Board of Directors J. R. Carpenter, president J. R. Carpenter is a poet, fiction writer and web artist based in Montreal. A two-time winner of the CBC Quebec Short Story Competition (2004 & 2006) and a Web-Art Finalist in the Drunken Boat Panliterary Awards (2006), her writing and web art projects have been published and exhibited internationally and can be found online at < Luckysoap.com > Ingrid Bachmann, vice-president Ingrid Bachmann is a media artist, writer and curator. Drawing from a number of disciplines, her practice is primarily focused on an exploration of both new and obsolete technologies, as well as digital art. She is presently creating experiences with both cognitive systems and networks, that situate interactive and intelligent environments. Ingrid Bachmann is co-author of Material Matters, a critical anthology that examines the relationship between materials and culture. She is presently Graduate Programme Director, MFA Studio Arts at Concordia University. Colette Tougas, secretary-treasurer Colette Tougas works in art and in publication, as a curator, translator, editor, production coordinator and publisher. For the last 25 years, she has been actively involved in a number of cultural spheres through Québec and Canada, particularly in visual arts, media arts and dance. She is the author of many texts on art, has worked as a curator, and has served on a number of boards and consultative committees. She was recently managing editor for a publication marking the twentieth anniversary of the Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal, Les 20 ans du CIAC (2004). Daniel Dion, administrator Daniel Dion is a multidisciplinary artist who, for the last 20 years, has been pursuing research and producing video, audio, photographic and new media works. His practice is primarily focused on theoretical, aesthetic and spiritual paradigms that marry art and communication. His works have been presented across North America, Europe and Asia. In 1993, the National Gallery of Canada organized an exhibition of his single channel video and installations, for which he created his most widely recognized pan-disciplinary work: Salon de thé mondial, a project that has since been shown around the world. Daniel Dion's interest in cross-cultural paradigms and practices has served as a motivation for him to instigate many exchanges between artists from a number of countries including Canada, India, Cuba and Japan. Stephen Lawson, administrator Stephen Lawson creates for television, radio, video, theatre, music and print, since 1985; his work is situated at the border of many disciplines. He is cofounder of the troupe PRIMUS, a group that between 1989 and 1998, produced a number of multidisciplinary and media productions. Stephen Lawson has organized many creative workshops and opportunities for exchange between communities and artist groups in Canada, the United States and Europe. He has also worked on a large number of videos, both as an individual artist, and in collaboration with artists such as Erika MacPherson, Aaron Pollard and Lori Millan. Louise Provencher, administrator Louise Provencher is an independent curator, art critic and philosophy professor. Director of the collection Lieudit (CDD 3D), in the last years she has been interested in an archeological approach to the research of medias/technologies. She has spoken at a number of conferences and has published texts on this subject in many journals and catalogues. She has also curated a number of exhibitions, including: Porter le mur comme le masque by Michel Goulet and Montréal/Télégraphe : le son iconographe; the international colloquium Electre et Magnete on electromagnetism and the arts (UQAM 2003, OBORO 2004 et 2005); and Corps Électromagnétiques in collaboration with Nina Czegledy. Marc Fournel, administrator Marc Fournel is an "undisciplined creator", who has worked in the realm of media arts since 1995. Having previously directed videos and worked in installation, in 1998 he turned his attention to the creation of interactive environments. Actively involved in programming, coordination and dissemination of media art works, Marc Fournel has occupied many administrative and directorial positions within different artist run centres in Canada. Since 2004, he has dedicated himself exclusively to his artistic production and research. These focus primarily on social dynamics, the development of new systems of spacial positioning, evolving audio algorithms, the creation of digital images that reflect biological structures and the creation of interactive environments. Marc Fournel is an associate researcher at LMI (Laboratoir des Médias Intéractifs) of l'Université du Québec à Montréal's communication department. Governance Policy In 2004, with the objective of updating and maximising its artistic and administrative potential, OBORO undertook a full examination of its structure and governance. This quest brought forward a complete diagnosis of the organisation and gave birth to a Governance Policy. Aware of the extreme usefulness such process had for OBORO, we are open to share our experience and path with the community. Since such process is specific to each organisation and calls for contextualisation, we invite all those interested to contact us for more information.