Board resolutions/2017

2017 Board resolutions

2017-001 Committe's Policy

The Board resolved to adopt the Committees Policy.

Unanimously resolved on 19 February 2017.

2017-002 Adoption of a new Membership Policy

The Board resolved to adopt a new membership policy with a fixed date for membership expiry and renewal on 1 January each year, including a grace period until 31 January to renew each year, effective on 31 March 2017.

Unanimously resolved on 19 February 2017.

2017-003 Creation of the Wikimedia Canada Local Wikimania Committee

The Board resolved to create a Wikimedia Canada Local Wikimania Committee chaired by Antoine Beaubien.

Unanimously resolved on 19 February 2017.

2017-004 Appointment of a director

The Board resolved to appoint Antoine Beaubien as a director of Wikimedia Canada, effective immediately and until the next Annual General Meeting (AGM).

Unanimously resolved on 19 February 2017.

2017-005 Financial Report

The Board resolved to accept the Financial Report as prepared by the two pro bono accountants.

David Fourney abstains from voting. Unanimously resolved on 18 April 2017.

2017-006 Creation of four committees

The Board resolved to create four (4) committees: the Finance Committee chaired by David Fourney, the Projects and Local Groups Committee chaired by Jean-Philippe Béland, the Communications Committee chaired by James Heilman, and the IT Committee chaired by Patrick Paul.

Unanimously resolved on 30 May 2017.

2017-007 Adoption of the new Membership Policy

The Board resolved to adopt the new Membership Policy, pending ratification by membership.

Unanimously resolved on 20 June 2017.

2017-008 Purchase of TurboTax

The Board resolved to purchase TurboTax for around 250.00 CAD.

Jean-Philippe Béland abstains from voting. Unanimously resolved on 20 June 2017.

2017-009 Adoption of the Reimbursement Policy

The Board resolved to adopt the Reimbursement Policy as published on the wiki.

Resolved unanimously on 11 July 2017.

2017-010 Change of province of incorporation

The Board resolved to ask membership at the next Annual General Meeting (AGM) to move the province of incorporation to Quebec.

Resolved unanimously on 11 July 2017.

2017-011 Pre-approval of a reimbursement

The Board resolved to pre-approved Benoit Rochon to spend up to 2,950.00 CAD to purchase IT equipment, including a laptop computer, a scanner capable of scanning negatives, a screen for a projector, and a microphone, from the APG budget.

Benoit Rochon recused himself from this decision. Resolved unanimously on 1 August 2017.

2017-012 Approval of a reimbursement

The Board resolved to approve the Reimbursement Form #2017-006 and the payment to Benoit Rochon of the amount of 2,537.62 CAD.

Benoit Rochon recused himself from this decision. Unanimously resolved on 16 August 2017.

2017-013 Election of officers

The Board unanimously elected the following persons to the offices indicated next to their names to serve until their successor(s) shall be duly elected or appointed, unless he or she resigns, is removed from office or is otherwise disqualified from serving as an officer of Wikimedia Canada, to take their respective office immediately upon such appointment and effective until the first board meeting following the next Annual General Meeting (AGM):

President: Benoit Rochon
Vice President: Jean-Philippe Béland
Secretary: Charlotte Badin
Treasurer: Guillaume Lafrance

Unanimously resolved on 16 August 2017.

2017-014 Appointment of chairs of committees

The Board resolved to appoint the following persons to chair the committees indicated next to their names until their successor(s) shall be duly appointed by the board, unless he or she resigns from this role or is removed by the board, to take their respective role immediately upon such appointment:

IT Committee: Antoine Beaubien
Finance Committee: Guillaume Lafrance
Project and Local Groups Committee: Jean-Philippe Béland
Communications Committee: Benoit Rochon

Unanimously resolved on 16 August 2017.

2017-015 Update the bank account signatories

The Board resolved to remove David Fourney and to add Guillaume Lafrance as signatories of the RBC bank account.

Unanimously resolved (by e-mail) on 14 September 2017.

2017-016 Transfer of bank account

The Board resolved to change the signatories of the Wikimedia Canada's RBC bank account to: Benoit Rochon, Guillaume Lafrance, Ha-Loan Phan and Jean-Philippe Béland.