[20363] in APO-L
Re: All-Male Chapters/Philipines
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Whitall)
Fri Mar 26 02:00:28 1999
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 02:00:18 -0500
Reply-To: Jonathan Whitall <jwhitall@INDIANA.EDU>
From: Jonathan Whitall <jwhitall@INDIANA.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <19990324152434.27863.qmail@hotmail.com>
Frank Goodhew wrote:
> We can't change just because you and a few APQ brothers want us to be
> different! I saw how the people reacted to the all male issue at the
> convention, and I KNOW from personal experience at the Conference that
> if you proposed the ISSUE it would get voted down!!!!! There is no good
> way to propose the split. It wouldn't even make it out of the reference
> committee.
>
Yes, this is most definitely the case, unless drastic changes come about.
Just some background. Jesse previously proposed an amendment to the
National Bylaws at this past convention (where I served on the Membership
& Extension Ref. Committee). The ref # is A-53, for those interested.
The proposed amendment basically stated that a petitioning group may be
established non-coed if the group shows diversity. It was unanimously
determined that it was contrary to the spirit of the decision of the 1976
convention and so never made it out of committee. And I believe
that, from what I know about Nationals, similar legislation would not make
it as well.
Jonathan Whitall
Mu Chapter, Indiana University
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