Some of the remaining term bill funds would go into the committee fund, allowing the council to devote more money to events such as Springfest.
The resolution's sponsors, five of whom are members of the council's Executive Board, stressed the importance of putting the question to the students.
"It would be easy for us to pass a term bill increase right here...I don't think that would be fair to the student body," Seton said.
Other sponsors said a campaign for the referendum would be good publicity for the council.
"We can show this campus that we do have a purpose and we are doing something valuable," Davis said.
Some council members said that the suggestion of an increase would do exactly the opposite.
"[Students] will see this as a way for an ineffective organization to have more money to be ineffective with," said council member Vladimir A. Kleyman '02.
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