Peak Publications Society Board of Directors Meeting Agenda

Monday, December 13, 2021

Zoom

Chair: Kelly Chia

In Attendance

1. Le (Yuri) Zhou (Board Secretary, non-voting)
2. Jacob Mattie (Collective Members Representative)
3. Kelly Chia (Employee Members Representative / Chair)
4. Angela Wachowich (At-Large Representative)
5. Emma Dunbar (At-Large Representative)
6. Meera Eragoda  (Editor-in-Chief)

Agenda

• Call to Order

• Approval of Agenda

• Approval of Past Minutes from November 22, 2021   

• Financial Updates

Yuri to present

• Spring 2022 budget review 

Yuri to present

• Membership Report

             75 members

• Approve of sick leave (time off) policy
  Kelly to present

•  Discussion of position for the black and indigenous student writers

• Continue to discuss the equity policy 

• Adjournment

Peak Publications Society Board of Directors Meeting Agenda

Monday, November 22, 2021

Zoom

Chair: Kelly Chia

In Attendance

1. Le (Yuri) Zhou (Board Secretary, non-voting)
2. Jacob Mattie (Collective Members Representative)
3. Kelly Chia (Employee Members Representative / Chair)
4. Angela Wachowich (At-Large Representative)
5. Emma Dunbar (At-Large Representative)
6. Meera Eragoda  (Editor-in-Chief)
7. Rastko Koprivica (Guest)

Agenda

• Call to Order

11:11am

• Approval of Agenda

Jacob, Angela
All in Favour

• Approval of Past Minutes from October 26, 2021   
  Angela, Jacob
  All in Favour

• Financial Updates

• Membership Report

             74 members

• Discussion of position for the black and indigenous student writers

Meera to present

• Draft Equity policy 

• Discussion of selling merchandise 

• Ask staff and possibly make a poll on social media to gauge general interest (spring 2022)

• Discussion of time-off for health reasons
  Draft a time-off policy, define non-mental health related absenteeism in policy as needing a doctor’s note. Define mental health absenteeism in policy as well. Define what this looks like across Peak staff.
  Contingency plan for when editors need to take sick leave, hiring on-call editors.

Motion to approve writing a time-off policy that has a paid week of sick leave

• Jacob, Angela
  All in Favour

• Discussion of bylaw changes

Yuri to present
Motion to approve begin the process of modifying board composition
Jacob, Angela
All in Favour

• Adjournment

12:19PM