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-====FoAM v0 - Starlab Cultural Department - ([?] - [?])====+====FoAM v0 - Starlab Cultural Department - (March 2000 - September 2000)==== 
 + 
 +(NOTE: in need of editing and fact-checking)
  
 ===Members=== ===Members===
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      * Nik arrived just before bankruptcy      * Nik arrived just before bankruptcy
  
-====FoAM v1 - Starlab non-profit spin-off - ([?] Before october 2001 ? - [?])====+====FoAM v1 - Starlab non-profit spin-off - (September 2000 - June 2001)====
  
 ===Structure type=== ===Structure type===
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      * Maja helped design the mission of this spin-off, but they did not wanted her to be on the board      * Maja helped design the mission of this spin-off, but they did not wanted her to be on the board
  
-====FoAM v2 - Non-profit with possible commercial spin-offs - (After April 2002 [?] - 2010)===+====FoAM v2 - Non-profit with possible commercial spin-offs - (June 2001 - March 2010)===
  
 ===Structure type=== ===Structure type===
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      * A lot of experiments ([?] on organizational re-design ? ) have been designed ever since      * A lot of experiments ([?] on organizational re-design ? ) have been designed ever since
  
 +===FoAM v2.1 - (2001-2005)===
  
- +==Activities==
-   * **2001-2005**+
      * The two main focuses were around      * The two main focuses were around
        * Responsive environments        * Responsive environments
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      * No residencies at that time      * No residencies at that time
  
-   * **2006-2009**+===FoAM v2.2 - (2006-2009)=== 
 + 
 +==Structure type==
      * FoAM became an artlab      * FoAM became an artlab
        * Which is a funding-driven organization        * Which is a funding-driven organization
 +
 +==Mission / Purpose==
 +
      * After the LETHA project (presented at the Fuckup night), the focus was re-directed on environmentally/socially sustainable projects      * After the LETHA project (presented at the Fuckup night), the focus was re-directed on environmentally/socially sustainable projects
        * For instance, luminous green         * For instance, luminous green 
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        * The mission was redefined around a broader social/cultural/environmental sustainability vision        * The mission was redefined around a broader social/cultural/environmental sustainability vision
        * The circles were opened further        * The circles were opened further
 +       * The mission also shifted contentwise
 +         * The world situation was quite optimistic at that time
 +           * Climate change was becoming mainstream
 +           * Multidisciplinarity was being praised for in Davos
 +           * And then, all came back as it was previously !!!
 +           * This led to the “resilients/what if thinking” phase, which started late 2009
 +   * In late 2009, FoAM became a lab for speculative culture
 +
 +==Activities==
        * The work was distributed between        * The work was distributed between
          * Projects          * Projects
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            * For instance for Grig, an EU project which lasted 3 years from 2006 to 2009            * For instance for Grig, an EU project which lasted 3 years from 2006 to 2009
              * [? TBChecked] FoAM had to manage 5 times its operational budget              * [? TBChecked] FoAM had to manage 5 times its operational budget
-         * The mission also shifted contentwise 
-           * The world situation was quite optimistic at that time 
-             * Climate change was becoming mainstream 
-             * Multidisciplinarity was being praised for in Davos 
-             * And then, all came back as it was previously !!! 
-             * This led to the “resilients/what if thinking” phase, which started late 2009 
  
-   * In late 2009, FoAM became a lab for speculative culture+====FoAM v3 - Funding-induced structural change - (2010 - 2016)====
  
-====FoAM v3 - Funding-induced structural change - (2010 - now)====+===Structure type===
  
    * A hierarchical structure was imposed by funding in 2010, extension of board + membership)    * A hierarchical structure was imposed by funding in 2010, extension of board + membership)
      * The funders requested       * The funders requested 
        * An extension of the board        * An extension of the board
-         * A larger general assembly +       * A larger general assembly 
-         * This change brought extreme excitement and hope, at the idea of finaly sharing benefits AND responsibility across more people (about 20 people involved in all studios) +     * This change brought extreme excitement and hope, at the idea of finaly sharing benefits AND responsibility across more people (about 20 people involved in all studios) 
-         * The idea was to map a circle-based flexible and hierarchical structure on the legal one, including the others studios in the structure+       * The idea was to map a circle-based flexible and hierarchical structure on the legal one, including the others studios in the structure
            * The structure intertwined the board and a core team            * The structure intertwined the board and a core team
              * The board included a member of the core team (Maja)              * The board included a member of the core team (Maja)
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        * Many comments of people saying “you cannot let this happen”        * Many comments of people saying “you cannot let this happen”
      * This is when the Resilients project started in June 2011      * This is when the Resilients project started in June 2011
 +
 +===Mission/Purpose & Activities===
  
    * From late 2009 onwards, FoAM Brussels is still running 100% in the “nurturing regime” - almost no “own work”    * From late 2009 onwards, FoAM Brussels is still running 100% in the “nurturing regime” - almost no “own work”
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                  * All partners were satisfied too                  * All partners were satisfied too
  
-   * The audit came ([?] for Grig ?) in 2012, and induced a breaking point +   * The audit came (for Grig) in 2012, and induced a breaking point 
-     * One year and half have been spent on the audit ([?] TBChecked) +     * One year and half have been spent on the audit (March 2012-August 2013) 
-     * The first report from the auditors was asking 600 k€ back ([?] TBChecked) +     * The first report from the auditors was asking ~600 k€ back 
-     * At the end of the process, they were asking “only” 300 k€ back, but after a lot of work, stress, etc ([?] TBChecked)+     * At the end of the process, they were asking “only” 300 k€ back, but after a lot of work, stress, etc
  
    * In 2013, the decision was made to actively split nurturing activities and own work    * In 2013, the decision was made to actively split nurturing activities and own work
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