Council members voted to postpone the legislation so that they may have more time to learn about the technology and speak with Simple2Give representatives before considering an endorsement.

Afterwards, Amy M. Yin ’14 and Nuseir Yassin ’14, members of a soon-to-be-launched student startup called Kommonly, asked the Council to endorse their efforts to partner students seeking funding for their groups with company sponsors.

“Clearly students do not have enough money for their organizations,” Yin said.

Yin also talked about the importance of informing students about their funding options.

"We want student groups to know this is an option for them,” she said.

After amending the legislation to rephrase what the UC would be promoting, the measure passed with broad support.

Kanuparthy spoke after the meeting about the significance of informing undergraduates of the different outlets they can turn to when UC funding does not meet all of their needs.

“I think that we would be shooting ourselves in the foot if we didn’t help students...and providing students with an avenue is crucial,” Kanuparthy said. He added that the UC is only endorsing “directing people to a market.”