The deal on devolution and decommissioning is a very good one for unionists and represents a major ideological retreat by Sinn Fein, according to an Ulster Unionist Council member in south Belfast, Mr Alex Kane.
Mr Kane will be voting Yes when the 860-member body meets on Saturday. "Sinn Fein has moved considerably. They have signed up to an internal settlement. This is a very good deal for unionists.
"We have the prospective removal of Articles 2 and 3, a de facto unionist prime minister and the entrenchment of the British presence in Northern Ireland for the foreseeable future."
However, Mr Joe Gaston, a UUC member in North Antrim, said he could not support the deal. "They are saying there will be decommissioning at some stage but they have promised that many times before. I think more lies are being told.
"I wouldn't be too keen on Sinn Fein at the best of times so I certainly wouldn't trust them when they still have guns."
However, Mr James Currie, a UUC member in Ballymena, Co Antrim, said he could accept Sinn Fein in government.
"We have had two world wars, we fought the Germans and the Japanese, yet everyone in Europe works together now. Surely people in the Northern Ireland and the Republic can do the same?
"Sinn Fein fought a war for 30 years and made no territorial advances. They have now accepted that Northern Ireland will remain part of the UK until the majority of people here vote otherwise. Sinn Fein has made promises on decommissioning and I think and hope their word will be their bond."
Ms Anne Lyttle, a UUC member in Garvagh, Co Derry, said the Provisional IRA could not be trusted despite its statement last week. "The UUP and the people of Northern Ireland are being asked to stake their future on a statement signed by `P O'Neill', somebody who doesn't even exist.
"Peter Mandelson is reported to have set a deadline of January 31st for decommissioning . . . but why should we believe that when Tony Blair broke his promises?"
Ms Lyttle expressed concern about "the triumph of style and spin over substance" within the UUP.
Ms Barbara Watson, a UUC member in South Antrim, fully supports the leadership. "David Trimble is a brilliant man. He has intelligence and insight. He is a dynamic and modern-day leader.
"I will definitely be a Yes woman on Saturday. Unionists must be seen to have contributed 110 per cent to peace. If we don't form an executive, it would allow people to blame us for the process failing. If we allow Sinn Fein into government, the onus will be on the IRA to hand over guns."
Mr Peter Brown, a UUC member in North Antrim, said: "I was the election agent in this area in the Assembly poll. In our manifesto we promised that before Sinn Fein got into government there would have to be decommissioning; an end to punishment beatings, rearming and targeting and the return of the bodies of the `disappeared.'
"My name and address appeared on that manifesto so I am inextricably linked to its pledges. I am not a hypocrite. I am a man of my word. I don't feel that voting No will be disloyal to Mr Trimble. Our leader gave me his personal promise that he would not do what he is going to do on Saturday."
Mr James Cooper, a UUC member in Enniskillen, said: "Accepting this deal involves a tactical change of policy but one which will help us deliver our manifesto pledges. Whether we like it or not, letting Sinn Fein into government is the only viable method of achieving decommissioning."
Ms Sarah Cummings, a UUC member in Strangford, Co Down, was against the deal because it did not guarantee decommissioning. She feared that after Saturday's vote the UUP could be irretrievably split. She said many delegates in her area were waiting to see the position adopted by the party's deputy leader, Mr John Taylor, before deciding how to vote.