need more help about going national

[aopirose]

Kappa Kappa Iota is an organization for educators. www.kappakappaiota.org BV is a member of this group and an NPC.

Originally posted by DeltaUpsilon97
Maybe I just am unaware, but I've never heard of KKI before and they're not listed as an NPC sorority? Explain please.....

Thanks!
Amanda

[tunatartare]

I'm in a local sorority that's trying to go national now. So far, the only information we've gotten is that for NPC to recognize a national sorority it needs to have at least 13 chapters. If anyone knows anything else that they could tell me it would be great. So far we've been working on contacting schools that might want to start a chapter and letting them know what we're all about.

[33girl]

You need to have 13 chapters, but the youngest must have been around at least 5 years. This is to prevent a group from establishing chapters just to get the minimum, without seeing whether they will have staying power.

So even if you have 13 chapters now you will have to wait until at least 2008 to petition to join NPC.

[tunatartare]

Oh that really sucks. Well thanx for clarifying that up for me.

[CatStarESP4]

Originally posted by 33girl
You need to have 13 chapters, but the youngest must have been around at least 5 years. This is to prevent a group from establishing chapters just to get the minimum, without seeing whether they will have staying power.

So even if you have 13 chapters now you will have to wait until at least 2008 to petition to join NPC.

Hey 33girl, I saw that policy in an older edition of the NPC website. I was trying look for it in the newest edition, but no luck. Do you know where I could find the information, if it is still floating around in the site? Thanks!

[33girl]

Actually, I remembered reading that here on GC. I can't find it on the NPC site either.

[tunatartare]

I emailed NPC to find out what their policies are.

[PhiRhoSister]

I searched and found a topic on the NPC requirements, but had trouble putting in the link. So I just cut and pasted the info.

An overview of requirements for a new organization to join NPC per Article I of the NPC Bylaws:

To apply for Associate Membership the organizations must have:
- been in existence in its national character for at least 9 years;
- a minimum of 12 well-established chapters;
- every chapter established in accredited senior colleges/ universities that are authorized to confer a Bachelor's degree;
- the endorsement of the administrative authorities on all those campuses where its chapters are established;
- one representative and one alternate representative available to serve on the Board of Directors who are members or past members of its national council;

To apply for Associate Membership the organization must not:
- have as a member any woman who holds membership in, has resigned from, or been expelled from any other NPC group. If a woman holds a membership in an NPC group, the member will be required to select one group or her membership will be terminated in both NPC and Associate Member applicant group.
- have as a member any woman who has broken her pledge with, or has had her pledge broken by another NPC group on the same campus until after the expiration of 1 calendar year from the date she was originally pledged;

To apply for Active Membership the Associate Member must have:
- been an Associate Member for at least 4 years;
- been established in its national character for at least 13 years;
- all its chapters established in accredited senior colleges and universities which are authorized to confer a Bachelor's degree;
- a minimum of 14 chapters, and the 14th chapter must be at least 2 years old;
- maintain no more than 1 chapter on any one college/university campus;
- policies, practices, and procedures that conform to all the Unanimous Agreements, as described in Article VII of the Bylaws.

[CatStarESP4]

Thanks PhiRhoSister for the information. However, where in the website was it?

[PhiRhoSister]

I found the information in a Greek Life thread after doing a search on Greek Chat. I couldn't find anything on the present NPC website.

I'll try to add the link:
http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showth...threadid=26038

[mshuffmans]

Originally posted by ZChi4Life
FuzzieAlum brought up some good points about the things Pi Omega should consider about going national. It IS a truly long road and it's not the easiest thing to accomplish.

Just an FYI though, the last NPHC org was established in 1963 (Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc).

However this is what was stated " the sororities in the NPC, none were founded after 1917. In the NPHC, the last one was founded in 1922. "

Sigma Gamma Rho is the youngest sorority in the NPHC which is true and Iota Phi Theta is the youngest fraternity.

Thanks

[WhirlwindTNX]

I would suggest that if you meet the requirements to be an active member of NPC, then go for it, but don't be an associate member. A few of TNX chapters are associate members and they don't get as many rights.


P.s.-Good luck!

[astroAPhi]

Originally posted by WhirlwindTNX
I would suggest that if you meet the requirements to be an active member of NPC, then go for it, but don't be an associate member. A few of TNX chapters are associate members and they don't get as many rights.

I believe that you have to be an associate member before you can become an active member. That's for joining NPC as well, not just local panhellenics.

I do think it's unfortunate that associate members don't have as many rights, but if you think about it, it's a short amount of time in the grand scheme of things. I think 2 years of associate membership is the minimum amount of time before a group can apply for active memberships in our local panhellenic.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally posted by DeltaUpsilon97
Maybe I just am unaware, but I've never heard of KKI before and they're not listed as an NPC sorority? Explain please.....

Thanks!
Amanda

I think that might be a typing mistake. KKG is NPC, KKI is not.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by CutiePie2000
I think that might be a typing mistake. KKG is NPC, KKI is not.

Actually that got figured out in another post - the woman in KKI is also in an NPC org.