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 morepeople
- – 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).