Minutes – July 16, 2018

Opening:

The meeting of the BPKSA was called to order at 12:30pm by Crystal in the BPK Conference Room. Minimum quorum of 4 executive members reached.

 

In Attendance:

Crystal Lefebvre ……….……………………………………………………………………………………. President

Emily Ponton .………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Secretary

Bader Al-Zeer …………………………………………………….…………. Bif Department Representative

Nicole Whittle .……………………………………………………………… Kin Department Representative

Emily Boyco ………………………………………………………….………………… External Relations Officer

Arshpreet Grewal

Riley Welyk

 

Open Issues:

1) Approval of Previous Minutes

  • Riley motioned to approve the meeting minutes of 2018-07-09. Nicole seconded. Minutes approved unanimously.

 

2) BPKSA Retreat

 

3) Science DSU Meeting

  • Wednesday, July 18 at 10:30am in TASC 2 9705
  • Kathryn White (Manager, Academic Programs) And Diane Mar-Nicolle (Communications Officer) will be attending as guests
  • Nicole to represent BPK at the meeting

 

5) BPK 101

  • We still need pick a date in the Fall, but we’re waiting until after course enrollment to see who from the BPKSA can go to the event
    • Also email BPK 142 prof to figure out if there are labs first week or not

 

  • previous BPK 101 event
    • icebreakers in the old anatomy lab
    • profs and BPKSA members talked to new students and answered questions
  • have faculty and undergrad students talk to the new students
    • can have BPKSA members represent undergrads
    • can ask several profs and TAs at a later date once we establish an event date
    • possibly see if we can tour a lab?
  • have event for 1-2 hours
    • BPKSA member intro (15min)
      • Things to do and get involved in around campus during first year
    • Profs (20min)
    • icebreakers
      • introducing everyone (15 min) -> interesting fact about each person, etc.
      • human knot game (15 min)
    • BPK/anatomy questions and models – anatomy lab?
  • possibly have food and swag bags

 

4) #XOSFU Card Decoration

  • during the meeting we’ll decorate cards that will be given to incoming students

 

Motions:

Arshpreet motioned to reimburse Jaskarn $300 for the Summer Kin Cup field rental from Grant #910. Nicole seconded it. Motion passed unanimously.

 

Adjournment:

The meeting of the BPKSA was adjourned by Crystal at 1:20pm in the BPK Conference Room. The next meeting will be held on Monday, July 23, 2018 at 12:30pm in the BPK Conference Room.