{"id":2093,"date":"2017-12-22T18:17:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T18:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/?p=2093"},"modified":"2020-08-30T01:31:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T01:31:24","slug":"bgsa-executive-meeting-minutes-december-14-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/2017\/12\/22\/bgsa-executive-meeting-minutes-december-14-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"BGSA Executive Meeting Minutes – December 14, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

BGSA Exec Meeting Minutes – December 14, 2017<\/strong>
\nRegrets: <\/strong>Antonia, Carley, Erik<\/p>\n

Past Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Job Fair<\/strong>
\n-Not as many people as in previous years, 17 advertisers
\nHoliday Mixer\/Ugly Christmas Party Sweater
\n-Went well, good attendance, over 100 people
\n-Just broke even on alcohol, may not have turned a profit on this event
\n-Worth doing again, good turnout, ran out of food<\/p>\n

GSA Meeting<\/strong>
\n-Cancelled for this month<\/p>\n

Upcoming Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writing Workshop<\/strong>
\n-Later January or Early February
\n-Speaker from writing centre, department, prof<\/p>\n

Candidacy Workshop<\/strong>
\n-Planning to begin in January<\/p>\n

Trivia Nights<\/strong>
\n-Stall with Faculty Club
\n-Coming up with our own Trivia, cheaper option
\n-Other options: Whyte or Conference Room at U of A<\/p>\n

Curling<\/strong>
\n-Space is booked, first weekend in April
\n-Bringing our own instructors
\n-Design theme in January
\n-Curling increased in price, may not make a profit (50\/50 or fundraising event beforehand).
\n-Open up to other departments to make it bigger
\n-Break in the middle of the day<\/p>\n

Biology Department Undergraduate Club<\/strong>
\n-Transition from undergrad to graduate student mixer
\n-Meet and Greet Session
\n-February or March<\/p>\n

RE Peter Conference<\/strong>
\n-3M thesis, department is having own 3M thesis event, separate
\n-Department budget reduced
\n-Keynote Speakers: Kim and Dr. Mark Taylor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BGSA Exec Meeting Minutes – December 14, 2017 Regrets: Antonia, Carley, Erik Past Events: Job Fair -Not as many people as in previous years, 17 advertisers Holiday Mixer\/Ugly Christmas Party Sweater -Went well, good attendance, over 100 people -Just broke even on alcohol, may not have turned a profit on this event -Worth doing again, good turnout, ran out of food GSA Meeting -Cancelled for this month Upcoming Events: Writing Workshop -Later January or Early February -Speaker from writing centre, department, prof Candidacy Workshop -Planning to begin in January Trivia Nights -Stall with Faculty Club -Coming up with our own Trivia, cheaper option -Other options: Whyte or Conference Room at U of A Curling -Space is booked, first weekend in April -Bringing our own instructors -Design theme in January -Curling increased in price, may not make a profit (50\/50 or fundraising event beforehand). -Open up to other departments to make it bigger -Break in the middle of the day Biology Department Undergraduate Club -Transition from undergrad to graduate student mixer -Meet and Greet Session -February or March RE Peter Conference -3M thesis, department is having own 3M thesis event, separate -Department budget reduced -Keynote Speakers: Kim and Dr. Mark Taylor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2094,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions\/2094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}