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ok, this is coming from an IFC advisor (and a woman).
get a hold of the constitution and by-laws. make sure you read it to see how rules are to be passed - who has to vote on them, how many votes are needed to pass. also look to see how to remove an officer from his position. see if you can start procedures to remove the sucky officers from their positions. also look to see who can call meetings and what that procedure is. for my IFC, the exec board is mainly responsible, but delegates can call meetings if they can get support from other delegates. i don't have the rules in front of me, but i think that is it.
as others have said, talk to the IFC advisor and go in there with a good attitude. if you go in there and are pissed off, he/she will not be too open to your comments. if you go in there and say "hi advisor, i would like to talk to you about IFC. i have some concerns and would like to get your feedback on them. one is that the pres does blah blah blah. another is that blah blah. can you help me understand the situation?" this may be hard to do, but it will be to your advantage.
next, keep your org's regional or national rep informed of the situation (depends on how you're group works as to who you will contact....ask your pres if you're not sure). he may have some ideas or may be willing to talk to the IFC advisor if the advisor blows you off.
lastly, make sure you have done your research. know what NIC says on rules. contac them if you are not sure- they will be more than wiliing to help! if you can point out to the advisor and IFC pres that what the council is doing does not go with NIC guidelines, then you are better off.
good luck and keep us updated!
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