What happened to the new GMAIL emailing system???
06-18-2011 at 10:48 AM
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What happened to the new GMAIL emailing system???
so weren't we supposed to shift from MUSS CIS to GMAIL in the summers???? wasn't there a huge vote on that? what happens now? if the transfer happens in the winter term , its going to suck....
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06-18-2011 at 10:54 AM
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McMaster keeps stealing my money ... sigh
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06-18-2011 at 11:17 AM
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Apparently 'before the first years start'. -.-
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06-20-2011 at 06:51 AM
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Apparently 'before the first years start'. -.-
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wait. so they're going to start it in september? wtf? no test runs like with avenue? they said they were going to pilot it in the summers..... |
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06-20-2011 at 06:57 AM
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Lol @ believing what McMaster tells you.
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06-20-2011 at 07:36 AM
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wait. so they're going to start it in september? wtf? no test runs like with avenue? they said they were going to pilot it in the summers.....
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I remember reading something like the first years not seeing the old system at all and debuting with the new system first, and then the other students being moved to it, but I don't know. :/ I realize the move might not be easy, but they shouldn't keep moving the deadline - just give one sufficiently far away and if you manage to finish the project earlier, you get extra credit for being ahead of time.  |
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06-20-2011 at 07:43 AM
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The move is easy , the politics are horrendous.
That's all I can really say for now
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06-20-2011 at 08:02 AM
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F*ck the politics, this sh*t ain't no white house.
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06-20-2011 at 08:28 AM
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I have a feeling that once (if) this new system goes live, I wont even notice the difference....
my mail redirects to my gmail..
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06-20-2011 at 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by RyanC
I have a feeling that once (if) this new system goes live, I wont even notice the difference....
my mail redirects to my gmail..
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Me too. I re-direct everything to one email anyway, so it doesn't really make a difference to me. It just sucks that it's taking so long for them to make the switch.
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06-20-2011 at 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Faer
I remember reading something like the first years not seeing the old system at all and debuting with the new system first, and then the other students being moved to it, but I don't know. :/ I realize the move might not be easy, but they shouldn't keep moving the deadline - just give one sufficiently far away and if you manage to finish the project earlier, you get extra credit for being ahead of time. |
Agreed, that's the most annoying part. I believe we were originally told it would be switched over "by Reading Week 2011". |
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06-20-2011 at 12:40 PM
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Agreed, that's the most annoying part. I believe we were originally told it would be switched over "by Reading Week 2011".
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Indeed, it was supposed to be by then. That's when I picked up an issue of the Silhouette or something and there was something by MDL that said that it was supposed to be implemented by the end of Reading Week, but then they were testing things out and the new date was May 30. Then they changed that to (probably) around beginning of September or something, I believe. |
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06-20-2011 at 01:58 PM
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Every time we ask about the switch date, McMaster delays it another 3 months.
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06-27-2011 at 11:20 PM
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thanks for the info guys. i just hope its done before the fall/winter session starts
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06-28-2011 at 09:14 PM
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From the last communication from the University it's slated to be started in September. The actual implementation doesn't take more then a few days or a week it's the legal hassling that has taken this project such a long time, McMaster's purchasing department lawyer's and Google are going back and forth about legal issues and the last I heard there was one last issue with a provincial privacy law. If McMaster was situated in USA this project would have been implemented well before Reading Week even, however the legislation and Government and University bureaucracy is much more complex in Canada.
But September does seem to be a very plausible start up date and makes sense given the start of the academic year as opposed to the summer.
And Noor this system isn't going to cost you or McMaster much of anything, the actual service is free of charge and it'll only cost the University a comparatively small amount of money to switch over
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