About

Nupepedia is a digital encyclopedia containing facts, figures, histories and memories relating to Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. The purpose of this forum is to document the history of the fraternity in a manner that is easy to access and easy to digest.

Why Was Nupepedia Created
Kappa Alpha Psi celebrated its centennial anniversary in 2011 and has over 150,000 members. It operates 721 undergraduate and alumni chapters in 46 states in the United States and eight countries. As a consequence of a long history, wide appeal, and global reach, much of what happens in "Kappaland" has never been adequately documented.

Nupepedia is a semi-open forum designed to capture information about the Fraternity that might not be published in the history books or covered its main publication, the ''Kappa Journal. Because information about members, chapters, meetings, events, and culture, ''is nevertheless important, if only to a subset of the fraternity's membership, this central repository was created to accurately record this content.

Who Owns Nupepedia
Nupepedia is the brainchild of Hermann Mazard (Theta Iota, Spr '85), a member of Brooklyn-Long Island (NY) Alumni. The site is in the alpha stage of development and the forum is considered a prototype. Updates are centrally administered by Nupepedians, a self-organized group of historians led by Mazard.

Upon launch of a private beta, a plan will be developed regarding a public beta version, and the time-frame and scope for deployment. All material posted is considered ceded to, and owned by, Nupepedia, an S-Corporation formed to house the assets and intellectual property of the site. The company makes no claim of accuracy of, or supervision over, any content posted by members of the public.

Contact
All inquiries regarding Nupepedia should be directed to the Nupepedia Project Team via [mailto:updates@nupepedia.com?subject=Message%20from%20Nupepedia email].