Board

Role

The Board of the Hackuarium association is responsible for running the association.

The purpose, composition, roles and tasks of the board are explicitly described in the founding document of the association

Board meeting minutes

The agenda and minutes of our board meetings are available under the Category:Board_Meetings.

Tasks

First draft of new board (5th) constituting itself around new tasks

The tasks of the board members are up to the board itself, but the following roles and tasks have been decided:

Comité Hackuarium, liste des tâches / Hackuarium board, List of tasks:

Président.e / President / Co-président.e.s

• Represents the association
• Moderates meetings
• Convenes the General Assembly
• Sign contracts on behalf of the association after consulting the board or the community
• Supervises association's general activities.

Vice-président / Vice-president

• Helps for all duties of president, as above
• Takes the place of the president, if absent
• Planning activities
• Resource maintenance

Trésorier / Treasurer

• Take care of all invoices and receipts
• Keep bank account up to date
• Keep membership fees up to date
• Take care of orders with regular suppliers
• Take care of dealing with and distributing minigrants

Secrétaire /secretary

• Plan board meetings (dates, agenda, reminders)
• Plan General Assembly upon request from President
• Keep board meeting minutes
• Communication
  

Responsable de laboratoire / Lab manager

• Organise space
• Organise maintenance
• Ensure proper use by members (safety, biosafety and biosecurity)
• Liaise with visitors of all sorts

Administrateur des outils web /Webmaster

• Email administration
• Website administration
• Slack maintenance and credentials
• Wiki administration and credentials
• Keep track on all web credentials (usernames and passwords)

Responsable Art&Design&Dissemination / Art&Design&Dissemination

• plan and organise art and design / STEAM initiatives
• accompagnement des nouveaux membres dans ce contexte
• dissemination and crosspollination across disciplines and associations/foundations/structures

n/a after Nov2021, when moved to Berlin

n/a 2022, 2023

Evangéliste / Talent scout

(to get more involved/available help for this role?)

• identify individuals and communities and contact them
• identify events to attend and Hackuarium presence

Responsable communication / Communication manager

• Posting our events on FB, twitter, slack, meetup & the wiki
• Posting promotions on our facebook page about our activities and stuff members have done
• Posting about what other labs and groups have been doing (with help from delegated members)
• Posting about the latest biohacker/maker technologies
• Press relations (hello address access)
• Press kit updates

Responsable évènements /Event manager

• curate events
• plan events
• communicate event details with communication manager

Community Happiness

• Check and propose improvements for microgrant process + assess community needs about them
• Implement Office Hours for community

Composition

Twelfth Board

Since the AG 2024, we will have 8 members in the Board, and their roles were decided at the board meeting on 27 March.

Esther Calderon, Dinesh Bolkensteyn, Vanya Loroch, Hanna Secher, Olivier Emery, Rachel Aronoff, Michel Horisberger, Joel Christen

The roles were set after a very good meeting:

• co-presidents - Esther and Dinesh
• sécretaire - Joël
• biosafety officer - Rachel
• treasurer - Michel
• responsables de laboratoire - Rachel & Hanna
• IT 'website' etc - Olivier Emery démissionné le 29mai du comité pour manque du temps. Dinesh et Vanya le feraient...
• communication - Vanya
• réseaux sociaux - tous
• Responsable art, design & STEAM initiatives - Hanna
• événements/calendrier (révivre google calendar) - tous
• community happiness =) - tous

Board members can of course delegate tasks to other members, not necessarily those in the Board.

Also, Aurélien Jobard has confirmed his ability to help the association in the role of Deputy Biosafety Officer.

Looking forward to a great year ahead.

Eleventh Board

Since the AG 2023, Board members only swapped in Tatiana for Masoud, and roles were decided at the board meeting on 12 April.

• President: Rachel (Also, Participatory Research Facilitator and Biosecurity Officer)
• Vice-President & Secretary: Esther
• (aide)Secrétaire & Lien aux Communes de l'Ouest Lausannois: Joël
• Treasurer: Michel
• Webmaster: Tatiana

Tenth Board

Since the AG 2022, the Board members are:

• President: Rachel
• Secretary: Esther
• Treasurer: Michel
• Webmaster: Masoud
• (aide)Secrétaire & Lien aux Communes de l'Ouest Lausannois: Joël

Ninth Board

Since the last general assembly meeting, the Board members are:

• President: Rachel
• Secretary: Esther
• Treasurer: Michel
• (aide)Secrétaire & Lien aux Communes de l'Ouest Lausannois: Joël
• Art and Science (STEAM): Vanessa
• Webmaster: Raphaël
• Member of the board and (aide)IT : Tatiana

Eighth Board

Since the general assembly meeting on February, 19 2020, the Board members are:

• Rachel
• Esther
• Tatiana
• Olivier (renounced position June2020, new job too demanding - Masoud & then Michel joined in)
• Joël
• Vanessa
• Raphaël

They accepted the following roles on their next board meeting 12 March 2020, one of the last times together before lockdown!

Here they were...

in the biolab, before lockdown...

oh the nostalgia...

• President: Rachel Aronoff (also Participatory Research Facilitator and Biosafety Officer)
• Secretary: Esther Calderon
• Treasurer: Michel Horisberger (Masoud Alipour as backup, during Olivier's 6 months and for mid-pandemic transfer of access to Michel)
• System Administrator: Tatiana Eliseeva
• Art and Science coordinator: Vanessa Lorenzo
• Talent scout and evangelist for Academy: Raphaël Casimir
• Community Happiness Coordinator and Link to the communes of the region of East Lausanne: Joël Christen

Seventh Board

as of February, 27 2019, here are the new Board members:

• Rachel
• Anne-Laure
• Vanessa
• Esther
• Olivier
• Masoud (as treasurer)
• Joël
• Shalf (as IT & Web tools steward)

Sixth Board

as of March, 2018 the Board was made up (provisionally, from meeting 29.3.18)

• President: Rachel Aronoff (also Citizen Science coordinator and Biosafety Officer)
• Lab Manager: Gustavo Santamaria
• Secretary and Treasurer: Luc Henry for a transition period until 'shadow' secretary ready to take on roles by August 2018
• Shadow Treasurer: Masoud Alipour
• Deputy Biosafety Officer and Communications Coordinator, and Shadow Secretary: Olivier Emery
• Art and Science coordinator: Vanessa Lorenzo
• System Administrator: Sam Sulaimanov
• Talent scout and evangelist for Academy: Anne-Laure Pittet
• Talent scout and evangelist for Entrepreneurs: Gianpaolo Rando

Auditeurs comptes Anne-Laure, Eric

Fifth Board

Since the last General Assembly (February 2017), Hackuarium members serving as Board Members were:

• Co - President: Vanessa Lorenzo (also Art and Design coordinator)
• Co - President: Rachel Aronoff (also Citizen Science coordinator)
• Secretary and Treasurer: Luc Henry
• Lab Manager: Gustavo Santamaria
• Online promotion: Yann Pierson
• System Administrator: Sam Sulaimanov
• Talent scout and evangelist for Academy: Anne-Laure Pittet
• Talent scout and evangelist for Entrepreneurs: Gianpaolo Rando
• Talent scout and evangelist: Daniel Hernandez
• Community happiness, Ateliers de Renens Link: Yann Heurtaux

The new Board still has to constitute itself (i.e. decide on precise roles, based on declarations issued by elected candidates during General Assembly), according to our bylaws. It has been done during this Board Meeting.

Fourth Board

Since the last General Assembly (January 2016), Hackuarium members serving as Board Members are:

• President & Treasurer: Luc Henry
• Secretary: Michal Masternak
• Lab Manager: Yann Pierson
• Online tools administrator: Sam Sulaimanov
• Art and Design coordinator: Vanessa Lorenzo
• Talent scout and evangelist: Gianpaolo Rando
• Events and coordinator: Anne-Laure Pittet
• Ana Roldan, Membre

Third Board

Since the last General Assembly (April 2015), Hackuarium members serving as Board Members are:

• President & Treasurer: Luc Henry
• Vice President: Yann Heurtaux
• Secretary: Michal Masternak
• Lab Manager: Yann Pierson
• Jonathan Sobel, Membre
• Ana Roldan, Membre
• Sam Sulaimanov, Membre
• Clément Drevot, Membre
• Vanessa Lorenzo, Membre
• Anne-Laure Pittet, Membre

Second Board

• President & Treasurer: Luc Henry
• Vice President: Yann Heurtaux
• Secretary: Michal Masternak
• Lab Manager: Yann Pierson
• Online tools: Patrick Roelli
• Member: Clara Moreau
• Member: Gavrilo Bozovic

Founding Board

• Yann Heurtaux
• Yann Pierson
• Michal Masternak
• Luc Henry