General Assembly 2025

10 April 2025, 18:15–20:30 @ Polit-Forum Bern (Käfigturm), Marktgasse 67, 3011 Bern, free Map

The 14th General Assembly took place on 10 April 2025 from 18:15 to 20:30 at the Polit-Forum Bern. President Andreas Kellerhals chaired the meeting, Cesare Sciarra took the minutes.

Managing director Florin Hasler looked back on 2024 – OpenParlData, the GovTech Hackathon with some 150 participants, the cooperation with the FSO on local data stewards. The 2024 accounts, the 2025 budget, the discharge of the board and unchanged membership fees were approved unanimously.

Mario Cacciatore, Andrina Frey, Andreas Kellerhals, Juan Pablo Lovato and Andrea Scheller were confirmed on the board, Christian Gutknecht and Charlotte van Ooijen Falce newly elected; Anne Wegmann, Clara Esteve and Beat Estermann stepped down.

Documentation and recordings

• Protokoll der Mitgliederversammlung 2025 (PDF)

Programme

1. 18:15
   1. Welcome

   The president welcomes the members. An explanation of how Open Event Data and OpenGLAM will continue is requested; it is planned within the board’s report.

   Andreas KellerhalsPräsident Opendata.ch
2. 2. Report of the board and the managing director

   Highlights of 2024: launch of OpenParlData, GovTech Hackathon with some 150 participants, cooperation with the FSO on local data stewards. Prepared for 2025: an intensive data stewardship course, courses on OGD and data management with the University of Lausanne for French-speaking Switzerland, the 2025 Prototype Fund round. The president looks back on a successful year and also addresses the conflict within the board towards the end of the year; OpenGLAM and the Open Event Data partners are to be invited to talks. Item without a vote.

   Florin HaslerGeschäftsleiter Opendata.chAndreas KellerhalsPräsident Opendata.ch
3. 3. Approval of the 2024 annual accounts

   Explanation of the income statement and balance sheet, report and recommendation of the auditor Wobmann Treuhand AG; the accounts are audited and closed. Motion of the board: approval. Approved unanimously.

   Mario CacciatoreKassier Opendata.ch
4. 4. Budget for the association year 2025

   Staff costs are budgeted cautiously and below 2024. The budget was drawn up before Florin Hasler decided to leave Opendata.ch in summer 2025 and contains no extra costs for a new managing director. Motion of the board: approval. Approved unanimously.

   Mario CacciatoreKassier Opendata.chAndreas KellerhalsPräsident Opendata.chFlorin HaslerGeschäftsleiter Opendata.ch
5. 5. Discharge of the board

   Motion of the board: discharge for its activity up to the end of the 2024 association year. Approved unanimously.

6. 6. Membership fee for the association year 2025

   Motion of the board: leave the membership fees unchanged. Approved unanimously.

7. 7. Board elections

   Mario Cacciatore, Andrina Frey, Andreas Kellerhals, Juan Pablo Lovato and Andrea Scheller are re-elected, Christian Gutknecht and Charlotte van Ooijen Falce newly elected – all unanimously. Thanks go to the outgoing Anne Wegmann, Clara Esteve and Beat Estermann.

   Christian Gutknechtneu gewähltCharlotte van Ooijen Falceneu gewähltAnne WegmannzurückgetretenClara EstevezurückgetretenBeat Estermannzurückgetreten
8. –20:30
   8. Any other business

   Oleg Lavrovsky points to the Hack Integration project of BFH and the University of Zurich, in which Opendata.ch is implementation partner: hackathon organisers, participating refugees and ideas for longer-term funding of the Dribdat platform are wanted.

   Oleg LavrovskyBeirat Opendata.ch