[20089] in APO-L
Pledge Period Length
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.Conover)
Mon Feb 1 10:26:00 1999
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 10:33:00 -0500
Reply-To: jconover@erols.com
From: "J.Conover" <jconover@EROLS.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
I disagree with the idea that pledges don't know when pledging will
end. I know of a chapter who, up until a few years ago, didn't tell the
pledges when initiation was, NOR did they let them see anyone's bylaws -
chapter or National bylaws - while pledging. I disagree wholeheartedly
in this type of secrecy - are we not a Fraternity where the only thing
secret is our Ritual? Keeping the Ritual itself secret is one thing,
but the TIMING of it is just wrong in my opinion.
-Jamie Conover
Section 81 Chair
Randy Finder wrote:
>
> Jen Tilbrook(sp?) mentioned flexibility of the pledge period helping. I
> ran into something from one of the social greeks that in some ways was the
> ultimate flexibility in pledge periods, the pledges didn't know when the
> initiation was when they pledged. All of the requirements were objective,
> but most were non time dependent in they were things like average score on
> tests during the pledge period or have accumulated 5 hours in the
> Fraternity House during each week of the pledging.
>
> Would an APO chapter be able to do this, and if not, where does it
> conflict with the standards? (Obviously not time in the Frat house, but
> similar)
>
> YiLFS
> Randy Finder
>
> --
> Leadership, Friendship and Service - Alpha Phi Omega
