The Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Student Alliance discussed strategies last night to ensure minority representation in student government after last week's resignation of several student leaders from the Executive Student Action Council.

LGBSA members plan to talk with leaders of Black Caucus, National Panhellenic Council, Panhellenic and Interfraternity councils -- groups that are already in ESAC -- to discuss possibilities of taking action due to the resignations.

In addition, LGBSA plans to send representatives to Saturday's Undergraduate Student Government meeting to discuss student government restructuring.

The future of ESAC is uncertain due to the resignations of several key USG leaders, including USG President Chris Saunders and USG Senate President Mike King.

LGBSA also plans to talk to groups who have not previously been involved with ESAC such as Latino Caucus and Asian American Student Coalition to see if they want to discuss new possibilities for minority representation.

LGBSA political committee chair David Wilson said LGBSA had a lot in common with the other minority organizations.

"They need a voice to the president as much as we do," Wilson said.

Black Caucus President Marcella Nixon said she does not think ESAC should dissolve, but should follow another pattern. She added that ESAC should come together to see how each group can benefit each other.

Other organizations seemed interested in discussing better minority representation in student government.

Latino Caucus President Carina Defferrire said the organization would be a part of anything to promote unity among different student organizations.

"My major concern is that students need to get involved and need to know what their student government is doing," Defferrire said.

LGBSA has been with ESAC since 1989, and has had an important link to the administration and an oppurtunity to meet student leaders, said LGBSA political co-director Mark Shiner.

Other members of LGBSA said they were upset because ESAC's dissolution could mean minority students would not have a direct link with the administration.

Gus Scheerbaum, LGBSA social/education co-director, said if LGBSA does what members of USG want them to do, (agreeing to dissolve ESAC) it would be like only being represented by USG.

"How can Chris Saunders represent every minority on campus," Scheerbaum said. "What happens if we get someone really conservative?"

Commenting on what he thought about the motion to dissolve ESAC, Scheerbaum said, "I think it was a slippery political tactic. I think people are jockeying for their own political interests and I think it's a shame."

He said those who resigned had planned to do away with ESAC before last Thursday's meeting.

"Obviously they had a group of people together to pass a motion to dissolve ESAC anyway," Scheerbaum said, adding that the vacancies caused by USG would hurt ESAC.