Minutes – July 23, 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

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

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

Riley Welyk

 

Open Issues:

1) Approval of Previous Minutes

  • Nicole motioned to approve the meeting minutes of 2018-07-16. Riley seconded. Minutes approved unanimously

 

2) BPKSA Retreat

  • camping at Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park July 27-29th
  • fill out the google doc so we know who’s going:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l4AefVizFG1HvbtgXYfHKKyvp6LX70DXbwCb1W7oBEo/edit?usp=sharing

 

3) #XOSFU Card Decoration

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

 

4) DSU Meeting Recap

  • Discord
    • A program used to communicate and coordinate with other science student unions
  • We can ask Diane for science swag

 

5) BPK 101

  • sometime in September for 1-2 hours
  • Peer Mentorship Meet & Greet will the afternoon of August 31st or September 1st. They’re keeping with the same activities as last year (icebreakers, scavenger hunt) and are asking us to donate prizes
  • once we pick a date, we will see if we can use the anatomy lab and ask Brent Flodin and Diana Bedoya to be speakers
  • BPKSA member intro (15min) to discuss things to do and get involved in around campus during first year
  • icebreakers: introducing everyone (15 min) -> interesting fact about each person, human knot game (15 min), BPK/anatomy questions and models
  • Prof & TA speakers (20min)
  • have food and swag bags
    • Could go and get some of the science swag from Diane and possible order some BPK merch too
      • About $160 for 80 draw bags
      • $207 for 300 click pens
      • $217 for 150 round stress balls or $208 for 150 heart stress balls
      • $230 for 200 for ruler with sticky notes
      • Lanyards or keychains

 

Adjournment:

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