Minutes – August 5th, 2021

Opening:

Meeting Minutes Thursday, August 5th, 2021

The meeting of the BPKSA was called to order at 6:30pm by Simran in a Zoom Virtual Meeting. Minimum quorum of 4 executive members reached.

In Attendance:

Simran Prashar ………………………………………………………………………………………………. President

Josh Ham …………………………………………………………………………………………………. Vice President

Emily Boyco …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Secretory

Dawnie Ho ………………………………………………………………………………………. DSU representative

Jessie Shen ………………………………………………………………………………………. SUS Representative

Jyotnoor Kanwar …………………………………………………………………………… BNSS Representative

Open Issues:

1) Approval of Previous Minutes
– Josh motioned to approve the meeting minutes of 2021-07-29. Dawnie seconded.

Minutes approved unanimously.

2) SUS Updates

  • –  Declassified School Survival Event

    o The BPKSA’s contribution will take place August 25th from 6-8pm

  • –  Common Room Campaign letter was signed on behalf of the BPKSA

    3) BPK 101

  • –  Date: Thursday, September 16
  • –  Will be held over zoom

– Finalize tentative event schedule

o Activities:

▪ Intro
▪ Darlene’s Co-Op presentation ▪ Ice breakers:

▪ Trivia

  • 2 truths and a lie
  • Common Ground

• Pop-culture or BPK-themed?

▪ Scavenger hunt

– Volunteers needed to run activities

o We’ll go with pop-culture or another general knowledge theme

  • Approximately 30mins
  • Groups of ~5 people
  • Winning group members would win $10 gift cards each

o BPK peer mentors will help with this

– Raffle:

o 4 $25 gift cards will be available to win

– Budget:

o We will apply for a grant instead of funding fully from core

– Advertisement

o WewilltrytoincreaseengagementonFacebook

▪ Also Instagram

o Eventbrite
o We will also send an email to the bpk undergrad email list
o We will contact BPK142 prof (Dr. Carter) to see if he can make an announcement

to his class about the event

– Motion to approve grant for BPK 101

4) Clothing Sales

  • –  Designs for clothing

    o We will consider switching out the heart T-shirt design for a new/different design

  • –  Clothing Sales will take place online in Fall semester

    5) BPKSA 2021/22 Timeline

– What are our goals moving forward?

o Send out clothing sale order form in September o Trivia or games night in September
o October:

▪ Halloween event – for example BPCarve

▪ Start Careers Night Planning o November:

▪ Kin Week
• Kinformation session – by BCAK • OzTREKK

o We will need to contact them to see how an online event would work

• Snacks in the Longue (Cookie Break)

  • –  BCAK Sponsorship
  • –  Volunteers needed to help run the clothing sales
  • –  Survey will go out in September

o This year we may be able to offer individually packed snacks

  • Free Climbing wall (maximum 15 people) + social
    o We’ll have to see if the climbing wall is open, etc.

    o December:
    ▪ Ideas:

  • Study Group Event
    o Otherstudentspresenttoanswerquestions

    o January:
    ▪ Clubs Day

    ▪ In-person meetings on campus?

    ▪ Start Kin Cup planning

  • –  Planning for future events (either virtual, in-person or mix)
  • –  First Year Representative Election

    o We will attempt to promote this position to first years

    5) SFSS/DSU/SUS Updates:

  • –  Details from meeting with Thomas (Science Student Engagement Coordinator)
  • –  BPK Chair’s Response to Accessible Learning in the Fall

o TheBPKdepartmenthasalreadynotifiedthedepartmentrequestingthatthey offer recordings

o The majority of BPK professors are on board to record lectures – Anymore updates?

5) Miscellaneous:
– Any comments, questions or concerns

Motions:

Josh motioned to approve $15 from core toward funding for the BPK 101 Grant of $150. Donnie seconded.

Adjournment:

The meeting of the BPKSA was adjourned by Simran at 7:24 pm in the BPK Virtual Zoom Meeting. The next meeting will be held on Zoom next semester on a date to be announced (link will be distributed via email prior to the meeting).