Minutes – March 23rd, 2021

Opening:

Meeting Minutes Tuesday March 23rd, 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

Josh Ham ……………………………………………………………………………. SFSS Forum Representative

Rose Sheikh-Bahaie ……………………………………………………………….. Promotional Coordinator

Sana Mohammadi Sarband ……………………………………………………………. DSU Representative

Simran Prashar

Richelle Carter

Kashish Mehta

Anastasia Pavlenkova

Sherilyn Chung

Open Issues:

1) Approval of Previous Minutes
– Simran P motioned, Richelle Seconded. Minutes approved unanimously.

2) March Madness:

  • 13 people submitted; 3 did all 5 days. Rose will get the list of winners and what theywon, she will ask winners for their emails or mailing address, so Ben can send them the

    gifts.

  • In the future we can pursue this event/ challenge again when we go back in person butnot in March, fall instead since March will be devoted to Kin Cup.

    3) Princeton Review MMI session:

  • To take place on, April 1st at 5:00pmo Princeton review will handle the sign up themselves
  • We need at least 15 people
  • Maddy and Rose will signal boost the event

4) P/F credit:

  • BPK will not be extending it to other courses, neither will other programs in the facultyof science
    o They are following instructions from University.
    o Most departments are not extending it beyond electives.
  • Not extending it because it will inflate grades for grad school, it makes it harder for them to evaluate the “readiness to move on”.
  • Elective grade system will last from spring 2021 to Fall 2021, additional information can be found on the SFU website.
  • We will wait and see how this plays out this semester.5) Year End Party:
  • Check-in with faculty: 4 people picked 29th and three people picked 4th of April. Most did not have a preference. We will proceed with April 29th.
  • Using Spatial chat, might submit a grant to be able to get an account for the BPKSA. o Ben will look into whether we need to get our own account or borrow fromResearch day.
  • For food reimbursements, aiming to get $20 for around 50 individuals (may not befeasible)
    o Might get some from grant and some from our own funding
  • Using $50 for prizing from grant money or core funding.
  • Not motioning for the grant yet because we need to figure out all of the financialchoices yet

    6)SFSS Updates:

• SFU Black caucus rejected the Mackay report on the Dec 11 dining hall incident

o Council supported the letter in response to the report by the Black Caucus o Josh abstained
o https://docs.google.com/document/d/16LBWOIbbNwhgwhS39Sxbu-

OvmKRa7re-1WtNqWQf3FU/edit

o https://www.sfu.ca/content/dam/sfu/pres/statements/SFU%20Report%20(Sum mary).pdf

o Wewilldiscussfurtherunanimouslyduringthenextmeeting • We’re giving a list of new execs to Thomas

Motions: None

Adjournment:

The meeting of the BPKSA was adjourned by Ben at 4:30pm in the BPK Virtual Zoom Meeting. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 3:30 pm on Zoom (link will be distributed via email prior to the meeting).