General Assembly

Wikimedia Belgium is an association with members and thus has a General Assembly (GA). The General Assembly is the highest organ of WMBE. It is organised at least once a year. The minutes of meeting (statute updates) and financial statements are officially transferred to the Belgian Government.

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Agenda of the General Assembly

• The Board of Directors can grant effective membership to associate members when they have been at least 6 months associate member and are present at the GA
• Present the activities report on previous year
• The financial report is presented
• The General assembly can ask questions
• The General assembly approves the financial report
• Discharge of the board
• Voting session for the new Board
• Budget and plans for the next year

Statutory rules related to the Board

• A mandate as Board member is valid for 2 years
• The Chairman needs to be re-elected every year
• The number of Board members is limited between 3-6 (2015-12-05 Board meeting and Wikimeet Antwerpen)
• Only effective members have voting rights for the General assembly
• Absent effective members can issue a proxy to another member (effective or associate)
• Only effective members can become a Board member only after being candidate and after election
• Associate members can become effective member by approval of the Board

Responsibilities

For your information, we include an overview of the responsibilities of the General Assembly:

Article 23

The General Assembly is exclusively competent for:

1. Amending the Articles of association; official version only in Dutch
2. Appointing and dismissing the directors, Board members
3. Appointing and dismissing auditors and determining their remuneration, in case a remuneration is granted,
4. Granting discharge to the directors and auditors,
5. Approving the annual accounts, yearly budget and general ledger
6. The voluntary dissolution of the association,
7. Converting the association into a company with a social purpose,
8. Any matter concerning the membership of the association, disciplinary matters concerning effective members and associate members, membership management, membership fee, vote upon Internal rules of procedure
9. Authorising persons who hold both the office of director and are hired employees of the association;
10. All cases where this is so required by these Articles of Association.

Previous General Assemblies

• 29 April 2023 — 10th General Assembly
• 18 June 2022 — 9th General Assembly
• 26 June 2021 — 8th General Assembly
• 19 September 2020 Extraordinary General Assembly
• 29 August 2020 — 7th General Assembly
• 15 June 2019 — 6th General Assembly
• 14 April 2018 — 5th General Assembly
• 28 January 2017 — 4th General Assembly
• 06 July 2016 Extraordinary General Assembly
• 23 January 2016 — 2nd General Assembly
• 24 January 2015 — 1st General Assembly

See also

• Wikimedia Belgium general assembly (category on Commons)
• General Assembly (list)