Topic: Alcohol Free Housing - Should Alumni Decide?

Below is a message we received from an undergrad at UCLA. Your thoughts? 
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Convention Legislation
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 19:12:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: MupoMupo82@aol.com
To: theta_chi@oxe.east.sun.com


Epsilon Chapter Alumni Board,


How are you doing?  My name is William Mupo and I am a Theta Chi at UCLA 
and I got your contact information off your chapter's website.  My 
chapter is proposing legislation at the upcoming convention that 
basically says: A chapter's alumni board with Grand Chapter input will 
responsibly review that chapter and decide if it will get the alcohol 
free housing waiver.  The idea behind this is that the chapter's alumni 
board knows their individual chapter's capability better than an ad hoc 
committee and therefore is a better determinent of whether the chapter 
should get the waiver or not.  Secondly, it is our understanding that 
the national fraternity should focus more on expanding and growing the 
fraternity instead of constantly promoting AFH.   This legislation 
should help accomplish this goal by freeing up more resources to expand 
and improve chapters while finding a national philanthropy and focusing 
more on becoming the best fraternity in the world instead of merely 
surviving and risk management issues.  I would like to get your feedback 
on this legislation and answer any questions you might have about the 
legislation and how it would pertain to your chapter and Theta Chi as a 
whole.  Thank you for taking the time to read this e-mail and please get 
back to me through e-mail: mupomupo82@aol.com or call 310-869-0428  Take 
care.


Fraternally


William Mupo
mupomupo82@aol.com
310-869-0428
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*** User350 *** 10/13/2004 20:21 EDT ***

If the alumni organization approves the use of alcohol, is it liable if
something happens?


*** User443 *** 10/14/2004 08:26 EDT ***

This takes for granted that chapters have strong alumni boards.  From my
understanding this is not the case.  It sounds like a way to soften the AFH
waiver process with the illusion of still staying strong on the issue.  I agree
that this is draining valuable resources at the national level that could be put
to better use, but disagree that this would be an equally effective effort to
manage risks associated with alcohol.


*** User428 *** 10/14/2004 10:48 EDT ***

I agree.  Why would an Alumni board want to take away their waver?  I think it
would make the actives more lax on trying to get the waiver if they knew that
the alumni would just give it to them.  Plus it takes the blame off us.  We
wouldn't want to take away the waiver because we know how much it could effect
rush the next year.  Plus it would also put a big responsibilty on us and make
us a watch dog.


*** User712 *** 10/17/2004 19:41 EDT ***

I'm also concerned about liability and don't feel this is an area we want to
mess with.  As landlords, we have many otherissues to deal with such as rent
collection and physical house condition.



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