[20059] in APO-L
Re: Bids in APhiO
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Boal)
Fri Jan 29 08:52:49 1999
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 07:45:15 +0000
Reply-To: Paul Boal <peb2@CEC.WUSTL.EDU>
From: Paul Boal <peb2@CEC.WUSTL.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.04.9901282212090.1787-100000@catbert.ucdavis.edu>
Personally, I'm against the whole bid system. Pretty much in any
format. I've always had the impression that Alpha Phi Omega is open
to all college students who choose to complete whatever pledging
requirements the chapter sets forth. It is the pledge's duty to
complete those requirements; not the other members' duty to
subjectively determine which pledges should be allowed in the
chapter. I belive that this is inherent in the idea of open
membership.
On the other hand, I can see the concern with pledge classes that
number up towards 100 people. If a chapter doesn't have the strength
in older members to support that many new actives, I can see the
argument for wanting to limit the number of pledges entering the
chapter. In that case, I think a "bid" process should go no further
than what you say Rho chapter does.
The point that DSP is not a social frat and gives out bids has
nothing to do with the argument, though. I'm not familiar with DSP's
national policies, but I would suspect that their memership policy
doesn't use phrases like "open to all students".
I hope that members from chapter who do have a bidding process also
reply to the list. I haven't been exposed to that side of the issue,
so my opinion is partially ignorant. Perhaps there is a fair way and
substantial reason for using a bidding process to select new actives.
I'd certainly like to hear about why some chapters do give out bids.
YiLFS,
--Paul Boal
President
Alpha Phi Chapter
Washington University in St. Louis
> At their (and my) requests:
>
> 1) Is this even LEGAL? By the National Pledging Standards?
> 2) Has ANY chapters ever gone through a process of limiting the
> amount of people wishing to pledge? If so, how did they do it? Did it
> work?
>
>
