On the other hand, we do want a large community of folks with shared values, and we ought to share commonly needed resources instead of wasting time re-inventing the wheel. Thus the split, which hopefully strikes you as logical. Right now, because Cornell is the only 'Network', formal dues-paying membership is limited to Cornell grads. If you're from another school, we can't presume to tell you how to run your own Network. Once you've got your own Network, what you do then is up to you, but we'd be happy to tell you how the Cornell UPA Network is organized.
Chapters are the locally based social and activist hubs for our members.
Councils exist to take care of any indefinite-term tasks, such as finance and publicity. Campaigns are initiatives with a set goal and lifetime, such as our planned Tobacco Divestment Campaign. We plan to use the Formal Consensus system to avoid the traps of traditional non-profit organizations, such as sectarianism and corruption. Yes - but not independently, that's a later goal. The Center for Religion, Ethics, and Social Policy is a progressive presence on the Cornell campus that grew out of the Civil Rights movement in the 60's.