Word: conventioneers
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The convention issued a "statement of purpose" several weeks ago, but it will attempt to refine its function and purpose further in the next few weeks. At issue is whether the council will serve a social, as well as a political, function.
The convention named a Committee to Define Issues that will discuss these topics in depth, exploring alternative solutions and determining the order in which the entire convention will debate them. The committee's first meeting will be open to all students and is scheduled for Monday night.
Initial sentiment, expressed in two reports presented to the convention last night, favored the idea of one representative for every 50 to 100 students.
The convention must also decide whether some student members of the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life (CHUL) and the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) would also serve as representatives to the council or attend as non-voting members.
The convention will also consider the method for ratifying the council's constitution. Many delegates apparently lean toward a referendum of the entire student body, but whether a majority or a two-thirds vote will be necessary for passage has not yet been decided.