New subject: [Wikimedia-BD] Formation of Wikimedia Bangladesh - (local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation)

26 May 2011

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 &lt;mahayalamkhan(a)gmail.com&gt; 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 &lt;tonmoy.du(a)gmail.com&gt; 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 &lt;shabab.mustafa(a)gmail.com&gt; 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&gt; 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?
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> Bangladesh< 
http://forums.linuxdesh.com/member.php?action=register&referrer=3%20>
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 Thank you
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 On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Rahman Khan
 &lt;rahman.khan.john(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote;wrote:

> Please make it Bangla Wikipedia NOT Bengali. Thank you.
>
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Ragib Hasan &lt;ragibhasan(a)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
>>
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