Dear all,
The discussion about forming a chapter is running for almost two years.
We have discussed about that several times in our meet-ups, mailing lists
and spent hours in IRC channel. But unfortunately there was no material
progress so far. So some active community members formed a small team with
interested persons to work more seriously on this and to speed up the
process. I think this is how na organization forms including Wikimedia
Chapters.
And another thing to clarify to avoid misconceptions, though these
signatories are some selected members of the community, they are not the
final 'Executive Committee'. These people will just help to form the chapter
and will responsible for shaping and preparing the chapter for it's first
general election, where members of the community will elect people for their
own executive committee. The full process will be a democratic process. In
short, this is just an interim committee until the election to carry on the
official tasks.
Regards,
---
Shabab Mustafa
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Shabab>
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Goutam Roy <gtmroy(a)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(a)gmail.com>wrote;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
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> >>>> Wikimedia-BD mailing list
>>>> >>>> Wikimedia-BD(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> >>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-bd
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>
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>>
>> --
>> Belayet Hossain
>>
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>>
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>>
http://bellayet.wordpress.com (Bangla)
>> Knowledge is universal
>> ...so share it.
>>
>> Hillel____
>> If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
>> If I am only for myself, what am I?
>> If not now, when?
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