation. However, please
keep in mind the point that I have just made when discussing the issue of
not allowing alumni propose legislation. In my opinion, we would do the
Fraternity a great dis-service by not allowing alumni to propose legislation.
In LF&S,
--Chuck Brace
Active Brother, Pi Chi Chapter
SPC '97
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Charles Brace brace@mathcs.duq.edu
McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts Duquesne University
Math and History Double Major
Communications Vice President Student Government Association
Communications Co-Director Duquesne Program Council
Alpha Phi Omega SPC '97 Pi Chi Chapter
Resident Assistant Towers
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