23 • There is no limit to the number of organizations per council, that can be in the petitioning process. • The Fraternity and Sorority Life Office, in conjunction with the appropriate undergraduate governing council, reserves the right to transfer an organization from the expansion process to a petitioning process should the inter/national organization not provide appropriate levels of support through the expansion process. • The Fraternity and Sorority Life Office reserves the right to overrule and/ or alter any decision made by an undergraduate governing council if it determines that such decision is inconsistent with this policy and/or the mission, purposes, order, academic atmosphere, operations, processes and/or functions of Nova Southeastern University. • Decisions made by the Fraternity and Sorority Life Office to overrule and/ or alter any decision made by an undergraduate governing council may be appealed in writing by such council within ten (10) academic days after the Fraternity and Sorority Life Office has notified the undergraduate governing council that its decision has been overruled and/or altered. Appeals must be submitted to the Assistant Dean of Engagement in writing for consideration. • After considering the written appeal, the Assistant Dean of Engagement, or designee, shall provide written notice of his or her decision to the undergraduate governing council within a reasonable time frame. Fraternity and Sorority Life Programming All events, including those that are taking place off the NSU campus, are to be appropriately registered with the Fraternity and Sorority Life Office. All functions must be registered ten (10) business days prior to the event taking place. Forms can be found on the Fraternity and Sorority Life SharkHub page. Social Function Policy Social Functions are as follows: • Date function: A function where each member invites one guest. Attendance is limited to membership of the chapter and invited dates. It is limited to one date per member (I.e., formals, date parties, grab a date, etc.) • Mixer: A function with two organizations where only members of those organizations are allowed to attend. Attendance is limited to membership of the fraternity and sorority hosting the event. No outside guests are allowed. • Invite party: A function where the chapter members invite guests to their event. Chapters should adhere to their inter/national risk management policies for guidelines regarding invitations. Generally, no more than three times the membership of the chapter is permissible. No one other than chapter members and their guest(s) are allowed at the function. An invite party can be co-sponsored by no more than two organizations. A maximum number of two organizations may co-sponsor an invite party. When hosting a function with another chapter, the stricter of the two chapters’ risk management policies applies. This is to say, the method of alcohol distribution, compliance monitoring, distribution of invitations, and every other aspect of conducting a social event is
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