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By-Laws
of the Interfraternity Council of Washington University
Revised: 4/26/98
Article I: Finance
A. Fiscal year
1. The fiscal year of the Interfraterntiy Council shall be from January
1 through December 31.
B. Contracts
1. The approval of an Executive Council member, and the signature of
the Washington University Contracts Officer shall be required to bind
the Interfraternity Council.
C. Payables
1. All checks drafted against the Interfraternity Council checking Account
shall be signed by either the Interfraternity Council Treasurer or Interfraternity
Council President.
2. All payments made in support of the Interfraternity Council through
the Student Union and Student Organization Accounting Services of Washington
University shall be initiated by an Executive Council member.
D. Receivables
1. All payments due to the Interfraternity Council shall be submitted
to the Treasurer. Checks shall be made payable to the “Interfraternity
Council.”
E. Membership Dues
1. The Interfraternity Council dues from each chapter shall be a semesterly
assessment as follows:
Active Dues
a. $100 from each member chapter
b. $3.25 per each active from each member chapter
New Member Dues
a. $13 per each new associate
b. Assessments for new associates who joined a member chapter during
an open bidding period will be made in the first billing following the
bidding.
2. Penalties for late payment of dues will accrue at a rate of $5 per
business day until full payment is received.
Article II: Officer Responsibilities
A. President
1. The President shall oversee the general operations of the Interfraternity
Council
2. IFC President shall serve as the liaison between the Fraternity community
and all outside organizations including: Women’s Panhellenic, Black
Panhellenic, Student Union, University Administration & Faculty.
3. The President shall represent the Greek community on any University
committee which desires to have a representative of the Greek community
present.
4. The President shall serve as chief spokesman for the Fraternity community.
5. The President has the responsibility of communicating all Fraternity
related information (from both internal and external activity) to the
Fraternity community.
6. The President shall, in conjunction with the Vice Presidents, make
certain that each Executive member is doing his job correctly.
7. The President shall organize and preside over all Interfraternity
Council related meetings.
8. The President shall be responsible for the coordination of all new
expansion activity.
9. The President shall be responsible for any award competitions involving
the Interfraternity Council.
B. Vice President of Internal Operations
1. The Vice President shall be the Parliamentarian for the Interfraternity
Council.
2. The Vice President shall monitor risk management for the Interfraternity
Council.
3. The Vice President shall be responsible for arranging the Event Education
Team Training Program.
4. The Vice President shall serve as a co-chair for the Scholarship
Committee.
5. The Vice President shall be the Executive Council member responsible
for all direct communication with member chapters.
6. The Vice President shall be responsible for Conferences & Conventions
as they relate to the Interfraternity Council.
7. The Vice President shall preside over all Interfraternity Council
related meetings in the absence of the President.
8. The Vice President shall organize the Greek Awareness Program. The
program is intended to introduce all the new members associates to the
Greek system.
9. The Vice President shall be in attendance at all internal Interfraternity
Council related meetings (i.e. President’s Meetings).
C. Vice President of Programming
1. The Vice President of Programming shall be responsible for planning
both educational and social events (i.e. Greek Awareness Program, Grand
Chapter, Greek Week, etc.)
2. The Vice President of Programming shall be responsible for at least
one Interfraternity Council fundraising event per semester.
3. The Vice President of Programming shall be responsible for appointing
and overseeing all cabinet positions as well as reporting cabinet activity
to the Council.
4. The Vice President of Programming shall be the Interfraternity liaison
to all Greek community affiliated organizations (GAMMA, GreekShare,
Order of Omega)
5. The Vice President shall be responsible for Conferences & Conventions
as they relate to the Interfraternity Council.
D. Director of Communications
1. The Director of Communications shall be responsible for writing and
distributing all meeting minutes. Minutes shall be distributed within
two days to all Executive Council members, all member chapters, all
colonies, the Greek Advisor, the Dean of Student Affairs, and Women’s
Panhellenic Association’s President.
2. The Director of Communications shall be responsible for sorting Fraternity
mail that is received in the Office of Student Affairs.
3. The Director of Communications shall be responsible for creating
a semesterly calendar of events for the Interfraternity Council and
its member chapters.
4. The Director of Communications shall be responsible for organizing
the Fraternity mailboxes in the Greek Suite.
5. The Director of Communications shall be responsible for the organization
of all Interfraternity Council resources (NIT information, MIFCA information,
topic files, educational programs, videos, etc.)
6. The Director of Communications shall be responsible for preparing
any mailings that need to be made in the name of the Interfraternity
Council.
7. The Director of Communications shall be responsible for attending
all Women’s Panhellenic Association meetings.
E. Treasurer
1. The Treasurer shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining
annual council budgets.
2. The Treasurer shall be responsible for notifying each member chapter
of its financial status with the council on a semesterly basis.
3. The Treasurer shall be responsible for the collection of dues from
member chapters.
4. The Treasurer shall make public copies of all Interfraternity Council
budgets which will be available to all member chapters.
5. The Treasurer shall be responsible for organizing any fundraising
for the Interfraternity Council.
6. The Treasurer shall stay up to date on Student Union Funding policies
so that he may serve as a resource to the member chapters as they submit
their funding requests.
7. The Treasurer shall be responsible for filing the Interfraternity
Council’s funding requests to Student Union’s Allocation Board.
F. Rush Chair
1. The Rush Chair shall be responsible for overseeing the recruitment
process for the Fraternity community.
2. The Rush Chair, in conjunction with Rush committee, shall be responsible
for establishing rush guidelines which will make recruitment as equally
accessible as possible for all member chapters.
3. The Rush Chair shall be responsible for coordinating meetings with
the member chapters’ rush chairmen to discuss timely issues (i.e.
“dirty rush,” “dorm storming,” appropriate rush
activities, etc.) as well as to provide basic support to chapter rush
chairmen.
4. The Rush Chair shall be responsible for publishing a Fraternity Rush
brochure to be distributed to all Freshman males attending Washington
University.
5. The Rush Chair shall be responsible for coordinating rush information
meetings with the Residential Life Staff (RA’s included) at the
beginning of each semester.
6. The Rush Chair may appoint assistants who may help with the everyday
business of rush. The assistants will be selected from interested Interfraternity
Council Representatives.
G. Standards Board Chair
1. The Standards Board Chair shall be responsible for educating the
general members, as well as the members of the Standards Board, about
the Interfraternity Council’s code of standards.
2. The Standards Board Chair shall oversee the selection of new Standards
Board members.
3. The Standards Board Chair shall be responsible for coordinating the
training of all Standards Board members.
4. The Standards Board Chair shall be responsible for informing member
chapters of violations and the accompanying penalties.
5. The Standards Board Chair shall be responsible for informing member
chapters of judgments made by the Standards Board.
6. The Standards Board Chair shall follow the Judicial code in all matters
concerning the operation of the Standards Board.
7. The Standards Board Chair shall publish a judicial report every
semester summarizing the cases that appeared before the Standards Board.
8. The Standards Board Chair shall serve as a co-chair for the Scholarship
Committee.
Article III: Cabinet Positions
A. Public Relations Chair
1. The Public Relations Chair shall be responsible for the promotion
of the Greek community to the University and local community.
2. The Public Relations Chair shall be responsible for writing press
releases for the University and local press at least once a month.
3. The Public Relations Chair shall be responsible for writing press
releases for the University and local press at least once a month.
4. The Public Relations Chair shall be responsible for working with
the member chapters to help them promote the positive aspects of the
Greek community.
5. The Public Relations Chair shall be responsible for designing and
updating an Interfraternity Council World Wide Web page.
B. Greek Week Chair(s)
1. The Greek Week Chair(s) shall be responsible for the organization
and production of the annual Greek Week festivities.
2. The Greek Week Chair(s) shall prepare a budget for all of Greek Week’s
activities.
3. The Greek Week Chair(s) shall oversee the Greek Week committee.
4. The Greek Week Chair(s) shall be responsible for the University-wide
promotion o the week’s activities.
5. The Greek Week Chair(s) shall work closely with the Women’s
Panhellenic Association’s Greek Week Chair(s).
6. The Greek Week Chair(s) shall be the liaison to the rest of the University
community throughout the Greek Week activities.
C. Philanthropy Chair
1. The Philanthropy Chair shall initiate and organize all philanthropic
programs between all the member chapters of the Interfraternity Council.
2. The Philanthropy Chair shall be a resource for all the philanthropy
chairs, as well as a liaison between outside organizations (Student
Union, etc.) and the Greek Community.
3. The Philanthropy Chair shall keep a record of every member chapter’s
philanthropy events throughout the year.
Article IV: Standing Committees
A. Rush Committee
1. The Rush Committee shall be responsible for enforcing the recruitment
of students as stated in the Interfraternity Council Rush Rules and
the Interfraternity Council Constitution.
B. Event Education Team
1. The Event Education Team shall be responsible for enforcing all rules
as stated in the Interfraternity Council Event Education Team Manual
and the Interfraternity Council Constitution.
C. Standards Board Committee
1. The Standards Board Committee shall be responsible for enforcing
the Standards Board rules as stated in the Interfraternity Council Standards
Board Rules, the Interfraternity Council Constitution, and the Interfraternity
Council By-Laws.
D. Scholarship Committee
1. The Scholarship Committee
a. The Scholarship Committee shall consist of the Interfraternity Council
Standards Board Chair, Vice President of Internal Operations, and up
to five more members to be chosen at their discretion and with approval
of Interfraternity Executive Council.
b. All Scholarship Committee members shall demonstrate qualifications
for the position before being appointed to the committee.
c. No member of the committee, including the chairs, shall be members
of the same fraternity and shall not be a member of a fraternity that
is on scholastic warning.
d. The committee may sanction organizations on scholastic warning using
the guidelines set forth in the University policy.
2. The Academic Policy
a. It is the immediate goal of the Interfraternity Council for each
member chapter to maintain a minimum GPA of 2.75.
b. A GPA of 2.75 must be maintained by each member chapter in order
to remain in good standing with the Interfraternity Council of Washington
University.
c. Chapter GPA’s will be computed with the chapter rules that are
maintained in the Student Affairs Office.
3. Corrective Actions
a. Any chapter performing below a 2.75 GPA once in an academic year
will, in writing, be placed on scholastic warning for one semester.
b. Any chapter performing below a 2.75 GPA two semesters in a row will
be brought to the attention of the Standards Board. The individual chapter
will be place on academic probation for one semester and subject to
punishment by the Standards Board.
c. Any chapter performing below a 2.5 GPA will lose selected social
privileges for one semester as determined by the Standards Board.
d. Any chapter performing below a 2.0 GPA will lose all social privileges
for one semester.
Article V: Code of Standards
A. General Statement:
We, the men of the Interfraternity Council of Washington University,
recognize and accept the statement of Fraternity Criteria of the National
Interfraternity Conference as our guidelines regarding the standards
which we set and maintain for ourselves.
B. Alcohol:
The possession, use, and /or consumption of alcoholic beverages, while
on chapter premises, during and official fraternity event, or in any
situation sponsored or endorsed by a fraternity, must be in compliance
with any and all applicable policies of Washington University.
C. Personal Conduct
1. The Interfraternity Council recognizes and accepts the Resolution
of Human Decency of the National Interfraternity Council as our position
on the issue of personal conduct.
2. Using, or threatening to use, physical force or violence to harass,
abuse, coerce, or intimidate another individual will not be tolerated.
3. Disorderly conduct tarnishing the reputation of the Greek system,
on or off campus, will not be tolerated.
D. Hazing
1. The Interfraternity Council recognizes and endorses the Resolution
against Hazing of the National Interfraternity Conference.
2. No Chapter, nor any of its members shall conduct hazing activities.
Hazing activities are defined as follows:
“Any action taken or situation created, on or off fraternity
premises to produce mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment
or ridicule. Such activities may include but are not related to the
following: forced use of alcohol, paddling, the wearing of public apparel
which is conspicuous and not normally in good taste, engaging in public
stunts and buffonery, morally degrading or humiliating games and activities,
late work sessions that interfere with scholastic activities, and any
other activities which are not consistent with fraternal law, ritual,
or the regulations and policies of Washington University and the
Interfraternity Council.”
E. Sexual Harassment
“The Interfraternity Council will not tolerate or condone any
form of
sexually harassing or abusive behavior whether physical, mental, or
emotional. This is to include any actions which are demeaning to women,
including but not limited to: offensive public or private displays,
date rape, gang rape, or verbal harassment.”
F. Theft and Destruction of Property
“As the following acts are not only illegal but also detrimental
to the reputation of the Greek System, the Interfraternity Council will
not tolerate the following:
1. Theft, attempted theft, or unauthorized use if any public or private
property.
2. Knowledgeable possession of stolen property.
3. Deliberate destruction of, damage to, or abuse of any public or private
property.”
G. Academic Integrity
“The Interfraternity Council does not condone any form of academic
dishonesty. The Committee on Academic Integrity has highlighted frequent
problem areas through the following summary of a general policy on academic
integrity. Complete information is available through the dean of each
school.”
1. Use proper methods of documentation.
2. Do not use prepared materials or consultants in writing an in-class
examination except as approved by the instructor; take in-class examinations
in person. Follow the instructors guidelines in writing a take home
examination.
3. Do not write on or make any erasures on any test material or class
assignment being submitted for regarding.
4. Do not collaborate with other students planning or engaged in any
from of academic dishonesty.
H. Fire, Health and Safety
All chapter houses shall meet all local fire and health codes and standards,
as well as those of Washington University and the Interfrarternity Council.
I. IFC Constitution, By-Laws, and Policies
Violations of the Interfraternity Council Constitution or By-Laws, or
of other IFC rules or policies shall be handled by the Standards Board.
J. Responsibility of the Chapter
1. Both chapters and individuals may be held responsible for violations
of this Code.
2. In the case of a chapter, officers and other leaders will be held
responsible and will be allowed to represent their chapter at all hearings.
3. In the case of an individual, the Standards Board will attempt to
limit the case to an individual matter. However, if deemed appropriate,
the individuals’ chapter may be held partially responsible. In
such cases officers of the chapter will be allowed to represent their
chapter at all hearings.
L. Actions by other Bodies
Conduct that is detrimental to the image of the fraternity system and
in violation of federal, state, or local laws or the rules of Washington
University will not be tolerated by the Interfraternity Council, regardless
of how other bodies choose to handle the situation.
Article VI: Ratification and Amendment
A. These Bylaws shall be considered effective when ratified by at least
three-fourths of the chapters currently represented on the Council.
B. These Bylaws may be amended by a three-fourths majority.
Quorum may be defined as two-thirds of the number of voting member chapters
in good standing.
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