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Greek presidents last night charged themselves to work out the details of a new overarching organization to replace the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council during the first weeks of Fall term.
In a meeting that lasted just 45 minutes, the CFSC was able to come to enough of an agreement to pass a resolution signifying support for the idea that the current Greek governing system, in the form of the CFSC, should be profoundly restructured in such a way that power is shifted to house presidents and the four Greek sub-councils.
Last night's resolution came in response to an Interfraternity Council proposal presented two weeks ago that advocated the replacement of the CFSC with the "Greek Presidents Council" (GPC).
Structured as a forum of CFS presidents and lacking an executive board, the proposed GPC would have significantly less decision making power and enforcement authority than the group it would be replacing.
Many of the decisions now made by the CFSC would be made by the IFC, the Coed Council, the all-sorority Panhellenic Council and the Pan Hellenic Council, the organization of the historically black Greek houses.
Sub-councils can not only best represent their constituency, Greek leaders said, but the redistribution of power will force individual houses to be accountable for their actions.
The IFC proposal was not brought up by a vote at the meeting, which was chaired by CFSC Vice President Lauren Lafaro '02 because of the absence of President Shihwan Chung '02 due to a personal engagement.
Both Lafaro and IFC President Eric Powers '02 said a large majority of Greek leaders support the general direction of the GPC proposal and more generally want to change the structure of the overarching Greek governing body, but that the proposal was lacking in the details needed for a vote on implementation.Support for the general philosophy behind the IFC report was in fact widespread among Greek leaders who spoke to The Dartmouth last week and over the weekend.
