The Fall 2005 Concert Inquiry Commission released its final report at Monday’s Undergraduate Council (UC) meeting, citing several reasons for the cancellation of this month’s Wyclef Jean concert including a lack of time and insufficient student input.

The planned Nov. 6 concert was cancelled because of insufficient ticket sales. According to Jack P. McCambridge ’06, chair of the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC), the cancellation cost the commission between $25,000 and $30,000.

Earlier this month, the UC formed a commission to investigate the factors that led to the cancellation. But Monday’s report contained few concrete recommendations to prevent similar situations in the future.

“What I anticipated was that we would do this inquiry and figure out one or two things that went wrong and just be able to fix them,” said Matthew R. Greenfield ’08, a member of the commission. “However, the problems were far more nuanced than we anticipated.”

The report levels criticism at both the UC and the HCC.

According to the report, the UC failed to allocate the HCC’s budget in a timely manner last spring.

The report called this “a major factor in the failure of the HCC to produce a successful concert in the fall.”

The commission also criticized the HCC’s method of artist selection, recommending that it include greater student input when choosing an artist.

The report also documents several instances when the rules governing the HCC were not followed.

According to the bylaws governing the HCC, the chair of the HCC is to “report biweekly to the Executive Board of the Undergraduate Council.”

However, the commission found that McCambridge did not file a single report.

McCambridge could not be reached for comment yesterday.

The commission’s report also discusses the relationship between the UC and the HCC. According to the report, UC President Matthew J. Glazer ’06 and Campus Life Committee (CLC) chair John F. Voith ’07 were in communication with the HCC, but they should have provided more information to the council’s executive board about the challenges facing the concert. The report also said that the executive board should have been given the chance to approve a list of artists.

As the council shifts to election mode for the next two weeks, it is unclear what actions will be taken based on the now-released report.

“My guess is that there will be legislation down the road,” said Greenfield. He added that future action would depend on whether the UC passes an amendment to dissolve the CLC and eliminate the council’s direct role in planning campus-wide social events.

—Staff writer Alexander D. Blankfein can be reached at ablankf@fas.harvard.edu