Minutes – September 24th, 2018

Opening:

The meeting of the BPKSA was called to order at 11:40pm by Crystal in the BPK Conference Room. Minimum quorum of 4 executive members reached.

 

In Attendance:

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

Riley Welyk ……….……………………………….……………………………………………………. Vice President

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

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

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

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

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

Daniela Pistilli

Ben Chang

Daxton Chan

 

 

Open Issues:

1) Approval of Previous Minutes

  • Jaskarn motioned to approve the meeting minutes of 2018-09-24. Nicole seconded. Minutes approved unanimously

 

2) Elections

  • Elections were held for all open exec position. All nominations for exec members were passed unanimously.

 

3) Terry Fox Run

  • this Friday, Sept 28th in Convo Mall at 12:30pm
  • if we want to either sign up for the event with the BPK department team or help out with the event, feel free to do so

 

4) October Social

  • Wings Coquitlam at 5:30pm, on Friday Oct 19th
  • Will put in a grant for the event
    • Will need to put up posters and post on social media for advertising. Also need to email the profs to advertise the event
    • Will need to do this ASAP

 

5) Concussion Legacy Foundation

  • has emailed us asking for an update on how things are going
    • BNS said that they might be interested at some point
  • They want a list of people who are interested in presenting into the communities, so that they can properly train the presenters
    • Not sure if there’s enough people to make a dedicated club like the other school out in Eastern Canada
    • There are people interested in the program, so we might consider it at a later date

 

6) Science DSU Meeting

  • this Wednesday, Sept 26th from 10:30am-12pm in TASC 2 9705
  • discuss science faculty events and issues around the science department

 

7) Fall Clothing Sale

  • mountain and regular ECG designs on hoodies and crewnecks
    • possibly include toques and windbreakers
    • only doing men’s dry fit – it’ll be unisex
  • possibly first or second week of October to place orders
    • Mon Oct 1st – 10:30-1:30, Katie and Riley
    • Tuesday Oct 2 – 10:30-1:30, Emily B and Emily P
    • Wednesday Oct 3 – 10:30 – 1:30, Katie, Jaskarn, Riley, Ben, Nicole
  • Clothing price sheet:
    • They can either buy clothes on the spot or try and get them to pay when they order
      • If they can’t pay when they order, they can drop it off in the BPKSA box by the office

 

8) SFU & SFSS Concerns

  • Alam has asked everyone to send in any concerns about SFU and SFSS, the issues can sent in from the BPKSA or as individuals
    • slow grant process
    • catering
    • communication of changes between SFSS and clubs
  • The SFSS will be having a conversation about the difficulties student groups face and their ultimate goal is to create a formal letter addressing these concerns and action items moving forward

 

9) Careers in BPK 

  • Wednesday January 23rd (tentatively)
    • Can’t book it until Nov 3rd and we’re limited for space booking
  • what careers do we want as speakers?
    • Medicine and physio
    • OT
    • Ergonomics
    • Pedorthis/ orthotics – Kintec
    • Dietician, etc…
    • Some people have expressed interest in presenting

 

Adjournment:

The meeting of the BPKSA was adjourned by Crystal at 12:20pm in the BPK Conference Room. The next meeting will be held on Monday, October 1st, 2018 at 11:30pm in the BPK Conference Room.