Minutes – July 29th, 2021

Opening:

Meeting Minutes Thursday, July 29th, 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

Richelle Carter ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Treasurer

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

Kashish Mehta …………………………………………………………………… SFSS Council Representative

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

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

Open Issues:

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

Minutes approved unanimously.

2) SUS’ Declassified School Survival Event – Event Layout – Current schedule:

o Aug23–27
o 10am – 12 pm Morning Session o 12 – 1pm Lunch break
o Afternoon session 1-3pm

– Member Participation
o With the current schedule it seems BPKSA members may not be able to host –

we’ll have to check on this
▪ It may be necessary to change the structure of the event if not BPKSA

members can host – Finalize Activity

– When can we sign up for time slots? Are all time slots happening in the same day? o We’ll have to look into answering these questions

3) BPK 101
– Event planning with Peer Mentorship and BNSS

  • –  In person events of 25 people maximum are allowed now
    o To be on the safe side, we will hold the event online so that we can include more

    people

  • –  Tentative timing: 6:30-8pm
  • –  Date: Thursday, September 16
  • –  Tentative Schedule:

    o Start of event: Icebreakers, chatting, time for people to arrive ▪ Possible icebreakers:

    • 2 truths and a lie
    • Common ground

o Possible activities:

  • ▪  Trivia (pop culture, etc.)
  • ▪  Scavenger hunt
  • ▪  Escape room
  • ▪  Intro to BPKSA/BPKPM/BNSS
  • ▪  5 minute presentation by Darleen on Co-Op?
  • ▪  Q&A with profs (Ie. Diana Bedoya, Leanna Ramer, Dr. Walsh) (or even

    TAs)

• This would take place near the end of the event

– Tentative Budget:
o $50for5x$10giftcards

o We could use $200-300 for BPK101 depending on other events and grants we could get

o Another possible option: 4x$25 gift cards (so $100 budget and no grant) ▪ This is what we will go with.

– Advertising:
o Use Eventbrite for attendees
o Reach out to BPK142 prof (Dr. Carter) and ask if he can send out his

4) SFSS/DSU/SUS Updates – SFSS:

o We can have 25 people in-person event until 23rd of August
o Issues policy change in favor of Open educational resources. SFSS supports OER

and looking for ways to incentivize professors who adopt OER.
o SFSS is against expensive textbooks and other materials that are not specified in

the outline, or other educational barriers that are created by expensive course

material.
o Do we have an update from the Chair yet?

▪ Next steps are to ask the chair to send out this google form to all BPK profs:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbBaFEOfVJX0gYkSX8_yQR TKRvCu7iqDOOar_aVisH4qzQZg/viewform?usp=sf_link

5) Miscellaneous:
– Details from meeting with Thomas (Science Student Engagement Coordinator)

Motions:

None.

Adjournment:

The meeting of the BPKSA was adjourned by Simran at 7:35 pm in the BPK Virtual Zoom Meeting. The next meeting will be held on Zoom on August 5th at 6:30pm (link will be distributed via email prior to the meeting).