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Fraternity & Sorority Community Accountability Board

The SUNY Plattsburgh Fraternity & Sorority Community Accountability Board exists to uphold the high standards of our community. 

The SUNY Plattsburgh Fraternity and Sorority Life Community Accountability Board (accountability board or the board) exists to uphold the high standards of our community. The focus of the board is to address chapter behavior that is misaligned with the community’s values and to build self and peer accountability.

Fraternities and sororities were designed to be self-governing and this board serves as the additional level of accountability when situations were not handled internally or violated a university policy. All alleged misconduct by an FSL chapter will first be vetted by the Group Referral Review Committee to determine which process it should be resolved through — University Police, Student Conduct Office, the FSL Community Accountability Board, informally, or referred to the chapter’s respective inter/national organization. For the student conduct process, please visit the Student Conduct Office. 

Accountability Board Jurisdiction

The following areas are within the jurisdiction of this board but are not limited to this list (dependent on chapter conduct history):

  • Minor alcohol policy violations (e.g., not submitting/using a guest list, drinking games, not registering events with alcohol, etc.)
  • Alcohol use for the purpose of recruitment
  • Bias or intentionally exclusive incidents (e.g., inappropriate party themes, harmfully considering identities during recruitment, etc.)
  • Recruitment violations (e.g., not reporting potential members correctly, hosting non-approved events, “dirty rushing,” etc.)
  • Theft of chapter items regardless of intent or purpose (e.g., stealing composites/awards/letters, etc.)
  • Engaging in “prank,” “joking,” or “competitive” behavior that causes a disruption of any kind
  • General disruption (e.g., neighbor complaints, noise violations, littering complaints, etc.) 
  • Retaliation against another group or individual on behalf of the chapter
  • Unresolved repetitive issues by an organization or interchapter 
  • Vandalism of any kind 

Accountability Board Membership

The accountability board membership consists of the following:

  • The Interfraternity Council and Inter-Sorority Association Vice Presidents of Standards serve as the co-chairs.;
  • The Director of Fraternity & Sorority Life serves as the advisor;
  • There are five primary board members and up to seven alternates who are all selected from the membership of SUNY Plattsburgh fraternities and sororities.

Additional Information

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