BGSA Exec Meeting Minutes – 12:00, October 25, 2018
Regrets: Ruhul
Updates
- RE Peter updates
- Event submissions will start soon
- Other events?
- Christmas (December 7th, 4:00 pm-8:00 pm/9pm for room booking): Alyssa
Christmas baking competition at the party where people can vote for one they like best. Ingredient cards.
Will provide “purchased assorted goods”
Nightmare before Christmas themed?? - Job Fair (Mid November – Date TBA): Colleen
Will be booking space and poster boards right away
Will need - IDP: Nikki
More specific to BioSci than the FGSR one
Do it in November? Or maybe in January, see what works best. - Curling (March?): Yueyang
- April candidacy workshop (April): Andrew
- Intramurals: Erik
- Writing workshop (February/March?): Spencer & Andrew
- Website (Send Colleen Image and write up if you haven’t!)
Upcoming events
- Q&A with the BGSA (November 1st, 11:30-12:30 pm, CW)
- Grad office!
- Get questions send in ahead of time so they can be prepared for it
- JC’s ‘Beers with Steve’ (November 8th , 5-6:30 pm)
- PD hours!
- RSVP on a Google Poll
- Chili Cook-off (request from Department for timing of events in New Year)
- Student involvement?
- Let us have a voice in planning it
- More accessible, possibly inside Bio Sci
- List of volunteer duties and how many people they need/for what
- Advertisement to be left to Graduate
- 3MT (January 24th)
Budget
- Budget update from the Treasurer
- Currently the account is not under the correct name, so need to fix this still with CIBC
- Update about meeting with Department re: departmental funding
$1200 for RE Peter
$150 each for Candidacy and Writing workshop - Budget Meeting to be pushed back a bit, combine with next
- Fundraising Ideas
Christmas Party 50/50
Hot Dog Day
Next meeting
- Format of meetings
- Robert’s Rules?
- ‘Other Business’ section
- How to run an open meeting. Have a time for official discussions, then a specific time for opinions (timed?)
- Will work on a way to formalize meeting structure
- Budget meeting/November Executive meeting
Other Buisness
- Mark Waddingham and committee on search for new BioSci Chair