But according to Vice-President Joshua D.Liston '95, a representative's activity can't bemeasured by the number of resolutions he proposes.

"A lot of committee chairs will proposeresolutions on behalf of their committee, andthat's just tradition," says Liston, who explainedthat most of the work done for a resolutions isdone in committees.

"With the finance committee," Liston adds,"there's 17 people who won't see their efforts inresolutions until Grants Night."

But many members say this problem, as well asother symptoms such as inconsistent attendance,point to many council members who aren't doingtheir job.

On paper, the council's attendence policy istough on slackers. The council's constitutionmandates that any member who misses a total offive general or committee meetings must beautomatically expelled by the vice president.

Expelled members are given a second chance onlyif two-thirds of the executive committee approvereinstatement.

And since the committees and the council as awhole each met once per week over the nine-weekautumn session, council members could have missedup to 25 percent of the meetings they are requiredto attend. Those who are reinstated start theirnew terms with three absences.

Attendance at committee meetings, however,wasn't recorded precisely last semester, accordingto several council members.

Coffey, who is responsible as vice chair thissemester for recording his committee's attendance,says record-keeping was "not overly strict lastsemester."

Even so, seven council members who wereexpelled for attendance reasons applied forreinstatement, according to former council VicePresident Melissa Garza '94.

Every request was granted.

"I don't think it's effective," says Anjalee C.Davis '95, a former council member who resignedlast night. "Anyone with fairly reasonable--andnot so reasonable--explanations will bereinstated."

Garza, however, praises the attendance policyand even cited it as one of the term's biggestsuccesses in her final speech to the council asvice president on February 6.

"Allowances have to be made," Garza says. "Ifsomeone's in UHS for a week, that's two meetingsright there. A lot of times, there are veryexplicit reasons. And by and large, U.C. membersput in a lot more time than other extracurricularclub members."

Liston also says he feels the reinstatementpolicy is fair and effective.