Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology Student Association
Meeting Minutes
March 26, 2010
Opening
- The regular meeting of the BPKSA was called to order at 9:30 on March 26, 2010 in the Kinesiology Seminar Room by John Abreu-Lanza.
In attendance
- John, Blaine, Brent, Sandra, Amanda, Marissa, Charlotte, Matt, Graham
Approval of Agenda
- The agenda was unanimously approved as distributed.
Approval of Minutes
- The minutes of the previous meeting were unanimously approved as distributed.
Open Issues
- Graham from SFSS
- Pub Renovations
- the pub renovations have been coordinated with the kitchen expansion
- goal is to serve more food and expand on the previous menu
- the budget is still being sorted out (approximately 400-450 thousand)
- Common Room Sharing Program
- Communications student union has had a shift in execs and faculty
- they have a nice common room in Burnaby but have meetings in harbour centre
- an attempt is being made to get the unions without a common room to share with Communications
- Inviting to FAS formal
- Friday April 9th at 7pm at Ober lounge in Steamworks
- black tie event with a buffet, DJ, and drinks
- tickets: $40.00 (but some DSU’s are subsidizing)
- 9-12 dancing with a slideshow and speeches ect. beforehand
- can buy tickets at door (may be sold out because venue capacity is 110 people)
- World record attempt: Robot Rock Event
- Guinness has world record for the most number of people doing the robot: 318ppl
- Facebook event: 500ppl attending
- Date and time: Thursday April 8 at noon in convo mall
- attempt will be at 1pm
- lined up a DJ for a dance off afterwards
- five minutes for it to count
- spread word (goal is to at least double record)
- Surrey Student Space
- podium 2 (basement space for labs and classrooms)
- kin: big group will be Surrey located for next five years
- demand for student space at Surrey campus
- Administration agreed to negotiate a lease for 3330 to turn into a lounge for students
- Club night: 100 dollar profit
- Year End Party
- Posters were printed (~$8.00) and need to go up across campus
- Blaine sent in $1000 check to Diamond Alumni
- Laurie sent out email to staff, faculty, and students
- Painted posters need to be made: Thursday at 9 in seminar room?
- John will send out confirmation email
- Slideshow, speeches and doorprize has been done in past
- John has family pass for Mt. Seymour tubing, speech by Peter Ruben
- Spread word!
- Selling Tickets: selling tickets in kin office
- Bulletin board
- John and Charlotte will meet with Ernest
- Ernest is focused on clothing order
- A T-shirt picture for board has been printed (coming in September)
- University lipdub
- Students lip sink to a song across university campus
- Funding from faculty of science, and possibly from DSU (~$50)
- April 1 at 5:30 is first meeting
- Blaine will let know of location, welcome to come out
- No meeting next week
Adjournment
- Meeting was adjourned at 10:10am by John Abreu-Lanza. The next meeting will be at 9:30am on April 9th, 2010 in the Kinesiology Seminar Room.