Latest revision as of 10:42, 9 June 2024

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

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