Reorganization Status: What Does It Mean?

During the October 23 House Corporation meetings, the subject of reorganization status and what it means came to the floor for clarification. Here is the response as given by Marty Haskell ’68 House Corporation President.

Reorganization was imposed by the General Convention, and only the General Convention (vote of all the delegates from all the chapters) can remove it. The resolution (that passed and imposed Reorganization) states that Reorganization will remain in place untill Distric Chief Jon Bolek and Regional Director Peter Tarbell call for a review of the chapter cannot request this review it must be recommended by the DC and RD.

A review panel (just like the presentation made this past summer to have the administrative suspension lifted, but instead, resulted in Reorganization) to demonstrate the progress the chapter has made and to request (argue for) an upgrade of the chapter’s status. The panel can decide to do nothing (allow Reorganization to continue under alumni control); recommended an upgrade to probation for 1 to 2 years (most likely and returns control of the chapter to the active membership ); or recommend full active status (unlikely, as most reorganization go to probation first). The recommendation of the panel then goes to the General Convention floor as resolution where it can be accepted as is, modified and accepted or rejected (reorganization continues).

No one or few individuals have the authority to remove the reorganization status. A review panel must recommend it to the General convention. That is the way the constitution of our fraternity works. our fraternity, by the way, is one of the few – if not the only – Greek fraternity, that is totally governed by under – graduates (bia the central convetion), No administrative decision is binding past the next General Convention, In this regard it is important to recgnize that undergraduates delegates imposed the reorganization and only undergraduate delegates can remove it.

Drop me an email at martyh@fortemgt.com if you have any question