A coalition of student leaders led by former Undergraduate Council member Hillary K. Anger '93-94 and Advocate executive Niko Canner '94 convened behind closed doors last night to discuss the fate of the Undergraduate Council and to begin developing reform proposals that will ultimately be presented to the council's re-evaluation committee.

The reform coalition was comprised of a select group of undergraduates Anger said she felt was representative of the student body's diversity, unlike, she added, the more homogeneous council.

Anger expects the coalition will draft a new constitution for the Undergraduate Council that will be presented to the council's re-evaluation committee next semester.

The former council member characterized her ideas for reforms as "too radical for the council to accept," saying she expects her committee's plan to be put forth as a student referendum by the end of the year. She said the referendum would be supported by Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57. Jewett could not be reached for comment.

"I expect that the U.C. in its present form will not exist on this campus by the end of the year," Anger said.

The coalition meeting's 18-person guest list included a host of campus leaders, including the presidents of the Black Students Association (BSA) and the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS), a co-chair of the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Students Association (BGLSA), and the former chairs of Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel and the Harvard-Radcliffe Republican Club.

Also invited were former council Chair David A. Aronberg '93, now a Law School student; three other former council representatives; council re-evaluation committee Chair David A. Smith '94; and several current council members who Anger says were not invited as representatives of the council. Anger resigned as one of three Dudley House representatives to the council last week.

"I called together this group of studentsbecause we want the input on the U.C. from theseleaders representing many sections of campus,"Anger said.

"The U.C. does not have the credibility to dosomething like that on its own," she added."There's no way the U.C. could bring together thepeople that Niko [Canner] and I have."

Although only three-fourths of those invitedwere able to attend, Anger said that everyoneexpressed interest in attending upcoming meetings."There was no one who turned down this chance toparticipate, and I think that's because everyoneagreed with the spirit of our reforms."

Anger arrived at the meeting armed with her ownproposals for reforming the council, saying beforethe meeting that she expected "thoughtful input"from her handpicked advisors.

The outline Anger presented to her committeefocused on six main points:

.The council delegations will be reduced to tworepresentatives per district (house or Yard group)rather than the current five. "The council rightnow is so large as to be unmanageable withoutprocedural formalities which slow everythingdown," Anger said.

.The council's general elections will beconducted mid-year. "We need to provide continuitythroughout the year," Anger said. "The way thecouncil runs now it only meets from mid-Octoberthrough April--only about half the year--and mostof the project work done by the University happensover the summer."

.All council delegates would be required to beactive members of their house committees. "Rightnow there is almost no dialogue between the housesand the U.C.; if we're going to be a studentgovernment we need to change that," Anger said.

.All financial records would be made public,and a College official would be required toco-sign any check over $1,000 that theUndergraduate Council approves. "If theyimplemented this system, questionable checks wouldnever be issued and respect for the U.C. wouldincrease tremendously," Anger said.