Campbell said he still considers himself vicechair and will attend meetings and delegateresponsibilities.

Valid Results?

The state of the elections Campbell supervisedis unclear, even to board members.

Sofen said yesterday the e-mail that Campbellwrote announcing the election results "was amiscommunication" and should not have been sent toBGLTSA's general membership.

Sofen also said he had not officially beenelected co-chair. But he expressed confidence thathe would become co-chair "when and if the electionresults are finalized."

Sulmers said the board "has not decided what todo to correct the current situation."

"Basically, it's a question of whether it was avalid election or not," Trent said.

This is not the first controversy surroundingBGLTSA's leadership this year.

Velma M. "Mitch" McEwen '98 resigned asco-chair in mid-November citing time constraints.She was replaced in December by Summer.

Board members had criticized McEwen for notfulfilling her obligations as co-chair and alsocriticized the BGLTSA's structure for placing toomany responsibilities in the hands of too fewexecutives.

BGLTSA has also experienced growing pains as ithas gained influence as a powerful political andsocial entity at Harvard in recent years.

Each of the group's six daughterorganizations--Girlspot, Quest, Cocktail,Spectrum, QUAG and the Transgender Task Force--wonofficial recognition from the College this year.But members of BGLTSA's current and former boardshave expressed concern that the organization wasnot responding well to the concerns of its femalemembers--a concern which the debate over therecent election results highlights.

In recent months, BGLTSA has made efforts toaddress concerns about diversity.

Late last fall, BGLTSA sponsored a queerdiversity workshop led by activist Ana Lara '97.In January, the organization sponsored a women'sarts weekend in Adams House. And, on Feb. 13, atthe Queer Cotillion dance, they designated speciallounges for women and men