Minutes – October 23, 2017

Opening:

The meeting of the BPKSA was called to order at 1:30pm by Crystal in the BPK Conference Room. Minimum quorum of 4 executive members reached.

 

In Attendance:

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

Meghan Crombie ……………………………….……………………………………………………. Vice President

Jaskarn Grewal …………………………………………………………………………………………. Treasurer

Emily Chinn.…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Secretary

Nicole Whittle

Katie Smolik

Brittany Wakely

Daniela Pistilli

Aaron Siebenga

Emily Ponton

Emily Chilton

Leo Li

 

Open Issues:

1) Approval of Previous Minutes

  • Meghan motioned to approve the meeting minutes of 2017-10-16. Brittany seconded.
  • Minutes approved unanimously

 

2) Degree Planning Flowcharts

  • Make map interactive – click a class to highlight a single path and show pre-requisites
  • Need to double check prerequisites for each class
  • Email aaron_siebenga@hotmail.com if you would like to help double check pre-requisites

 

3) #XOSFU

  • Student engagement team is trying to start new initiatives, based on success of Going Bananas
  • Cara is looking for volunteers to wear costumes and hand out candy
  • Link to sign up, minimum of 1 hour

 

4) BPK Research Day 2018 Organizing Committee

  • Looking for volunteers to help plan the event
  • Research experience not required
  • Meetings start mid-November; subsequent meetings every 2-3 weeks until mid-March
  • Advertise to students who don’t have experience volunteering in a lab

 

5) Halloween Social Event

  • This Friday, October 27th beginning at 4:30pm
  • Facebook event created
  • We have not heard back from the SFSS about the grant yet
  • We don’t think many people will wear costumes, so we will not have a prize for the best costume

 

6) Brooked Events

  • Sarah would like help selling tickets for their Halloween event
  • We will make a profit on each ticket sold
  • We will send out an email advertising the event after our Halloween social on Friday, with tickets available in the BPK General Office

 

7) Kin Fair

  • Saywell Atrium is booked for Thursday November 16th from 10:30-2:30
  • Contact Ryan Dill to see if we can borrow:
    • Anatomy models
    • Vertical jump
    • Sit and reach
    • Hand grip dynamometers
  • Contact Dan Marigold for:
    • Prism goggles
  • Meghan will look into borrowing a rowing machine
  • Daniela will look into borrowing a noise/vibrations measurement device
  • Emily P and Jaskarn will work on anatomy quiz questions
  • Food
    • Tim Hortons will not offer any discount
    • Need 1-day notice if we have a large order
    • Remind them because they have forgotten orders in the past

 

8) Clothing

  • Sonya created the ECG mountain design with SFU BPK
  • We can apply for a SFSS grant to reduce clothing prices, maximum $200

 

9) BPK Hallway Display Case

  • Clothing
  • Pictures from events
  • BPKSA poster with Facebook cover page logo
  • Upcoming event advertisement

 

10) Molecules and Moustaches

  • Social event put on by the SUS
  • Drinks until 10pm, free food, and DJ in the MBC atrium
  • November 17th 7-12pm
  • Tickets $5 each
  • We will help sell tickets from the BPK General Office
  • SUS has asked each DSU to contribute $50 from core funding – we will not be donating any money to fund the event

 

Motions:

Jaskarn motioned to contribute $20 from the core account to the $200 SFSS grant for BPK clothing. Meghan seconded it. Motion was passed unanimously.

 

Adjournment:

The meeting of the BPKSA was adjourned by Crystal at 2:10pm in the BPK Conference Room. The next meeting will be held on Monday, October 30, 2017 at 1:30pm in the BPK Conference Room.