By Signe K. Skinion

Undergraduate Student Government senators plan to talk with their constituents before voting on a resolution calling for a student activity fee increase, senate members said at Wednesday’s USG meeting.

The resolution calls for a student activity fee increase of $2.25 per student beginning in fall 1997. The resolution was tabled and will be brought up at the March 6 meeting, USG members said.

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Eric Bottom, USG Finance Committee chairman and resolution author, said senators need to talk with their constituents about the proposed increase before voting on the resolution.

This resolution was written for three main reasons, Bottom said. The first reason is to help combat inflation. The second is to help with student retention, which is kind of what we aimed this at when we wrote the resolution. And the third is to get students involved in registered student organizations.

David Vingren, Finance Committee member and Thompson Point senator, said the senate needs to serve its constituents by discussing this resolution with them.

These are not concrete numbers we’re dealing with here, Vingren said. Without talking with your constituents, this would be damaging to this student body.

Vingren said the resolution will also help RSOs who have not been receiving the funding they need.

After being on the Finance Committee this year, we have seen many priority two organization come in and complain that they did not get the money they needed, Vingren said. These RSOs are being underfunded for their events.

Priority two RSOs are special interest organizations ranging from religious organizations to class major groups.

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In other business, Scott Pfeiffer, USG chief of staff, said the senate will conduct a student survey to obtain opinions on the current enrollment problem.

Beginning April 1, we will be sending out 1,200 surveys to SIUC students, Pfeiffer said. This is being done to find out what our fellow students think about the current enrollment problem.

Pfeiffer said the survey stems from the recent in student enrollment across campus.

Pfeiffer said the students will be randomly selected, and the actual surveys will be open-ended to allow students a chance to express any concerns or insight into the enrollment problem.

Pfeiffer said he expects to receive 400 of the 1,200 surveys back by April 15.

The next USG meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. March 6 in Student Center Ballroom B.