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RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE REPORT OF THE FRATERNITY WORKING GROUP AND DIRECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS RECOMMENDATIONS
 
 
 
 
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RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE REPORT OF THE FRATERNITY WORKING GROUP AND DIRECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS RECOMMENDATIONS

The following resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, at its meeting on February 26, 2000, the Board of Visitors directed the University Administration to seek ways to promote the good health and strength of the fraternity and sorority systems; and

WHEREAS, the Fraternity Working Group, appointed by the President and composed of students, faculty, alumni and administrators, began work shortly thereafter with the Dean of Students as chair; and

WHEREAS, the Fraternity Working Group has submitted its report and recommendations to the Board, the President and the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer;

RESOLVED that the Board accepts the report of the Fraternity Working Group and commends the members of the Group and the Dean of Students for their comprehensive effort to consider ways to strengthen the fraternity system. In accepting the recommendations of the Group, the Board affirms its support for the values of the fraternity system at the University and acknowledges the importance of fraternity life for students and alumni;


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RESOLVED FURTHER, the Board wishes to emphasize, without equivocation, the conclusion of the Fraternity Working Group that the measures recommended for strengthening the fraternity system can succeed only through the combined efforts of the University Administration and the active and alumni members of the fraternities; financial resources must be contributed by each and the active and alumni fraternity members must bear responsibility and accountability for the upkeep of their houses which the University has helped renovate; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, the Board directs the President to work toward the goals of the Fraternity Working Group, expressed in their report, and to commit the Administration to exert its best efforts, in partnership with the fraternity alumni, to secure the funding necessary to implement the recommendations of the report.