Wikimedia Bangladesh

Wikimedia Bangladesh (Bengali: উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশ) or WikimediaBD (locally registered in Bangladesh as Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation) is an approved chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation. It was approved by the Wikimedia Board of trustees on October 3, 2011 and was the 39th chapter to be approved by the Wikimedia Foundation board. It was locally registered in Bangladesh on 9 June 2014 at Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms as a non-profit foundation under the Societies Registrations Act, 1860 bearing the registration number S-11906 and official name Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation.

Wikimedia Bangladesh

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Location	Bangladesh
Country code	BD
Legal status	voluntary and non-profit organization
Approval date	3 October 2011
Main office	Dhaka
Membership	yes
Volunteers	63
Official language(s)	Bengali
Other language(s)	English
President	Tanvir Rahman
Key people	Ankan Ghosh Dastider (General Secretary) Masum-al-hasan Rocky (Treasurer)
Budget	Per project
Affiliations	Wikimedia Foundation
Mobile number	+8801725003744
Website	wikimedia.org.bd
E-mail address	info@wikimedia.org.bd
Mailing list	wikimedia-bd
Freenode	#wikimedia-bd
Twitter	WikimediaBD
Facebook	WikimediaBD
Youtube	Wikimedia Bangladesh
Mailing address	Shelteck Niribili, 210/2 (1st Floor), New Elephant Road, Katabon, Dhaka-1205

Primary objective of this chapter is to help coordinate and promote various Bengali language Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wiktionary, Wikibooks etc throughout Bangladesh.

Current projectsEdit

NativeEdit

Bengali language (`bn`) projects
Name	Type	Language	Local name
Bengali Wikipedia	Wikipedia	Bengali	উইকিপিডিয়া
Bengali Wiktionary	Wiktionary	Bengali	উইকিঅভিধান
Bengali Wikisource	Wikisource	Bengali	উইকিসংকলন
Bengali Wikibooks	Wikibooks	Bengali	উইকিবই
Bengali Wikivoyage	Wikivoyage	Bengali	উইকিভ্রমণ
Bishnupriya Manipuri (`bpy`) language projects
Name	Type	Language	Local name
Bishnupriya Manipuri Wikipedia	Wikipedia	Bishnupriya Manipuri	উইকিপিডিয়া
Santali (`sat`) language projects
Name	Type	Language	Local name
Santali Wikipedia	Wikipedia	Santali	উইকিপিডিয়া

Non-nativeEdit

English language (`en`) projects
All English language projects, most notably English Wikipedia (to develop Bangladesh and Bengali language/culture related content).

Local CommunitiesEdit

Local communities run by Wikimedia Bangladesh
Name (en)	Local name	Area
Chattogram Wikipedia Community	চট্টগ্রাম উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায়	Chattogram Division
Rajshahi Wikipedia Community	রাজশাহী উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায়	Rajshahi Division
Sylhet Wikipedia Community	সিলেট উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায়	Sylhet Division
Barishal Wikipedia Community	বরিশাল উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায়	Barishal Division
Khulna Wikipedia Community	খুলনা উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায়	Khulna Division
Cumilla Wikipedia Community	কুমিল্লা উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায়	Cumilla District

Becoming a memberEdit

Three types of membership are available: Regular membership, Supporting membership and Institutional membership. Any natural person and institution/corporate body may become member of Wikimedia Bangladesh. Members may either be Bangladeshis or foreign nationals. Those who are under 18 years of age may become Supporting members and those who are 18+ may become Regular members. Individuals have to pay yearly membership fees; the year will be calculated from the July-June session. Regular Member: 500 BDT, Supporting member: 100 BDT. For more information please visit member registration rules. Membership registration forms are available here at WMBD's official website.

Contact usEdit

Website: Main site: wikimedia.org.bd
Documentation site: bd.wikimedia.org
Email: info@wikimedia.org.bd
Mailing list: Official mailing list of Wikimedia Bangladesh. join discussions at wikimedia-bd
IRC: Catch us directly on our freenode IRC channel #wikimedia-bd
Facebook: Become a fan of Wikimedia Bangladesh at facebook.com/wikimediabd
Twitter: Follow our tweets at @wikimediabd (hash #WikimediaBD)
Instagram: Follow us @WikimediaBD
Google Plus Page: Add to circle +Wikimedia Bangladesh
Youtube Channel: Subscribe +Wikimedia Bangladesh

Our objectivesEdit

(From our Memorandum of Association)

To create awareness among the people of Bangladesh about the availability of free and open educational content and enable them to effectively use this.
To help build the capacity of individuals and institutions to access, develop and contribute to free and open educational resources which include but are not limited to, encyclopedias, dictionaries, books, images etc.
To organize workshops, seminars, study circles, conferences, training programs and other educational activities in collaboration and co-operation with academic/educational institutes, research groups, non-government organizations, foreign agencies, governments and any other interested organization for spreading the knowledge and/or use of free and open educational resources.
To support the charitable work of the Wikimedia Foundation.
To promote wider participation in the creation, dissemination and expansion of information and educational resources covering the world’s knowledge and languages to all persons, everywhere.
To further the development of electronic, printed and other resources required to support such participation.
To produce, publish and develop or cause to be produced, published and developed, information/educational resources, whether in printed, electronic or other forms.
To encourage the use of information resources for the advancement of education.
To do all and any other acts or things as may be incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the above objects.

ResponsibilitiesEdit

Executive CommitteeEdit

See the updated list on the chapter wiki of Wikimedia Bangladesh with short biography.
The current Executive Committee consists of the following people.