Dear All,
I was delighted when I heard that some of the wikipedians wanted to take a step to form the local wekimedia chapter. This was, indeed a great news for me and Ragib. I remembered the the weeks of end of march 2006 2hen we discussed the potential of Bangla wikipedia and at the end I wrote an article in Bangladesh media (The daily Prothom Alo, the highest circulating newspaper in the country). The article was published on 30th march and we formed a yahoo group to coordinate among ourselves. We then started a series of campaign and workshop in different universities under our organization named Bangladesh open Source Network of which i am happened to be the general secretary. I took the advantage of leveraging the biggest high school event in Bangladesh (the math Olympiad) for our wiki campaign. And in a short time, we get more wikipedians and I am happy that some of them took the torch in their shoulder. Salute to them. After having this e-mail group we decided to close the yahoo group in coming days and more volunteers are joining here. Also, the activities spread over the country and there are some group in different parts of the country. One such group is "Chittagong Wiki co-ordination committee" who just a few days back organized a wiki-festival in Chittagong attended by 8 universities team. Similarly, there are other programmes including demonstration in front of Ekushey Book fair, wiki-meetup and others and I believe with this activities our communities get experienced and they are now capable of having their own registered chapter.
So, when Tanvir (He knew about wikipedia from the book-fair demonstration) informed me that they are trying to form the local chapter, I said good wishes. Because that is now the demand of the time.
I wish, the formation will took place in a natural ways and after having the chapter the wikipedians will elect their executive body.
Hope the formalities will be at end shortly and we will have a chapter as soon as possible.
Thank you all.
Munir Hasan
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Goutam Roy gtmroy@gmail.com wrote:
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@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@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@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@gmail.comwrote:
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@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@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%3E
> 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@gmail.comwrote: > >> Please make it Bangla Wikipedia NOT Bengali. Thank you. >> >> >> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Ragib Hasan <ragibhasan@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-BD mailing list >>> Wikimedia-BD@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-bd >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-BD mailing list >> Wikimedia-BD@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-bd >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-BD mailing list > Wikimedia-BD@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-bd > >
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