[20119] in APO-L
Re: rededication
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ellen Kranzer)
Thu Feb 4 14:26:18 1999
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 14:26:09 -0500
Reply-To: Ellen Kranzer <ellen_kranzer@HARVARD.EDU>
From: Ellen Kranzer <ellen_kranzer@HARVARD.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Just to clarify, the ceremony used in 1993 & 1995 was *NOT* the same one
used in Cherry Hill (I guess in 1991, now that I see some other dates). As
far as I know, nobody had any problems with the newer one.
Y.I.S.
c.c.
At 06:55 PM 2/4/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> There was a rededication ceremony done at a Region I/II conference in Cherry
>> Hill, they run together in my mind so I don't remember which year. The
>> ceremony was written for the occasion and is not one I'd recommend using
>> even if one can find a copy because it steps on a number of religious
>> sensabilities. Several people walked out. One or two who had advance
>> knowledge of the contents of the ceremony chose not to attend. I came
>> extremely close to walking out myself.
>
>I know that ceremony was used again in Schenectady in 1993, and Hartofrd
>in 1995, and I don't remember anything of that nature and looking at the
>copy I have it's fairly innocous. I know we used it as recently as a
>year ago at one chapter, and if there was something I was just blanking
>on... it would have come up there. Possibly a re-write occured between
>when it was used in Cherry Hill and the copy I have which is from
>Schenectady. If you'd like I can get you the copy Ellen and you can tell
>me...
>
>-John
>
