Minutes – March 2022

Peak Publications Society Board of Directors Meeting Agenda

Monday, March 21, 2022

Zoom

 

Chair: Kelly Chia

 

In Attendance

 

1. Le (Yuri) Zhou (Board Secretary, non-voting)
2. Emma Jean (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. Michelle Young  (Guest)

 

            

Agenda

• Call to Order

1:33 P.M.

• Approval of Agenda

Emma Dunbar, Angela Wachowich
All in Favour

• Approval of Past Minutes from February 28, 2022

Emma Dunbar, Emma Jean
All in Favour

• Financial Updates

Yuri to present

• Membership Report

75 members

• PEAK lease updates 

              Meera to present
Draft lease is in the board email account; hoping to finalize in two weeks

• Discussion of adding new positions

• On-call editor / roving associate editor 

• Fact checker 

• • Reviewed the purpose of the position
  • Reviewed the job description

       Motion to approve the fact checker position job description 

Emma Dunbar, Emma Jean

All in Favour 

• Adjournment

              2:34pm 

 

Peak Publications Society Board of Directors Meeting Agenda

Monday, February 28, 2022

Zoom

 

Chair: Kelly Chia

 

In Attendance

 

1. Le (Yuri) Zhou (Board Secretary, non-voting)
2. Emma Jean (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

12:36pm

• Approval of Agenda

Angela, Emma Dunbar

All in Favour

• Approval of Past Minutes from January 24, 2022

Emma Dunbar, Angela

All in Favour

• Welcome the new Collective Director
  Emma Jean

• Financial Updates

Yuri to present

• Membership Report

75 members

• Reviewing Board Composition Document

Adding a discussion item in future to talk about a policy for prioritizing nominating Collective representatives over Employee representatives

• Approval of purchasing a computer for Business Manager (BM)

Emma Dunbar, Angela

All in Favour

Discuss with staff on how they feel about the office computers

• Discussion of adding a on-call editor position

Discuss a “roving associate editor” position with staff and return to board

• Discussion of adding a fact checker position

             Motion to put a hold on staff pay raise

Angela, Emma Dunbar

All in Favour

• Discussion of conflict of interest policy changes 

             Meera to present

Proposing a values-based policy so that we do not platform harmful views

• Adjournment

1:48pm