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Originally Posted by Infinity
SRA won't do jack squat. They give false promises and false dreams and hopes. You really think they have the power to change the mcmaster 12 point GPA scale, and make mcmaster change Elm and do a complete overhaul of mugsi?
keep dreaming.
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Wow...Harsh.
Though I do agree some of the campaign promises I've seen are misguided and not that easy to realize, you have to think about it from the perspective of the SRA member. Most of them don't know how gets stuff done and what the limits of the SRA are when they run; having said that its unfair to accuse everyone of the same thing.
I've said earlier on in the thread, that issues like these are unrealistic for the SRA to do anything even if they attempted. Heck, even the president can't do anything because the instructor has made it clear what her requirements were and how the class average is at a 79!
We can ONLY lobby if there is a breach of McMaster senate policies or faculty constitutions, if you can point out which policy the Professor was breaking in this instance I would myself be happy to take this issue on.
If I am to use an analogy here: We aren't godfathers who will get you what you want(11's and 12's when the course average is 79%), at best we can act like your legal counsel. But hypothetically a legal counsel is useless when there is NO law being broken.
As for the GPA system I called the member on a Insiders thread who had that as a part of his platform(Richard Cioci) during election, saying the 12 point system doesn't really have all that many faults with it and Mac is unlikely to change it anytime soon. His reply was that the presence of 12 point system on his posters implies that "He wants to raise awareness that the University Affairs committee of the SRA is
looking into this issue".
As for Elm, what most people don't know is that ELM wasn't created by or had anything to do with UTS. UTS was supposed to make elm, but then they were unsure whether they can do it so the University gave the contract to an outside company. The outside company bailed close to the start of the school year and UTS had to step in and clean the mess up and actually learn how the outside company made the whole thing and troubleshoot. Can you please elaborate what the role of the SRA is in this instance?
Lastly, the MUGSI issue is something I had as a part of my platform since I had already been
researching it over the summer and one thing I have been telling people over and over is that according to Registrars office it would cost us $20-25 Million to upgrade the hardware; hence with Mac facing a massive $60 mil budget deficiet that looks unrealisitic.
Hence I'm looking at a more realistic software upgrade approach to it and that would be part of a offiical Lobbying Policy. The Board of Directors then would take the policy and be bound to lobby the registrars office for implementing these changes. I can't just walk into the UTS office and demand changes, it all has to go through meticulous steps where I as an SRA member have limited autonomy.
The reason for this rant is that I humbly hope you understand the limits and role of the SRA members. I know people mislead constituents like you during elections to gain votes by making grandstanding claims and that is one of the reasons why the SRA faces so much criticisms, people are unclear as to what their role is! :(