Despite what one representative called the "juvenile" nature of Dasgupta's plan, council members say it is important to remember that they are trying to save the council's scarce resources.

"If it works, it's an awesome thing and it saves the student body money," member Todd E. Plants '01. "I'll put my chips in the box."

Barkley says that the idea might work but adds that his own participation will be limited.

"We'll find out next Sunday when we see people actually collected them," he says. "If I think about it one day when I'm in there, [I'll get chips]; I'm not going to go out of my way to get three bags of chips."

Dasgupta has some convincing left to do on the council.

"It doesn't seem people took it too seriously," Driskell says.

Driskell says she'll be asking around this week to clarify whether people took Dasgupta's idea at face value.