[20348] in APO-L
Re: A Phi Q, separate organization?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Grossi)
Wed Mar 24 13:41:46 1999
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 18:29:55 -0500
Reply-To: jgrossi@bbnplanet.com
From: John Grossi <jgrossi@BBNPLANET.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Pledge Manual, page 45, Membership Policies, Section III, part B
-John Grossi
Section 94 Chairman
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Quibec
James Thomas wrote:
>
> Randy -
> >On a different note. all-male chapters going co-ed. After the initial
> >group of chapters went officially co-ed after the '76 convention there
> >were still many chapters that remained all-male. Over the years a good
> >number of them have decided on their own to go co-ed. NONE of these have
> >been at Historically black campuses. I only know of two co-apters that
> >have been at historically black insitutions. One is at Dillard where teh
> >chapter went co-ed after a rechartering and the other is the chapter at
> >Howard which somehow managed to recharter in 1986 all-male, but was forced
> >to go co-ed later when the group had gone down to nothing and was being
> >revitalized. (By the '76 agreement they should have been co-ed at
> >rechartering)
> >
> My two cents cont:
>
> 1) Isn't the intent of the co-ed rule to allow women to join Alpha Phi Omega
> and not
> to enforce a quota rule?
>
> 2) Isn't enforcing a quota rule on a petitioning group the same as
> discrimination?
>
> 3) If a group at a historically black institution petitions to join APO and
> is all male due to interest and not due to selective rushing methods do we
> have the right to turn them down, after all they can be a co-ed chapter and
> can do co-ed rushing during their scheduled rushing events?
>
> 4) If a school has academic rules "written or unwritten" such as you suggest
> shouldn't the advisors of the chapter and the Section Chair make these rules
> known to the national office so that special dispensation or another
> arrangment be made available to all interested parties? After all doesn't
> the office of the Section Chair and the Regional Director allow them to
> discuss with campus officials a way to implement a Co-ed APO on campus?
>
> These are my opinions and I remember the old saying from boot everyone has
> one. I hope that I have not offended anyone and if I have I sincerely
> apologize, but I believe that
> we are here not only today but as our oath implies for tomorrow, esp. the
> children of tomorrow.
>
> James Thomas
> Alumnus Epsilon Mu
> Life Member
> Charter Member National Alumni Association
