Like Belayet Bhai and others, I also think that
without previous
discussion with the community, any committee should not be formed and run. I
hope the committee formation process will be transparent as well. All of us
should consider seriously this raising issue.
Thanks and regards,
Goutam Roy
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Béria Lima <berialima(a)gmail.com> wrote:
belayet,
Your name is still in meta page. Not as a member of the "future board",
but as one of the interred people.
_____
*Béria Lima*
*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que
estamos a fazer.*
**
2011/5/26 Belayet Hossain <bellayet(a)gmail.com>
> I worked for the formation of Wikimedia Bangladesh chapters for several
> years. Several times I call people to discuss and participate at the chapter
> formation process. But this time I wonder there is no discussion about the
> chapter setup committee as well the draft memorandum at the mailing list or
> at Wikis or at any meetups.
>
> Without any previous discussion with the community and any open call
> for participation that committee has been formed and announced. Also the
> proposed memorandum that submitted to the chapter committee without any
> consent of previously who are involved with the chapter formation process.
> Though I am active in my Wikimedia activities, without informing me, my name
> have been erased from the Chapter page at the Meta page. And no one from the
> self declared Chapter setup committee has contact me on this issue. There is
> no meetups or online meeting has been called publicly to discussion about
> this issue. Without knowing people they discussed the issue among themselves
> and declare the committee and the memorandum at mailing list.
>
> I'd like to request the people who are involved with that tasks, Please
> be transparent with this process. Call the community to involve and discuss
> with them. Don't be a part of any collusion without informing people who are
> worked for and involved with this initiatives for several years. Wikimedia
> Bangladesh must be a community driven organization, should not be a personal
> asset.
>
> Regards
> Belayet
>
>
> On 26 May 2011 01:37, mak <mahayalamkhan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Can anyone tell us, what was the selection procedure followed, to
>> select the member of executive committee. Have we missed the discussion of
>> forming of the committee in this mailing list?
>>
>> regards
>> mak_
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:40 PM, tonmoy khan <tonmoy.du(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
>>
>>> For those who are new to the idea of Wikimedia Bangladesh Chapter &
>>> its creation process, I would suggest pls go through the meta page of
>>> Wikimedia Bangladesh Chapter. There you will find details about a
>>> Wikimedia Chapter, its purpose & activities, about Wikimedia
>>> Bangladesh, steps to follow for formation of the chapter, draft of
>>> proposed memorandum of association & other related materials.
>>>
>>> We have formally submitted a draft of proposed memorandum of
>>> Wikimedia
>>> Bangladesh to the Chapter committee & they are reviewing it. Members
>>> of the chapter committee & other interested people from different
>>> existing chapters are subscribing to wikimedia-bd mailing list for
>>> this purpose. Hence, we initiated this thread in English for easier
>>> understanding of those who don't know Bangla.
>>>
>>> Hope every one is clear regarding the language of this thread.
>>> Inviting all to participate actively in this discussion.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Ali Haidar Khan Tonmoy
>>>
>>> On 5/25/11, Shabab Mustafa <shabab.mustafa(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > @Ashickur,
>>> >
>>> > Please, follow Article II of 'Article of association of Wikimedia
>>> Bangladesh
>>> > Foundation' [1] (proposed) for the details about Membership.
>>> (Scroll down a
>>> > bit and you will find the details.
>>> >
>>> > Thank you.
>>> >
>>> > ---
>>> > Shabab Mustafa
>>> >
>>> > [1]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Bangladesh/MoA
>>> > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Shabab>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Md Ashickur Rahman Noor <
>>> > ashickur.noor(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> ভাই এই মেইলটা কি বাংলায় লেখা যায় না, খবর টা যেহেতু বাংলাদেশীদের
>>> জন্য তাই
>>> >> বাংলা হলে ভাল হয়। আর এই chapter এ ঢুকব কিভাবে?
>>> >> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>> >> Dedicated Linux Forum in
>>> >> Bangladesh<
>>>
http://forums.linuxdesh.com/member.php?action=register&referrer=3%20
>>> >
>>> >> Follow Me Twiter <https://twitter.com/#%21/AshickunNoor>
>>> >> Thank you
>>> >> Md Ashickur Rahman
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Rahman Khan
>>> >> <rahman.khan.john(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Please make it Bangla Wikipedia NOT Bengali. Thank you.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Ragib Hasan <
>>> ragibhasan(a)gmail.com>wroteote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Dear Wikipedians,
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I am very pleased to announce our initiative to create an
>>> official
>>> >>>> Bangladesh chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation, named
Wikimedia
>>> >>>> Bangladesh. Maybe many of you already know: currently the
>>> existence of
>>> >>>> this chapter is unofficial, but we believe it is time to get
an
>>> >>>> official identity to promote free knowledge all over
Bangladesh
>>> more
>>> >>>> efficiently. We have already formed a small work-group to
work
>>> in this
>>> >>>> process [1].
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Wikimedia Bangladesh will be a non-profit organisation
devoted
>>> towards
>>> >>>> promoting Wikipedia and related projects and creating
public
>>> awareness
>>> >>>> in Bangladesh.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> To kick-start the process, we have contacted the Chapters
>>> Committee
>>> >>>> [2] of the Wikimedia Foundation. We also updated our
chapter
>>> page [3]
>>> >>>> on Meta-Wiki [4]. We have also submitted the draft of our
>>> Memorandum
>>> >>>> of Association [5]. Currently the creation of this chapter
is
>>> under
>>> >>>> active consideration by the Chapters Committee.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> We invite Bangladeshi wikipedians to support the Wikimedia
>>> Bangladesh
>>> >>>> chapter and review the official memorandum of
understanding.
>>> Please
>>> >>>> reply in this thread and provide your invaluable feedback.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> With regards,
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Ragib Hasan
>>> >>>> User:Ragib on en/bn
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Bureaucrat, Bengali Wikipedia
>>> >>>> Administrator, English Wikipedia
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> --
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> [1]
>>>
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Bangladesh#Responsibilities
>>> >>>> [2]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_committee
>>> >>>> [3]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Bangladesh
>>> >>>> [4]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
>>> >>>> [5]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Bangladesh/MoA
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> >>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-bd
>>> >>>>
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>>> >>>
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