[23850] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] APO House rule
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Packy Anderson)
Thu Aug 28 08:36:40 2003
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:34:14 -0400
Reply-To: Packy Anderson <packy@dardan.com>
From: Packy Anderson <packy@dardan.com>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <20030828121253.46190.qmail@web13407.mail.yahoo.com>
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Rachel wrote:
> One of the areas of service, however, is service to the fraternity...so
> upkeep on a house would fall under that category.
Service to the fraternity is a delicate field. Running a convention is
service to the fraternity. Running and attending meetings, which enable us
to do the service that we do for others, is service to the fraternity.
Washing the cars of all the brothers is not. After all, other fraternities
encourage their members to perform service to their fraternity. We,
however, are different.
Service to the fraternity needs to be viewed as work that furthers the
goals of the fraternity. How does maintaining a house further the goals of
the fraternity? How would having a house benefit chapters in ways
consistant with the goals of the fraternity?
However, we need to stop asking ourselves "What could we do if we were
allowed to have houses?" and focus more on "What can we do that no other
fraternity can do because we're not weighted down by houses?" Houses are a
burden, and Alpha Phi Omega is wise enough to know that we can better serve
our campuses, communities and our nation without that burden.
YiLFS,
-packy
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