Minutes – September 17th, 2018

Opening:

The meeting of the BPKSA was called to order at 11:30pm by Crystal in the BPK Conference Room. Minimum quorum of 4 executive members reached.

 

In Attendance:

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

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

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

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

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

Katie Smolik ……………………………………………………………………………. Promotional Coordinator

Nicole Yoo ..…………………………………………………………………… BPK Communications Assistant

Darleen Bemister ……….……………….………………….………………… BPK Co-op Program Manager

Kati Gorbachyova ….………………………………………………………………… OzTREKK Representative

Riley Welyk

Chiara Piccolo

Daniel Ciarniello

Daxton Chan

Ben Chang

 

Open Issues:

1) Approval of Previous Minutes

  • Jaskarn motioned to approve the meeting minutes of 2018-09-10. Ben seconded. Minutes approved unanimously

 

2) OzTREKK

  • Kati, the OzTREKK representative, came to meet everyone and discuss how we can work together in the upcoming year
  • Wings night and Career Night in Jan
  • Might possibly do an OzTREKK trivia night again this year (around early Nov or Jan) to have like an info night/social for people to find out more about OzTREKK and schools in Australia
  • They’ll be on campus throughout the semester, can pop by their booth for more information or the BPK office for pamphlets

 

3) BPK 101

  • This year we had 6 people attend the event
  • We didn’t do class presentations this time around, so we should do this for the next time around
    • We also did it in the middle in the afternoon, when some people had classes (BPK 142 had classes the first week this semester, which they didn’t traditionally do)
    • Also didn’t get as many emails this time around about the events going on in the department earlier in the semester
  • Next time, we can try picking out a date and sending emails sooner so more people know about it
  • See if we can advertise in BPK 142 lecture, see if we can get Ryan and other profs to advertise the events

 

4) Welcome BBQ Kickoff

10:30am-11:30am Students will meet outside the BPK Main Office K9625 and we’ll walk them over to the Cardiac Lab for a tour

11:30am-11:45am walk over to SFU Fitness Centre

11:45am-12:15pm Tour of SFU Rec and Physio

12:15pm-12:30pm Walk to the BPK Courtyard

12:30pm-2pm BBQ ,$4 donation to Terry Fox  Foundation for the lunch

  • advertise in BPK 142 class Tues 8:30-10:30am
  • make Facebook posts and I’ll send a reminder email to the undergrads
    • we can share the event on FB to get more advertising out there (BPK department group, SFU 2018)
  • Lab tours for future events:
    • we can make tab tours a separate event
    • can also tie it with a food component or a social to try and get more people out

 

5) Wings Night

  • Wednesday October 17th OR Friday October 19th or 26th at 5:30pm
    • Will send out a poll at a later date to see which date works better

 

6) Clothing Sales

  • clothing ideas:
    • both the old and newer hoodie design in crew neck and hoodies
    • windbreakers
  • should try and start orders in October so we can get them in time for the semester

 

7) Elections

  • we’ll have elections at the meeting next Monday Sept 24th

 

Adjournment:

The meeting of the BPKSA was adjourned by Crystal at 12:30pm in the BPK Conference Room. The next meeting will be held on Monday, September 24, 2018 at 11:30pm in the BPK Conference Room.