This meeting was called to order at 12:00pm. Updates Department council Personal development program – implemented and someone has completed without hiccups Renos and updates on 4th floor Close to completion. Can book out the 410. FEC Biosci performing better than average Symbiosis candidate has been chosen – not yet told to public Fish conservation candidates next month Parasitology in march Biol 698/699 – grad student mentor. Now up and running. If you have an undergraduate student that you mentor, sign up and get credit! Ches – year leave to another department. Shelley Scott taking over her place. 14 incoming biosci grads this term! Open exec meetings – allow BGSA…

BGSA 2016 Annual Budget meeting – Nov 24   The budget was presented by the co-treasurers Colleen and Musfira.   Overall, the BGSA is expected to make money for the 2016/2017 year.   Snack room – projected to make ~$2000 (in line with last year). Cost – $4644.52 and income projected at $6717.26. External funding from the GSA = +$100/year AGM = no costs associated for the 2016/17 year End of year general meeting = ~$150 cost for food provided to participants BBQ fundraiser – based upon previous years the cost will be ~$400 and profit is generally around $600. We expect a $200 profit. Halloween party – no costs…

The meeting was called to order at 12:03 pm Recap of Past events   We have snack room people!! Yay. It’s been well stocked. Good work J Plan for a January BBQ. Halloween Party – good. Made money = success!! PD workshop – went well. Had 25 people show up. Good reviews all around. Job fair – went well. More presenters than ever before. Upcoming events RE Peter – Dates confirmed to be Jan 30-31. Winter social – ideas coming soon! Writing workshop – Coming in February. Curling – Event planning in the works for early spring! Budget meeting – Will happen Nov 24 at noon. Meeting adjourned at 12:58…

The meeting was called to order at 12:04pm   Recap of Previous events None since last exec meeting   Upcoming Events Fundraising BBQ Going to sell waffles along with BBQ goods Katie and Kacie organizing Halloween Party – Working on the details. Zach and Alyssa organizing RE Peter Bruce Sutherland = FC board member. Will cut money, choosing mugs, shouldn’t need money from BGSA Job Fair Discuss at next meeting Sonya working on it Budget update – For beginning of Nov All BGSA members welcome On course to have profit this year Other fundraising ideas? Christmas party Movie event   Adjourned at 12:40  

The meeting was called to order at 12:00 pm. Recap of Summer events Led by Michelle Welcome BBQ – Success! Another year in the books. Pokemon event – Success! Easy to plan – set up for another event before the snow flies? In conjunction with the next BBQ? Jess Haines has donated a new BBQ: Thanks! ­Upcoming Events Led by Phil and Michelle IDP workshop – coming up soon Next BBQ is in Oct – volunteers already found Trivia Nights – going to meld with the Faculty club evens (every other month): no cost for BGSA or for attendees. Just call/email ahead to register a team; next event is Sept…

The meeting was called to order shortly after 10 am. We invited all graduate students in Biological Sciences (via email) to our meeting and we had several guest attendees. Welcome to guests Executive members introduced themselves and gave brief descriptions of the responsibilities involved for each position. Michelle C. and Phil O. gave an overview of the events that the BGSA runs, and the events that BGSA helps the department with. Ways to make transition to new executive smoother We have ‘How to’ documents to each event on the BGSA Google Drive. These can be updated as changes are made. At the Annual General Meeting we will have a motion…

The meeting was called to order at 12:37 pm. The meeting was adjourned at 2:15 pm. Travel safety BGSA received an email from Faculty of Medicine regarding travel safety. Their graduate students register for international travel with 1) U-Go Off Campus Travel Registry, 2) Federal Government Registry, and 3) Sending an email to a Department contact person. Biological Sciences has a paper trail in place already for students doing international fieldwork. Michelle C. is going to meet with Dr. Raivio to find out what we currently have in place.   BGSA won the GSA Academic Group Award! The award value is $500.   Updates from Departmental Council Professional Development Requirement…

The meeting was called to order shortly after 12:00 pm. Agenda Student group services Event organizer training & Pro-serve Michelle C., Erin C. & Trish L. have recent training. Phil O. has signed up for the training session in January. For any BGSA events where alcohol is served, we must have two people on hand with Pro-serve training.   Budget Budget details will not be published online. BGSA members, please email bgsa@ualberta.ca for inquiries regarding the budget.   Writing workshop Scheduled for Thursday January 28. Everything is ready to go except ordering the pizza. We expect about 70 participants. We will send out a reminder email to RSVP.   Laser…

The meeting was called to order at 3:05 pm.   Treasurer’s Report Budget information is not posted in the online version of the minutes. Graduate students with questions can contact us for further information.   Past Events Fundraising BBQ -We made more than we expected. -The barbecue from L’Express was not very good. -In the future we would like to rent 2 barbecues from L’Express or convince them to let us use their big barbecue. Alternatively, we could ask people to bring their camping barbecues. -In the future, we need to ensure that we have enough cash on hand for a float.   Halloween Party -We generated some revenue from…

The meeting was held at noon in the BGSA lounge. Attendance– 9 Biological Science Graduate Students Budget Overview. Michelle C. and Phil O. presented the budget and highlighted the following items: Activity grants- The BGSA will be applying for activity grants to offset the costs of some events. Snackroom– The snackroom lost money last year and this year we hope to break even. The door code for the BGSA lounge has been changed as a theft prevention measure, and we will be doing monthly checks to ensure that the money coming in for the snackroom is aligning with the money going out to purchase items from Costco. Halloween Party– We…