{"id":2243,"date":"2018-10-29T00:58:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T00:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2020-08-30T01:32:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T01:32:24","slug":"bgsa-executive-meeting-minutes-october-25-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/2018\/10\/29\/bgsa-executive-meeting-minutes-october-25-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"BGSA Executive Meeting Minutes, October 25 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>BGSA Exec Meeting Minutes &#8211;\u00a0<\/b>12:00, October 25, 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Regrets: Ruhul<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Updates<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RE Peter updates<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Event submissions will start soon<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other events?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christmas (December 7<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 4:00 pm-8:00 pm\/9pm for room booking): Alyssa<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christmas baking competition at the party where people can vote for one they like best. Ingredient cards.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Will provide \u201cpurchased assorted goods\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nightmare before Christmas themed??<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Job Fair (Mid November &#8211; Date TBA): Colleen<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Will be booking space and poster boards right away<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Will need <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IDP: Nikki <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More specific to BioSci than the FGSR one<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do it in November? Or maybe in January, see what works best.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Curling (March?): Yueyang<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">April candidacy workshop (April): Andrew<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Intramurals: Erik<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Writing workshop (February\/March?): Spencer &amp; Andrew<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Website (Send Colleen Image and write up if you haven\u2019t!)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Upcoming events<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Q&amp;A with the BGSA (November 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 11:30-12:30 pm, CW)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grad office!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get questions send in ahead of time so they can be prepared for it<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">JC\u2019s \u2018Beers with Steve\u2019 (November 8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> , 5-6:30 pm)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PD hours!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RSVP on a Google Poll<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chili Cook-off (request from Department for timing of events in New Year)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student involvement? <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let us have a voice in planning it<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More accessible, possibly inside Bio Sci<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">List of volunteer duties and how many people they need\/for what<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advertisement to be left to Graduate<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3MT (January 24<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Budget<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Budget update from the Treasurer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Currently the account is not under the correct name, so need to fix this still with CIBC<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Update about meeting with Department re: departmental funding<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$1200 for RE Peter<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$150 each for Candidacy and Writing workshop<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Budget Meeting to be pushed back a bit, combine with next <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fundraising Ideas<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christmas Party 50\/50<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hot Dog Day<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Next meeting<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Format of meetings<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Robert\u2019s Rules?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018Other Business\u2019 section<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to run an open meeting. Have a time for official discussions, then a specific time for opinions (timed?)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Will work on a way to formalize meeting structure<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Budget meeting\/November Executive meeting<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Other Buisness<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mark Waddingham and committee on search for new BioSci Chair <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BGSA Exec Meeting Minutes &#8211;\u00a012:00, October 25, 2018 &nbsp; Regrets: Ruhul &nbsp; 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 \u201cpurchased assorted goods\u201d Nightmare before Christmas themed?? Job Fair (Mid November &#8211; 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 &amp; Andrew Website (Send Colleen Image and write up if you haven\u2019t!) Upcoming events Q&amp;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\u2019s \u2018Beers with Steve\u2019 (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) &nbsp; 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\u2019s Rules? \u2018Other Business\u2019 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 &nbsp; Other Buisness Mark Waddingham and committee on search for new BioSci Chair<\/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-2243","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\/2243","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=2243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions\/2654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/bgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}