The Case for Restoring an Overturned Election
The full account of what happened on April 9, 2025, what the bylaws required, and the remedy now before the body that has the power to resolve this historic governance crisis.
Read the documentThe documentary record of the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity governance crisis.
Welcome to The Public Record. Here you will find the documentary record of the governance crisis now before our Fraternity. Self governance has been our tradition for well over a century. It is now being threatened. Elections have consequences. Some are unwilling to accept that. Some will go to great lengths to change it, even if it means destroying reputations and families. In any case, dishonor will not be tolerated.
I made a promise to the Archons who elected me: transparency, accessibility, and mutual accountability. The documents collected here are how I keep that promise. Read them. Compare what is in this record to what the membership has been told. Office seekers continue to either distort or recast the facts. I have heard them say things in forums that even I don’t recognize. Decide for yourself and ask the hard questions. I will answer any and all of them. Will they?
Once the body has acted to restore its electoral judgment, the work of healing the divisions and restoring our collective dignity can begin. That work belongs to the Grand Boulé in fellowship as distinguished Archons of Sigma Pi Phi.
Read in any order. Each document stands on its own.
The full account of what happened on April 9, 2025, what the bylaws required, and the remedy now before the body that has the power to resolve this historic governance crisis.
Read the documentThe Committee’s report on the six allegations. Reproduced in full and unaltered. The Committee’s own recommended sanctions, allegation by allegation, range from private reprimand to censure. No allegation in the report identifies a personal benefit, enrichment or financial windfall to the Grand Sire Archon. Every expenditure cited was incurred in service to the Fraternity.
Read the reportAn independent comparative analysis of the Committee’s report, prepared by three artificial intelligence platforms. Includes its own disclaimers and authorship attribution. No human analysis or editorial input of any kind exists in the report.
Read the analysisThe first letter to the Grand Board following the April 9 vote. Three demands: reconvene within forty-eight hours, vacate the vote, and acknowledge the office.
Read the letterThe second letter, sent after forty-eight hours passed without response. Announces the Emergency Meeting of the Grand Board to be called by the Chair.
Read the letterTwo rulings to date in the Pennsylvania state court action.
The court’s findings on the merits of the removal: “Loren Douglass has a clear right to relief and is likely to prevail on the merits.” The April 9, 2025 vote of eight fell short of the ten affirmative votes Bylaw 2 § 4G requires of the entire fourteen-member Grand Board. The May 21 ratification did not cure the defect. The preliminary injunction was denied on a separate irreparable-harm prong; the merits findings stand.
Read the decisionThe institution moved to dismiss the case with prejudice. The court rejected that effort, overruling nine of the institution’s eleven preliminary objections in whole or in part. The case is moving forward on the merits.
Read the decreeThe operative provisions, reproduced for reference.
The operative language governing removal. Section 4F authorizes the Grand Boulé to remove a Grand Board Member by majority vote. Section 4G constrains the Grand Board to a two-thirds vote of the entire Grand Board. Footnote 10 reinforces the asymmetry the framers intended and provides protections against small-group dominance over the will of the body. Those safeguards held. Subsequent preliminary court findings have confirmed it.
Efforts are underway to circumvent these safeguards through ratifications and bylaw amendment changes.
Read the provisionsThe Resolution Procedures section defining the Grand Board’s disciplinary authority and the available process. The Prohibited Activities list, which the Code itself describes as “non-exclusive” but which sets the catalog by which conduct is measured. “Administrative Suspension” does not exist. You can determine for yourselves whether the process was actually followed.
Read the provisionsFour formal complaints filed with the Grand Boulé Grievance and Complaints Committee since February 2026.
These grievances are the fraternal path. They were filed inside the Fraternity’s own procedures, in the order the events that gave rise to them occurred. They remain pending. The cover memos identify each matter, the conduct alleged, the documentary foundation, the relief requested, and the status. The four grievances are presented together because they form a sequence: a challenge to the administrative suspension, a grievance against Tyson and Roman for the events of April 9, 2025, a grievance against Tapscott and Jordan for the misrepresentations to the membership that followed, and a grievance against the Grand Grammateus for the unauthorized fraternity-wide notice and the federal court declarations that followed it.
Read the cover memosThe record speaks for itself.