I’m creating this petition because I am appealing a decision by our judicial board and I/O. On April 20th I had a judicial hearing for a status update that involved a reference to alcoholic beverage. When I was originally contacted by our Risk chair I removed the status within 30 minutes. For those of you who are aware of our ‘crooked crown’ policy, you are given supposed to be given 24hours to remove the inappropriate content before judicial actions are taken place. I was also being ‘disrespectful’ because I did not choose to add Delia Lewis Hundley. In my eyes it is a violation of my privacy to add a face book account that multiple users can have access too, such as advisers, or anyone else. It’s also nowhere in our bylaws, and think of everyone else who has posted inappropriate information, does everyone deserve to have their membership terminated based on FB? If someone had an issue with my content they could see it on their account, and let me know about it. Why do they need an account to tell me I can’t post certain content? They have a personal account, and we should all keep each other accountable whether your on EC or not. Since I refused to add this account, my mediation was changed to a hearing. I tried talking to our Risk Chair so that we could be adults and work things out on our own, but she refused to talk to me in person/online/texting/calling. If you really believe in our sisterhood and believe that justice should exist in it, please sign this petition. If you think we should be able to talk to EC members about issues they have with us, and make them responsible to respond instead of just pushing off our problems to judicial, sign this petition.

 I did not voluntarily terminate my membership; apparently this rumor has been swirling around. NOT TRUE. My membership was taken away from me because I posted a status update that was removed. If you actually believe in sisterhood and uniting for a sister, please sign this. I have contributed to this chapter for the past 2 years. I have held membership on PC, as well as EC. I don’t just show up to events, I participate! Greek Week, sports, cheering on our teams, taking everything to storage for Fall ‘10 recruitment, being there for every sister whenever they need me! I hold above a 3.0, I’m involved in other campus activities, and I work. My bottom line is that I am a hard worker and dedicated to this fraternity, and I love this chapter. Why are we turning away sisters who are the most active? Why do we blame sisters for their drunken antics when we spend hundreds of dollars on programs such as Sam Spady, which tells us it’s our sister’s responsibility to say/do something when a girl is in a compromised situation? Why do we spend hundreds of dollars on speakers that highlight the fact that fining members doesn’t increase participation, yet we still fine everyone! This is not the best our chapter has been, or could be. It should not be acceptable to treat certain members this way, but then give special treatment to others. I’m tired of the hypocrisy from certain EC members, and the lack of choice from the chapter as a whole. Obviously if everyone is always talking about everything they hate and all the issues within the chapter to each other, there is a problem. Let’s be proactive, and address the issues, instead of getting rid of members who raise concern and have different opinions! Zeta Tau Alpha is supposed to be for life and this is a test to see if we can unite for a sister in need instead of uniting for an award or prize. We should be concerned about our members’ welfare; we shouldn’t just throw them away because they might be dealing with difficult issues in their life. I love all of our sisters, past and present, and even those people who felt that terminating my membership was the right thing. I have never done any harm to this chapter, or its members. I am devoted, and I’m fighting for what’s right. Do not be afraid to sign this petition, again if you ever believe in sisterhood and always supporting your sisters you would sign this! If you have any other questions PLEASE CONTACT ME. As any of you that know me, I’m extremely laid back and love to talk. Please help me take back the membership that I deserve, and to take back the ZTA experience we deserve.

Please feel free to comment and express your concerns ladies, this is your chapter, and together we can make it the chapter that we want to be in. I will be attaching this petition with my written statement to I/O for my appeal. Please put your name, e-mail, and pledge class. No one will be in trouble for signing this, you make your own decisions, and you should stand be them! Thank you for reading all of this, or even just portions, I am here for any of you if you need anything, and the support I've received has convinced me to keep pursuing this. I’m merely asking for the support of my chapter to show I/O that our chapter does not wish to end memberships based off such petty ‘offenses’.