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.com 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@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
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[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
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