20190313 Board Meeting

Agenda of the Board Meeting

Date: Wednesday, March 13th, 18.30-19.30pm
Place: 20 Route de Crochy, Ecublens - 'L'espace créateur'

Composition

Chair

• Rachel

Items

• Welcome address

(Rachel, 1 min)

• Public minutes

Get ok from all board members to upload minutes on wiki (or else discuss alternative below)

Objections?

Point 1: Transition to New Board

(Rachel, 5 min)

New board, new start!

This is the most important part of this meeting! All other points will be discussed only if time allows.

Task Distribution

The board needs to distribute its tasks.

A draft task list is available here but needs to be improved and accepted.

The composition of the board will be copied to this destination when agreed upon. Comité elected

• Rachel
• Olivier
• Masoud (comme trésorier)
• Vanessa
• Esther
• Yann H
• Anne-Laure
• Joël

Auditors de comptes

• Manon
• Anne-Laure

Communication

email distribution

• hello@hackuarium.ch
• board@hackuarium.ch (it is up-to-date since Wed, March 6 --Shalf (talk) 10:26, 8 March 2019 (UTC))
• name@hackuarium.ch

Social media

(editor role - contributor role)

• For Facebook: Rachel, Vanessa, Luc Patiny, and Olivier all have Access.
• For Twitter: Luc Henry, Vanessa (others?)
• For...

Bank account

(Masoud, 10min)
The 2018 bouclement of accounts was approved by Anne-Laure.
Need PV of AG still with this info, including her official letter Questions:

• status of factures (member abonnements and old debts - i.e Nebuleuse, SwissMotionTech)
• status for facturation system
• pre-paid credit card for faster online transactions, cf. Included.co & Revolut for Business below by Shalf
• revenue vs. charges (e.g. rent) by Joel

Newsletter

(Manon, 5min)
Check login credentials with Shalf (? Mailchimp login info already obtained)

• Draft ready

• • could bring also for 'Ramène ta Science' ? or need something else??

Tools

?

Hackuarium Google calendar

--- it has always been on my personal gmail account, can admin it and give needed access --Shalf (talk) 15:11, 6 March 2019 (UTC))

Cards & building access

Space Alliance Cooperative is organizing all!

Point 2: Biosafety & Lab management

(Rachel, 2 min)

• Biosafety Refresher for all users
• Need to talk to BAFU people and double check that current arrangements will work to re-instate P1.
• Waste disposal and neutralised liquids are key issues for approval - their proposed visit was delayed with move!

Point 3: Events

• Ramène ta Science - 16march (to bring new stickers, ordered by Luc H! other info??)
• 500Foods - 4may (with SwissDeCode and the EPFL Digital Epidemiology lab -> and a Minion sequencer!)
• Big Public Event, pendaison de crémaillère, anniversaire des 5 ans, voire fondue!! date choices!! - Esther, Manon, Vanessa and Joël are already working toward ideas, brainstorming outcomes?

Proposal for decision on dates and help needed
Vote result and/or next steps agreed upon - Who is in?

• Wiki needs love: editathon!! Dates?

Point 4: Online tools changes & investment

Shalf, 15 minutes.
aka our website is broken, and some updates for the backend might be needed too.
Long-term strategy & budget proposal + vote.

Proposal for decision and/or help needed
Vote result and/or next steps agreed upon

Point 5: Biochinage needed?

Shalf, 5 minutes.

• List of tools we do not have (anymore) and need now for a precise project that is blocked because of it.

P1 lab needs - smaller hood, autoclave (making do with pressure cooker - 12L one ordered), dissecting scope.

• Campaign to find a partner/donator willing to let us use a vehicle for this for free or less?
• Dates, budget, contacts, leaders/contributors

Proposal for decision and/or help needed
Vote result and/or next steps agreed upon

Point 6: Statut d'utilité public

Yann, 5 minutes.

Constitution d'un groupe de travail pour aider Masoud à compléter le dossier plus vite. Join the dedicated slack chan to contribute: wg-exoneration-fisc Proposal for decision and/or help needed
Vote result and/or next steps agreed upon

Point 7: Should we join some interesting organizations?

Shalf, 2 minutes.

Proposal for decision and/or help needed

1. Should we join coworking.ch, at least as observators?

Why? We have always been a coworking community for biologists and curious minds, basically. This movement needs us, and we might need to cooperate more with other folks having that kind of values.
Their GA is March 21 in Solothurn, Shalf will be there already for other business (he's been a member since 2016 re: his coworking activities), should he formally register to represent Hackuarium at that occasion?
Membership options & rights

2. Should we be listed on included.co?

Shared buying power. They do a lot of good stuff for shared/hybrid spaces communities around the world, and the founder is a trusted friend. For instance, they sponsored this awesome academic project: Coworking Library. It is free for us (their terms, see clause 9 in particular for biz model -- their privacy policy). There is currently e.g. a Revolut for Business offer that could give us a pre-paid biz credit card for free for 6 months, no strings attached. Vote result and/or next steps agreed upon

3. Should we join the SVSN

Société Vaudoise de Sciences Naturelles We could join as an association

Point 8: Other Business

• Mural project
• Stagiaires - if you want some from the EPFL for your projects, need to make official offers!

Things that will be taken care of before/after the meeting

Aka the things we do not need to waste time talking about if it has been (self-)assigned to someone, documented here, and a deadline set up and shared if needed.

Changes to Bylaws

The revisions to the bylaws voted on during the AG need to be implemented. Yann has made the Changes and RA is printing this out for signatures tonight!

• Article 3 of the Statutes: to put our current address, Route de Crochy 20, Ecublens

• Article 5 of the Statutes: to say we will work in good faith with the Space Alliance Cooperative
  

Yann took care of it updated them Statuts Association Hackuarium --Shalf (talk) 10:18, 8 March 2019 (UTC) Yay!
We still need to officialise our membership as an association in the Coopérative!

Other Business

• New Members !!
• expect WaterDropDNA group cash...