Minutes – October 30, 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

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

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

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

Ningning Cheung …………………………………………………………………. SFSS Forum Representative

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

Brandon Lin ……………………………………………………………………………. Promotional Coordinator

Leo Li

Nicole Whittle

Daniela Pistilli

Emily Ponton

Emily Chilton

 

Open Issues:

1) Approval of Previous Minutes

  • Ningning motioned to approve the meeting minutes of 2017-10-23. Emily P seconded.
  • Minutes approved unanimously

 

2) SFSS Meeting

  • Vote to keep UPass at the same rate
  • Feedback on budget – same, increase, or decrease spending on each item
  • Exam/class cancellations due to snow
  • Survey will be emailed

 

3) Halloween Social

  • Maximum 30 people at one time, 55 people total
  • Facebook advertised 1 drink for the first 40 people, free appetizers for everyone
  • For future events, make it clear that orders must go through us
  • Lots of first years, unfamiliar faces, and friends of BPK students
  • More BNS than BPK

 

4) PSU Trivia Night

  • Same day as Kin Fair, November 16th, so we will not be collaborating with them for this event
  • We will do our own Trivia Night in the spring semester
  • Faculty of Science is thinking about doing a science-wide trivia night – departments compete against each other

 

5) Clothing

  • Outcome of survey – what type of clothing, clothing quality of Gildan vs American Apparel, old BPK logo vs mountains logo
    • 169 responses
    • 3 most popular: pullover hoodie, crewneck, dri-fit tshirt
    • 74% of people didn’t mind the quality of Gildan
    • Mountain logo was well liked
    • No original design submissions
  • Start pre-orders next week
    • Pullover hoodie, crewneck, dri-fit, toque
    • ECG logo will be screen printed
    • Mountains logo will be embroidered
    • ECG: navy, grey, black
    • Mountains: red, forest green, navy, grey, black
    • Dri-fit: black, grey
    • Toques: grey/blue, grey/red
  • BCAK sponsorship
    • 5cm or larger, any location is fine
    • $500 for 50-75 units of clothing
    • One colour logo is okay
    • We will wait to do this until the spring semester clothing sale, as we want to get clothing order forms out as soon as possible
  • Doodle poll will be sent out for availability on Wednesday November 8th and Thursday November 9th to collect clothing order forms

 

 

Motions:

Jaskarn motioned to contribute $15 from the core account to the $150 SFSS grant for Kin Fair. Ningning seconded it. Motion was passed unanimously.

 

Adjournment:

The meeting of the BPKSA was adjourned by Crystal at 2:20pm in the BPK Conference Room. The next meeting will be held on Monday, November 6, 2017 at 1:30pm in the BPK Conference Room.