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Originally Posted by MCHEDDENITE
see i know this is a great idea , i just have a feeliing that after the grand opening and jazz ppl arent gonna go to it as much.... i was hoping these funds can go to upgrading SOLAR
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They are two separate things though; the farmers market is an idea
entirely and 100% the conception of new MSU President and her Presidential Platform. The MSU Is following through with it because the students according to democratic theory elected her on these ideas as opposed to other candidates with different platform ideas.(eg: Another runner up candidate wanted to explore alternative options for MUGSI like Cloud Computing)
The Administration did not come up with the idea so at no point they had any control over whether they should be allocating specific funds to mugsi/solar or a farmers market.
They have allocated $25 Mil over 5 years to upgrading the IT Infrastructure but from what I heard the CIO of Mac actually asked the McMaster Board of Governors for $60 Mil, however presumably because of the financial pitfall of $100 Mil that the university faces they refused that and instead allocated $25. Still trying to confirm the details of this story though so don't take my word for it.
However if you feel that Farmers Market wasn't an adequate use of your tuition fee paid to the MSU and that they should have consulted you or any other forms of student input before creating such initiatives the president Mary Koziol is always willing to listen to input at
[email protected] r.ca Remember it is within your rights to do that!