রেজোলিউশন/আঞ্চলিক সম্প্রদায় গঠন সংক্রান্ত পূর্ববর্তী রেজোলিউশনের সংশোধনী, আগস্ট ২০২৪
নিচের রেজোলিউশনটি উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশে নির্বাহী পরিষদ কর্তৃক ২০ আগস্ট ২০২৪ তারিখে পাস হয়েছে।
নির্বাহী পরিষদের সদস্যদের মধ্যে ৬ জন পক্ষে ভোট প্রদান করেছেন ও কেউ বিপক্ষে ভোট প্রদান করেননি। ভোট প্রদানে বিরত ছিলেন ৩ জন।
এই ভোট গ্রহণের সময় কারও ভোট প্রদানের অধিকার খর্ব করা হয়নি।
- পক্ষে ভোট প্রদান করেছেন: দোলন প্রভা, মহীন রীয়াদ, মাসুম আল হাসান, অংকন ঘোষ দস্তিদার, আর কে হান্নান ও শাবাব মুস্তাফা
- ভোট প্রদানে বিরত ছিলেন: আলী হায়দার খান, তানভির রহমান ও তানবিন ইসলাম সিয়াম
Whereas:
- 1. The Regional Community (“RC”) is being created to improve regional engagement of Wikimedia Bangladesh (“WMBD”) in different regions of Bangladesh;
- 2. RC will focus on activities of WMBD’s Executive Committee (“EC”) designated regional communities;
- 3. Specific geographical regions will be decided and named by the EC to create an RC to function properly;
- 4. The naming format of a regional community shall be ‘Wikimedia Community’ ('উইকিমিডিয়া সম্প্রদায়' in Bangla) starting with the region’s name;
- 5. Only a Regular Member of WMBD who is an active Wikimedian can lead a RC;
- 6. RC is required to:
- a. Have at least three (3) and/or at most five (5) active Wikimedians who are residents of the region where the designated regional community functions;
- b. Plan, budget, manage, and report local programs and events in their region to the EC;
- c. Actively promote and participate in WMBD’s nation-wide programs and events;
- d. Advise EC about the needs and challenges of their community;
- e. publish a quarterly activity report at bd.wikimedia.org website;
- f. Maintain constant collaboration with EC through their EC liaison(s);
- g. Maintain good working relationships with other WMBD recognized entities throughout the country;
- h. Collaborate with local Wikimedians to help them improve their performance and solve their problems;
- 7. RC shall have the following structure:
- a. A RC shall have one specific Regular Member of WMBD to lead the Community;
- b. All members of a RC shall be a member of a regional collaborative mailing list;
- c. The lead of a RC shall have the designation ‘Chief Coordinator’ (প্রধান সমন্বয়ক in Bangla) followed by the name of their regional community;
- d. Other members of a RC except the lead of a RC shall have the designation ‘Deputy coordinator’ (সহ-সমন্বয়ক in Bangla) followed by the name of their regional community;
- e. A member of the regional community outside a RC shall have the designation ‘Member’ (সদস্য in Bangla) followed by the name of their regional community;
- f. The lead of a RC is responsible to:
- i. Manage and report overall operations of their RC at WMBD's documentation website;
- ii. Recommend EC in necessary changes of the RC’s structure and membership;
- iii. Maintain close collaboration with the EC liaison;
- 8. An existing RC shall have a term length of one (1) year which will end on 31 December of each year regardless the time of the year a RC has been recognized;
- 9. An existing RC will renew automatically for another term if they fulfill criteria (6) of this resolution and/or the operational guiding principal explained in this document.
- 10. EC shall discontinue or dissolve a Regional Community if:
- a. EC finds the RC incompatible to the Goals and Objectives of WMBD;
- b. RC fails to maintain necessary activities to function the Community properly;
- c. There are not enough active RC members to keep the RC properly functioned;
- d. It engages with unethical, unlawful and/or questionable activities;
- 11. EC may remove a RC member from an existing RC if:
- a. They stay out of the region of the RC for more than six (6) months;
- b. They become inactive in the RC activities;
- c. They are charged with unlawful and/or questionable activities;
- 13. EC shall recognize the formation of a new RC with written resolution;
- 14. EC holds the rights to discontinue and/or cancel a RC with written resolution;
This resolution is effective immediately when passed.