"If one intends...to raise lots of money...it'snot clear to me you should be using the Harvardname without the direct guidance of the Universityitself," Gordon said.
Sabrina Y.T. Fang, who served as secretary onthe interim board in March but lost the Aprilelection, has also been a vocal critic of theclub's leadership.
"In essence, my biggest complaint is that somepeople see the club as a way to promote themselvesand their own firm," she said.
But the club's new leadership--having plannedseveral summer activities including monthly happyhours, occasional wine tastings and hikingtrips--seems intent on putting the club back ontrack. Several officials said that under thisleadership the club's membership has swelled from200 to nearly 350.
Tan also said in a statement to members shortlyafter the election that he plans for the club toresume some fundraising. This time, though, morepeople--on both sides of the Pacific--will bewatching.
"Clubs have a lot of authority, but we'restaying pretty close to this one," Reardon said