Board

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Board meetings

The board of Wikimedia Belgium consists of:

Function	Main responsibilities	Current responsible	Since	E-mail
Chairman	Chairman	Geertivp	2016	Email me!
Gender and Diversity Liaison	Gender and Diversity aspects in Wikimedia projects	AnneJea	2018	Email me!
Cultural Diversity, Knowledge Equity and Education Liaison	Cultural Diversity, Knowledge Equity and educational aspects in Wikimedia projects	Lionel Scheepmans	2018	Email me!
Board member	Projects and activities	Taketa	2019	Email me!

Responsibilities

WMBE board in 2018 (1 person not on photo)

The below is a generic description of board functions. See also Board member Roles and responsibilities.

Advisor to the Board

Upon termination of their board membership, Board members are automatically appointed as Advisor to the Board, unless there are reasons not to do it.

Chairman

• Overall responsibility for the Organization
• Overall responsibility for the Board
• Organize the Board meetings
• Organize the General Assembly
• Guide the meeting processes
• Chair these meetings
• Bring structure and organisation into the association
• Primary contact for other organisations, and Affiliates
• Public relations (public image of the organisation)
• Fullfil Legal requirements

Treasurer

• Bookkeeping or liaison with the bookkeeper of the organisation
• Receive payments like membership fees, process payments
• Contact with the bank
• Prepare the budget
• Follow-up the budget
• Keep the board up-to-date with the financial situation of the organisation
• Make yearly balance report and the tax declaration
• Request for subsidies

Secretary

• Perform administrative tasks within the organisation
• Complete and archive minutes of meetings (Board, General Assembly)
• Member communication
• Keep the Membership register
• Prepare the meetings (together with president and vice president)

Community Liaison

• Keep contact with the Wikipedia communities via Community pages, e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

National Liaison

• Communicate with national organisations (eg. museums, government, education) and build a credible relationship with them

International Wikimedia Liaison

• Contacts with the Wikimedia Foundation and other Chapters.

Gender and Diversity Liaison

• Promote equal participation in Wikimedia projects by gender/diversity
• Prevent discrimination
• Help identifying and the organisation of specific events
• Search for collaboration with related organisations, or other chapters

Cultural Diversity and Knowledge Equity Liaison

According to the Wikimedia movement strategic direction 2017:

• Collecting knowledge that fully represents human diversity
• Focus efforts on the knowledge and communities that have been left out by structures of power and privilege
• Welcome people from every background to build strong and diverse communities
• Break down the social, political, and technical barriers preventing people from accessing and contributing to free knowledge

Education Liaison

• Support and education initiatives and programs linked to Wikimedia projects
• Contact with scholars and academic personnel

Board members

• Any other task, or projects as per the statuten
• Represent Wikimedia Belgium
• Collaborate with other Wikimedia Belgium Board members
• Assist in the execution of projects

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  WMBE board in 2018

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  WMBE board in 2017

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  WMBE board in 2016

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  Board - 26 October 2014

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  Board with Siegfried Bracke - 19 November 2014

See also

• Advisor to the Board
• Code of conduct for directors
• Board meetings
• Board member Roles and responsibilities
• Reglement van Inwendige Orde
• Statuten