[20088] in APO-L
Re: National Pledge Standards
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Finder)
Mon Feb 1 10:09:07 1999
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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 10:07:43 -0400
Reply-To: Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
From: Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <199902010429.XAA51410@cortez.sss.rpi.edu>
On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Richard Edward Vehlow wrote:
> Funny is that I distinctly remember a Region 1,2 convention- I believe it was
> in 1991- where there was a membership seminar, at which it was mentioned that
> the recommended pledge period was 3-6 weeks, not 6-10. I believe a mr Vance
> Hart was the head of this seminar. I am surprised that the National Office
> would lengthen their suggestions, especially in the face of mounting nationwide
> concerns on fraternity pledging incidents.
I'm pretty sure that the recommended length has been six weeks plus since
at least '88. It may have been 6-12 when I graduated in '90 rather than
6-10, but I'm pretty sure its been 6-10 weeks since then. I can not
imagine running a pledge period of 3 weeks.
>
> Suppose an APO school abolished pledgig at its fraternities altogether. Then
> what?
There are a couple of schools where we have to deal with that. There is an
alternative membership program, I think. But to use it your school has to
officially tell APO that pledging is banned....
Randy
>
> -REV
>
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