Opening:
Meeting Minutes Tuesday April 13th, 2021
The meeting of the BPKSA was called to order at 3:30pm by Ben in Zoom Virtual Meeting. Minimum quorum of 4 executive members reached.
In Attendance:
Ben Chang ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. President
Nicole Whittle ………………………………………………………………. Kin Department Representative
Galvin Huen ………………………………………………………………….. Bif Department Representative
Josh Ham …………………………………………………………………………….. SFSS Forum Representative
Emily Boyco ………………………………………………………… External Relations Officer & Secretory
Rose Sheikh-Bahaie ………………………………………………………………… Promotional Coordinator
Sana Mohammadi Sarband …………………………………………………………….. DSU Representative
Simran Prashar
Sarra Pirmohamed
Richelle Carter
Sherilyn Chung
Kashish Mehta
Jordan Scott
Open Issues:
1) Approval of Previous Minutes
– Simran motioned to approve the meeting minutes of 2021-04-06. Nicole seconded.
Minutes approved unanimously.
2) SFSS Council Motions:
– SFU Black Caucus Statement & BPKSA Response
o The BPKSA has decided on some edits to the rough draft of the BPKSA’s statement
o Ben will reach out to other science DSUs for their opinion of the BPKSA making a statement before the final statement is released
– Council Renumeration Proposal
o The BPKSA discussed concerns about accountability and where the money for
the pay raise would be coming from.
o If Josh feels there is enough discussion of future reform and accountability, the BPKSA would like him to vote in favor. If not, the BPKSA would like him to vote against.
3) Year End Party:
– Grant has been approved to cover $15 in food per person – advertise reimbursement for
food for first 25 people
o The BPKSA will cover $20/person for food costs (for up to 25 people) by
contributing an additional $5 per person from core
o Those who are reimbursed for food will need to fill in their info and provide their
receipt on a Google Form. They will then receive an etransfer later.
- – Continue to push advertising
- – Nicole has obtained Spatial Chat for the event as well
o Thus, there is no cost to the BPKSA for using Spatial Chat - – Will add to Weekly Digest, get event sent out to faculty
- – Schedule:
- – Finalize Event/Schedule, prizingo 6-6:05:Welcoming
o 6-6:25: Two Truths and a Lie- ▪ We would like to split people into smaller groups for this (assuming enough people attend)
- ▪ Then, we would like to have each group nominate someone to share their 2 truths and a lie to the entire groupo Trivia
- ▪ Richelle and Nicole will work on this & run it on the day of the evento Object Scavenger Hunt
▪ Kashish and Sherilyn will work on this & run it on the day of the event4) SUS/DSU/SFSS Updates:
– n/a
5) Miscellaneous: – n/a
Motions:
none.
Adjournment:
The meeting of the BPKSA was adjourned by Ben at 4:39pm in the BPK Virtual Zoom Meeting. The next meeting will be held on Zoom on a date to be announced (link will be distributed via email prior to the meeting).