[37595] in APO-L
[APO-L] APO-Phil & international expansion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Gallagher)
Fri Jan 25 16:12:09 2008
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:11:32 -0500
Reply-To: Michael Gallagher <arbregen@GMAIL.COM>
From: Michael Gallagher <arbregen@GMAIL.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <914414.8229.qm@web53205.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Yes, APO-L lives! I'm wondering when we're going to start kicking
around NatCon proposals/info.
Alpha Phi Omega in the Philippines is a co-ed organization in the sense
that it is "Alpha Phi Omega International (Philippines) Fraternity and
Sorority, Incorporated" and while each campus may not have a co-ed
chapter, it may have both a fraternity and sorority chapter, and they do
things together, both as part of those chapters and more broadly.
Since the cultural reference was raised, I'd like to again raise the
issue of if we are going to expand internationally, we must be
culturally flexible. The question is "How do we do that while
maintaining who we are as an organization broadly (as we did in the
Philippines) without seeming imperialistic?". The Philippines had a
Greek letter culture before APO got there. APO in and of its name is
foreign elsewhere on that account, except Canada, the Caribbean, and
West Africa.
Michael Gallagher
Zeta Sigma alum
Salisbury U re-charter helper
Delishia Porterfield wrote:
> APO in the Phillipines operate differently than we do here. The culture is very different there and they don't have co-ed orgs like we do here. With that being said, APO operates differently there. They have Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity and Alpha Phi Omega Sorority. http://www.apo.org.ph
>
> I would ignore the email. I'm sure it's spam.
>
>
> Nicholas Cole <ncole@STEVENS.EDU> wrote:
> That is true. APO isn't a female-exclusive sorority though either, which
> is what the mysterious sender seems to be mentioning. There are
> apparently still some male-only chapters apparently (according to
> Wikipedia though, so take that with a grain of salt?), but none female-
> only that I know of.
>
> - Nicholas
>
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:14:13 -0600, "P.C. Haring"
>
> said:
>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't APO have an official presence in
>> the Philippines?
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> On 1/25/08, Nicholas Cole wrote:
>>
>>> Hm. I would probably ignore it for a few reasons you've already
>>> mentioned: what you do (and don't) use the e-mail address for, APO
>>> isn't explicitly mentioned, she doesn't use your name in the
>>> greeting, etc. (I assume for something like this a person would have
>>> at least some idea already who you are.) Just my $.02 though, as it
>>> seems somewhat... formulaic.
>>>
>>> - Nicholas
>>>
>>> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:44:44 -0500, "Christine R"
>>> said:
>>>
>>>> I got the following message in an e-mail account I use for
>>>> graduate school/job applications and professional associations.
>>>> I've only had the account since September, and never shared it
>>>> with anyone in APO. I haven't sent anything APO related from this
>>>> account either.
>>>>
>>>> ===========================
>>>> Hi Ms. President,
>>>>
>>>> I am Genevieve Tingson from the Philippines, I would like to be
>>>> part of your sisterhood, unfortunately I am very far from your
>>>> home base. I am 19 years old and currently taking up Hospitality
>>>> Management in the Philippines. Please give me a chance to be part
>>>> of your sorority. I promise to do my very best to fit ypour
>>>> standards. I am a regular school girl and I want to be part of
>>>> your organization because I know that you can help me.
>>>>
>>>> I am hoping for your immediate response. thank you so much.
>>>>
>>>> ===========================
>>>>
>>>> I have no idea how to respond to this... even though she never
>>>> actually says it, I'm pretty sure she means APO. Any ideas for
>>>> what I should do? Perhaps someone more familiar with ICAPO could
>>>> help? I wonder what gave her the impression I'm a president.
>>>>
>>>> In LF&S,
>>>>
>>>> Christine Rossman Alpha Delta Eta (SUNY Albany) Alumni/Advisor
>>>> Section 88 Staff Member of 2008 NatCon Planning Committee Life
>>>> Member
>>>>
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