GARLS Meeting November 2017

GARLS minutes November 17, 2017

  • Introductions
    • Regrets: Naima and Jaylyn
    • Introduction of executive team
  • GSEF 
    • Fall term Application -what was applied for
      • Recreation and Leisure fieldtrip between December and April, 2018
      • Funding for school buses
    • Applying for funding for the Winter Semester
      • Camping
      • Grad study space
        • Buy present on behalf of GARLS
  • GSI Funding
    •  Applying for funding
    • Due once a month
  • Socials-funded by GSI or GSEF
    • AHS
      • Collaborative social in Applied Health Sciences
      • Bomber-Karaoke night
      • CIF-skating social
    • REC
      • End of semester social
      • Board Games on Tap
      • Secret Santa
        • Rent out upstairs at Grad House
        • Board Games at Grad House
      • Waterloo Fest Lights in the park and skating
        • Restricted if you don’t skate or can’t skate
        • Rent skates from Uptown
      • Jaylyn to send out survey
      • Movie nights in Sunlife Auditorium
  • Updates on Symposium-April 26th-27th
    • 25th Symposium, coincide with anniversaries of faculty in the department (e.g. Troy)
    • Not just one keynote, but 4
      • To speak as panel or separately throughout the day
      • PhD graduates-Luc to send out list with quick bio and links to pages
      • Goal to get at least 6 responses
    • Does not interfere with SOAR
    • Does not have to be completed research, ensuring that you are presenting academic things
    • Call for abstracts in New Year
    • Middle of second semester to act as reviewers
    • Practitioners to come to Symposium and present what they are working on
      • Course based Masters students
    • Capacity:
      • Depends on length of time slots
        • 15-minute presentation, 5-minute questions
        • Spark style presentation
    • Great opportunity to reinvent program
    • Poster session
  • Updates on Lunch and Learn
    • Last lunch and Learn-Troy
      • Gave great description on Waterloo
    • Upcoming Lunch and Learns
      • Interacting life with research
      • Send questions to Lara for Corey
      • Writing and Communication Centre
    • A Lunch and Learn every 3 weeks
    • Facebook Live and linking
    • Gifts for Lunch and Learn speakers
      • E.g. Starbucks giftcard
  • Funding
    • Not received cheque yet
    • Roughly get $250-$300 per semester
    • Need more fundraisers
    • Anything greater than $50 must come to a GARLS meeting
  • Second Semester
    • Goals, Ideas, Direction
    • Clothing?
    • More socials in winter semester
    • Targets for Lunch and Learn numbers
    • Baked breakfast goods
  • Committee Members:
    • Joe—fundraiser  
    • Bryan—webmaster
      • Head shots, description about yourself to put on GARLS website