Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology Students Association
Meeting Minutes
Opening:
The meeting of the BPKSA was called to order by Loryn at 12:30 pm in the BPK Conference Room.
In Attendance:
Loryn, Ashly, Josh, Sam, Ran, Matt, Garveen, Sabrina, Erina, Steven M, Darleen, Megan, Steven O, Deepak, Kirstin,
Open Issues
Fortius
-going to be doing baseline concussion testing and are in need of volunteers
-previous experience with motion capture can be as asset
-ideal for Kinesiology Masters student or a Biomedical Physiology or Biomechanics student
-Darleen will email out more information
-if you are interested, let Darleen know
Career Night
-Update from Sabrina:
-swag bags that are to be given to the speakers are ready to go and done
-draw prizes for the raffle include: a notebook + a School of Kinesiology coffee mug, FIFA 2014 video games (XBOX and PS3), coffee tumbler + notebook, 3 gifts the exhibitors bring
-brochures will be printed out and ready for tomorrow
-Lots of people are coming out to the career event; Cheri would like us to give up $200 from core for more food
-Loryn motioned to give $200 for food from core. Ashly seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved.
-Darleen has raffle tickets for the people setting up and doing registration; name tags are in the storage
-will need raffle tickets and name tags at the registration table
-Loryn will put everything that is needed for the registration table in Darleen’s office,
therefore make sure to grab everything from here if you’re doing set up
-Execs can drop their stuff off in co-op office and seminar room
-Lab Tours
-Parham & Josh have volunteered as backup tour leaders if Shaila or Jake cannot make it
-Sabrina will get a list of lab tour attendees
-Erina has the maps done; make sure to post the maps appropriately tomorrow
-we will also be selling clothing at the event
-if you have any questions regarding anything, email Loryn at lbohne@sfu.ca
-EXECUTIVES: MAKE SURE TO WEAR YOUR BPK CLOTHING
Research Day
-will be held in March
-Matt Lloyd (Graduate Students Association President) has asked us if we are able to allocate $300 for the event
the GSA is also allocating $300 for food and drinks
-will be allocating $50 from core and $250 from the grant; Josh will come up with the grant proposal for this
-Loryn made a motion to allocate $300 to go towards Research Day. Garveen seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved
Clothing
-Josh sent a link for the crew neck design to Loryn; will be American Apparel; classic style, grey in colour
-Sam will ask Ty to get in the design for the lungs as soon as possible
-this year, we will be ordering T-shirts, crewnecks, hoodies
–Idea: instead of ordering in advance, have people fill out an order form and pay up front and then send the orders in
-we decided to cut out sweatpants this year and instead order dry fit shirts; Josh will look into dry fit shirts and get back to us next week
-If the order is given in before the reading break, we could possibly get the clothing delivered before finals
SUS meeting
-Deepak & Loryn attended the SUS meeting from last week and reported back on what was discussed at the meeting
-the meetings are open to everyone; in the future Loryn will send out email reminders
-meetings do happen biweekly; Wednesday nights at 6:30 pm
-they mainly discussed recruiting people, social events, having a Faculty of Science wide career night, doing a Science Journal
-also how to define the SUS and what they want it to do
-In the summer, they want to work on a mentorship program
-any questions regarding SUS, contact Deepak
Geek Week
-Geek Week is next week from Monday – Friday; Wednesday seems to work well for everyone to set up a table
-great opportunity to expose first years and undeclared science majors to BPK
-will also provide a good chance to recruit new BPKSA members
-we would be donating $30 from core, $270 from grant money
-money will be going towards food & t-shirts
-Loryn made the motion to allocate $30 from core and a $270 grant for Geek Week. Steven seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved.
-will have a force plate (height) and a star trace at the table
-Megan is in BPK 407 and will talk to Craig about the Star Trace
-Steven will deal with the force plate
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned by Loryn at 1:20 pm in the BPK Conference Room. The next meeting of the BPKSA will be held on Monday, January 26, 2015 in the BPK Conference Room at 12:30 pm.