Omega Psi Chi Sorority: Start a local sorority on your campus

[Xidelt]

I'm simply disagreeing with your interpretation. I'm not arguing, being snarky, picking on you, insulting you or using sarcastic emoticons.

[Xidelt]

I'm commenting on this because I'm very passionate about local Greeks, not because you are in this thread.

[als463]

Originally Posted by Xidelt

I'm commenting on this because I'm very passionate about local Greeks, not because you are in this thread.

No, of course not. I didn't think that at all.

[AGDAlum]

Originally Posted by sieadah

If any one would like to start this local sorority on their campus just let me know!!! http://omegapsichi.wix.com/omegapsichi

If a sorority has more than one chapter can it be a local?

(I am skeptical of over-usage of the word "unique," but I qualify my observation by admitting to membership in the FB group Nitpickers Against Language Abuse.)

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AGDAlum

If a sorority has more than one chapter can it be a local?

(I am skeptical of over-usage of the word "unique," but I qualify my observation by admitting to membership in the FB group Nitpickers Against Language Abuse.)

I wondered this and I assume it is still a local as long as the chapters are in one city or one state.

I thought newer GLOs stopped using the "unique" catchword in the 1990s. People have long figured out that every GLO is "different...just like everyone else."

[33girl]

A local is ONE chapter. If it has multiple chapters then it's a regional.

[DrPhil]

Oh I thought regional would be chapters at different schools, different states, in one region of the country; local is chapters in one city or one state.

Thanks, 33girl.

"Greekchat: Each one, teach one"

[DubaiSis]

If I were in a local sorority, I would sell it as better than NPC. Being that I'm a member of an NPC, I find her argument crap. That seems logical. It's not a LIE; it's just marketing. Most of rush is girls telling other girls that their sisterhood is better because their group is bigger smaller smarter blonder taller richer whatever.

However, I would warn the OP that semantics aside, if you want to be at multiple schools, you might want to tone down the Locals are Better Than Nationals rhetoric. Sounds kind of hypocritical if you're trying to grow beyond one chapter, regardless whether you call it a local a regional or a national.

Also, if you want to grow via social media, you need to be VERY careful about sentence structure, grammar and spelling. It is the only voice you have, and you are not presenting yourself in a very professional or intelligent way. I'm presuming that you are smart enough to be able to present yourself better than this. "Preview Post" is your friend, as is an actual friend if you're still not catching your errors. And if you do not know what's wrong with your posts, then you really need to put sorority life on hold and pledge the library.

[barbino]

Actually, I was going to say that my "I edit everything" brain was literally crying over the op's writing and grammar, but DubaiSis put it very well in the last paragraph of her post. Writing indicates so much about a person and it can really give one a bad impression if there are tons of mistakes. I am one of these people who will go back in and edit if I find even one error in any of my posts. That is not to say that my grammar is always 100%, but at least I make every attempt to have it be as correct as possible.

I think that the majority of posters on this site do the same, which is why when we see atrocious grammar it is not well received.

[sieadah]

I'm not going to worry about what everyone thinks about me or my org. I made this post to reach out to other founders, people who care about local groups, and those who want to start one. As long as I'am making the girls who wear my letters happy that's all that matters.

[Pythia]

Originally Posted by sieadah

I'm not going to worry about what everyone thinks about me or my org. I made this post to reach out to other founders, people who care about local groups, and those who want to start one. As long as I'am making the girls who wear my letters happy that's all that matters.

[Xidelt]

Originally Posted by sieadah

I'm not going to worry about what everyone thinks about me or my org. I made this post to reach out to other founders, people who care about local groups, and those who want to start one. As long as I'am making the girls who wear my letters happy that's all that matters.

See, the letters don't belong to you. The sorority you helped found is not your personal possession that you rule over. Yes, you started an organization. But what you really were part of is founding something that will continue on as others join and carry it forward. The sorority belongs to ALL of its members, past, current, and future.

[sieadah]

Originally Posted by Xidelt

See, the letters don't belong to you. The sorority you helped found is not your personal possession that you rule over. Yes, you started an organization. But what you really were part of is founding something that will continue on as others join and carry it forward. The sorority belongs to ALL of its members, past, current, and future.

Yeah thanks xidelt I know that. Just like you call your letters yours I do the same.

[DrPhil]

Sieadah, ree-Xi had a very good post and you lashed out at her. Perhaps you were on the defense-offense because other posters put you on the defense-offense. You really need to breathe and re-read ree-Xi's post, starting with the question of how a GLO "uniquely" founded to address the needs of a specific school could fit elsewhere. To put this into perspective, many of our GLOs were not founded as locals and were not founded to address the needs of a specific school. We were founded to address the needs of a population that exists at different schools, different cities, and different states (and, for some GLOs, different countries). This makes expansion more apparent because the mission and purpose(s) of the GLOs were never focused on one school.

Originally Posted by sieadah

I'm not going to worry about what everyone thinks about me or my org. I made this post to reach out to other founders, people who care about local groups, and those who want to start one. As long as I'am making the girls who wear my letters happy that's all that matters.

I doubt the bolded is the case.

I understand your posts very well and there was nothing Earth shattering about your errors. But it would not hurt to proofread and edit when your message is an introduction to your GLO. The same goes for GLO websites and GLO email communication. The occasional error is not the same as constant errors.

[sieadah]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Sieadah, ree-Xi had a very good post and you lashed out at her. Perhaps you were on the defense-offense because other posters put you on the defense-offense. You really need to breathe and re-read ree-Xi's post, starting with the question of how a GLO "uniquely" founded to address the needs of a specific school could fit elsewhere. To put this into perspective, many of our GLOs were not founded as locals and were not founded to address the needs of a specific school. We were founded to address the needs of a population that exists at different schools, different cities, and different states (and, for some GLOs, different countries). This makes expansion more apparent because the mission and purpose(s) of the GLOs were never focused on one school.



I doubt the bolded is the case.

I understand your posts very well and there was nothing Earth shattering about your errors. But it would not hurt to proofread and edit when your message is an introduction to your GLO. The same goes for GLO websites and GLO email communication. The occasional error is not the same as constant errors.

I didn't lashed out on her. I was letting her know why I said what I said on the site. I thought this form was for local orgs. or people who want to start one. Anyway i'm proud of what I have accomplish and my members.