Here is a final summary of everything we touched:
| Article | Status |
|---|---|
| Art. 1 — Name | ✏️ Changed: Citizen Spring → Commons Hub Brussels |
| Art. 2 — Name on documents | ✅ Kept |
| Art. 3 — Registered office | ✅ Kept |
| Art. 4 — Mission | ✏️ Major rewrite — commons, steward ownership, purpose before profit |
| Art. 5 — Duration | ✅ Kept |
| Art. 6 — Members | ✏️ Renamed categories, contribution pathway, organisations included |
| Art. 7 — Steward Members | ✏️ Contribution threshold replaces ¾ GA vote |
| Art. 8 — Community Members | ✏️ Steward Members admit, circle can decide, conflict resolution |
| Art. 9 — Rights and obligations | ✏️ GA observer rights, proposals, fees set by Steward Members |
| Art. 10 — Resignation/exclusion | ✏️ GA removed, Steward Members and circles decide |
| Art. 11 — Contributions | ✏️ Organisations named, fees set by Steward Members |
| Art. 12 — Board composition | ✏️ Min 3, odd number, Steward Members only, two year term, purpose custodian role |
| Art. 12bis — Guardian veto | 🆕 New article — narrow veto, emergency powers, reporting duty |
| Art. 13 — Board vacancy | ✅ Kept |
| Art. 14 — Board officers | ✏️ VP removed, oldest fallback removed |
| Art. 15 — Board meetings | ✅ Kept |
| Art. 16 — Board powers | ✅ Kept |
| Art. 17 — Daily management | ✏️ Steward Members only, circles decide, board reviews mandates |
| Art. 18 — Representation | ✅ Kept |
| Art. 19 — Liability | ✅ Kept |
| Art. 20 — Personnel and gifts | ✏️ Circle proposes, board formalises |
| Art. 21–31 | ✅ Kept — terminology update flows through automatically |
| Art. 32 — ROI | ✏️ Adoption moved to Steward Members, board proposes only |
| Art. 33 — Dissolution | ✏️ Commons-aligned asset lock, explicit no-distribution clause |
Current text:
L'Association est une association sans but lucratif de droit belge dénommée "Citizen Spring". L'Association est soumise aux règles et règlements énoncés dans le Code des sociétés et des associations (ci-après le "CSA")...
Proposed new text:
The Association is a non-profit organisation (association sans but lucratif) constituted under Belgian law, bearing the name "Commons Hub Brussels", abbreviated "CHB".
The Association is governed by the rules and regulations set out in the Code of Companies and Associations (hereafter the "CSA"), and by any future law modifying it. Any matter not covered by these statutes or the internal regulations shall be governed by the provisions of the CSA.
👉🏼 What changed: "Citizen Spring" → "Commons Hub Brussels". Everything else in this article is kept identically
Texte actuel — à remplacer:
Le soutien aux initiatives citoyennes qui œuvrent pour le développement d'une économie locale, durable et régénératrice.
Nouveau texte proposé (English working draft):
The purpose of the Association is to cultivate and sustain a commons in Brussels — a shared physical, legal and learning space held in trust for its community and managed according to principles of collective stewardship, self-governance, and purpose before profit.
The Association pursues this purpose by supporting commons-oriented initiatives, communities and projects; by offering shared infrastructure, resources and legal shelter to mission-aligned collectives; by developing learning ecosystems and practices around the commons, regenerative economy and new governance models; and by any other initiative, direct or indirect, that serves or advances this purpose.
The Association may, on a subsidiary basis, carry out commercial activities insofar as these correspond to and remain subordinate to the purpose described above, and provided that any resulting benefit is applied entirely to the realisation of that purpose.
In pursuit of its purpose, the Association may, within the limits of the law, acquire movable and immovable property, and hold any security or real right over movable or immovable property.
The Association is administered in a rational and transparent manner, in accordance with the principles of steward ownership: authority is exercised in service of purpose, resources are managed for the long-term benefit of the community, and no part of the Association's assets or surplus may be distributed to or extracted by its members, administrators or stewards for personal gain.