Minutes – June 23, 2017

Opening:

The meeting of the BPKSA was called to order at 11:30am by Crystal in the BPK Conference Room.

 

In Attendance:

Crystal, Jaskarn, Emily C, Ningning, Leo, Emily B, Alam

 

Open Issues:

1) SFU Passion Club

-Ignite Your Passion Conference 2017

-Early bird tickets $15 (pay before June 30)

-Regular tickets $25, at the door $30

-6 Speakers including Angela Brooks-Wilson, director of Health and Counselling

-Asked us to advertise conference in an email to BPK undergrad students

-Event largely unrelated to BPK

-Decided against email, want to keep promotion about BPK

-Will put blurb in Weekly Digest – speak to Sonya about this

 

2) Travel Funding/Kin Games

-In the past, we have contributed $1200 for travel funding

-Will wait until we receive funding in Fall to make a decision

 

3) BPK Course Planning Flowcharts

-Flow chart is still confusing and intimidating – would not stop to look at this if displayed in the hallway

-May be good for identify pre-requisites for courses they want to take later

-Not good for planning which courses necessary to graduate

-Addition of colour is good

 

4) Summer Kin Cup

-Richard has not confirmed July 5th with faculty members

-Assuming proposed date is okay

-SFU Rec deadline to book is approaching

-Emily B will book field for Summer Kin Cup Wednesday July 5th from 7:30-9:30pm

-Classroom presentations – ideally start next week

-BPK 110 (Diana Bedoya): Tu 8:30 SWH10041                                              Crystal

-BPK 140 (Nadine Wicks): Fri 12:30 SWH10041                                            Emily B

-BPK 142 (Jim Carter): Thurs 8:30 RCB8100                                                  Crystal

-BPK 241 (Kevin Lunnie): Tues 8:30 AQ3003                                                  Jaskarn

-BPK 303 (Richard Ward): Mon 10:30 BLU10931                                          Crystal

-BPK 304 (Richard Ward): Tues 8:30 AQ3005

-BPK 326 (Leanne Ramer): Mon 9:30 AQ5037, Wed 9:30 SWH10051          Crystal

-BPK 340 (Diana Bedoya): Tues 11:30 AQ 5037                                             Crystal

-BPK 343 (Carmen Bott): Tues 2:30 AQ5037                                                 Leo

-BPK 407 (Jim Carter): Tues 12:30 K8654, Tues 5:30 K8654                          Ning

-BPK 431 (Miriam Roisin): Thurs 2:30 RCB8100                                            Ning

-BPK 481 (Stephen Brown): Wed 1:30 WMC2503, Fri 12:30 WMC 2503      Jaskarn

 

5) BPK 101

-Scavenger hunt team icebreakers

-Newspaper

-Baes and taxis – switch partners often

-Human knot

 

6) BPK Welcome BBQ Kickoff

-Bingo questions

-Will not contact labs until mid-August

-Survival guide pamphlet revisions

-High school compared to university

-Facts about professors/TAs

 

7) Upcoming Dates

-Friday Sept 15th: BPK 101

-Thurs Sept 21st: BBQ

-Friday Sept 29th: Terry Fox

 

Adjournment:

The meeting of the BPKSA was adjourned by Crystal at 12:20pm in the BPK Conference Room. The next meeting will be held on Friday, June 30, 2017 at 11:30am in the BPK Conference Room.