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Minutes – December 16, 2019

Peak Publications Society Board of Directors Meeting Agenda
December 16, 2019
Peak Offices

Chair: Bahar Vaghari Moghaddam

In Attendance
Le (Yuri) Zhou (Board Secretary, non-voting)
Kelly Chia (Employee Members Representative)
Natasha Tar (Collective Member Representative)
Pablo Clairmont (At-Large Representative)
Bahar Vaghari Moghaddam (At-Large Representative)
Gabrielle McLaren (Editor-in-Chief)
Gurpreet Kambo (Guest)
Kitty Cheung (Guest)

Agenda

Call to Order
11:11 am

Approval of Agenda
Pablo / Natasha
All in favour Approval of Past Minutes from November 18, 2019
Natasha / Pablo
All in favour
Updated financials
Yuri to present

Budget of Spring 2020
Yuri to present

Membership report
Yuri to present

Update on Disciplinary Policy
BIRT, talk about on Jan meeting.

Assistant News Editor position, Spring 2020
Gurpreet to present
Edit working hours from 15 to 14 on job description
Kelly / Natasha
All in favour

SFPIRG Training Discussion
Members application notice, online & print, ind. at pitch email at the beginning of semester.
Looking a rule of order _ Natasha helps
Exit report of director.

Break 12:21-12:30
In Camera

Update on employee time off pay & EIC inter-semester pay
Gabrielle to present

EIC Updates
Gabrielle to present

Adjournment
1:36pm

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