Thank you all for the overwhelming support and constructive comments. Thanks to your actions in signing and sharing our petition, we gathered over 2,400 signatures in just 4 DAYS! This has certainly caught the attention of Campus Dining, and they have scheduled a meeting with our BBQ Chairs for this Thursday.
I want to personally thank everyone who reached out to me with possible solutions and words of advice, as I am learning valuable information and considering every possible compromise.
In the meantime, hold on to your hats as we navigate through the proper channels to reach a solution. We want to respect the authority of all campus entities to foster a better relationship for the future of AES. Our first steps are strong, and the folks over at Campus Dining (along with myself) are very optimistic we can find a win-win scenario without the involvement of higher authorities.
Stay tuned for an update later this week, and please continue to share.
-Patrick Stodden, AES President