PSA Meeting Minutes - March 6, 2009
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Attendance:
Carolyn Kierans
Marcus Puetz
Savanna Shaw
Gwen Springford
Steven Suh
Gabe Scholz
Eric Thewalt
Brian Kootte
Vincent Chen
Mehrad Alavino
Zahra Namini
Senny Foo
Ryo Narumi
Ian Anderson
Karol Krizka
Claire

Official Meeting Start at 15:51
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Pizza was served.

PSA Social
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Carolyn updates us about the upcoming PSA Social:
A bunch of people met on Monday in the physics room and decided on the following:
- Time: March 27, 2009 (4pm to 10pm)
- Place: Bio-Phys Lounge
- Food: Pizza, chips and dips
- Drinks: Jones, water and beer
- About Beer:
	- Keg seems to be the best price
	- Current candidate is Red Truck
	- Beer will be sold for tickets
- Need Volunteers, the following per shift:
	- 1 sell tickets
	- 3 serving
	- 1 beer
		- Needs Serving It Right
		- Ryo (already has), Carolyn, Gwen will take the test
- Planned Activities
	- beer pong
	- limbo
	- darts? <= not safe, so nulled
	- Guitar Hero
	- Wii, if someone brings one
- Will be paired with Astronomy Club, so more people will come.

Invite Professors
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Carolyn asked us which professor we would like to invite into our common room to talk to us  
about their research. Idea is to have 3 professors, since there are about 3 weeks left.  
Suggestions:
	Mike Hayden
	Jeffrey McGuirk
	Paul Haljan
	Levon Pogosian

We will put the names on a list and get people to vote.

Get cheap snack
When: Monday at 3:00pm

Announcements
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Carolyn reminded us about the undergraduate conference at UBC.
- March 14, 2009 (Next weekend!)
- Free to register (and free Pi), due date extended to March 7, 2009
Register online!

Gwen found a scheduled live webcast of physics lectures
- April 6, 2009
- Speakers: Hawking, Krauss and many more...
- We should get a projector and have a "movie" night
- Where: Fishbowl? Can get the faculty and grads involved then too.

Carolyn got email from Huyan (a grad student) about Z-Day
- May 15, 2009
- Free lecture on better world in "physics" terms
- Carolyn will forward it to the mailing list
- e-mail Huyan for more info

Pizza Reimbursement
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Vote on reimbursing Carolyn Kierans $57.75 for the Pizza: PASSED

Steven's Books
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Steven Suh, the ex-president, is graduating soon and he announced that he wants to sell the  
following books:

For $20:
- PHYS455 (Modern Optics)
- CMPT250
- Microelectronics engineering

Not for $20:
- CMPT150
- Thermal recommended book (unopened)

Adjourned at 16:12