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Old 02-27-2013, 12:46 AM
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What makes you think the "respect is gone"? Have the new members done something wrong? Generalized statements like this are vague, and attempts to address them by cracking down on NMs (who IMHO are not the problem in the first place) never seem to fix anything. First step is to figure out what is really going on in your chapter. Are sisters disrespecting each other? Are they being discourteous? Are people openly rude to one another? Or do you just think that NMs should bow to initiated members and run errands? If it's the later, you're S.O.L. The former takes more work than picking on the NMs and making them "show respect." It takes modeling respect from the officers down. It takes the chapter not tolerating this behavior from members and calling them out on a consistent basis when acts that threaten sisterhood spring up. It means following up, checking with disgruntled sisters to find out why they are so pissy, smoothing over hurt feelings, and telling people to suck it up sometimes. It's called leadership. You change the chapter a millimeter at a time not overnight and not by beating up on the people that had no hand in getting you where you are.
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