Dear Colleagues.
You will be pleased to know that ISOC Bangladesh chapter has already
been
launched and an executive committee has been formed to make it
operational
in its last meeting held on November, 11 2000 at ICMS premises.
following
is the minutes of the meeting
Minutes of the Meeting of ISOC Bangladesh Chapter (In preparation)
Date : November, 09 2000
Venue: ICMS Mirpur
Attendee:
1. Hakikur Rahman
2 Md. Abdul Hakim
3. Farhad Nizam
4. Touhid Uz zaman
5. Md. Mamun Murtaza Sheriff
6. M. Rubaiyat Islam
7. Md. Towhidur Rahman
8. Md. Zahirul Islam
9. Md. Altaf Hossain
10. Md. Salim Ahmed
Agenda of the meeting and Proposals:
Main objective of the meeting was to formation of the ISOC
Bangladesh
chapter and an executive committee in accordance with the bylaws of
the Internet society.
Article I. Name
It is decided that the organisation shall be called the ISOC
Bangladesh
Chapter
Article II. Purpose
It has been decided that ISOCBD would like to extend the scope of
Internet
to the grass root level of this developing country and facilitate
broader
and fairer access to information and communication networks and
services as
well as provision of information.
This chapter of Internet society will serve the society's purposes by
serving the interest of a segment of the global internet community
through
a local presence, focus on local issues and development, and use of
local
languages
This chapter will serve persons who live or work in Bangladesh only
Article III. Membership
The chapter shall have two classes of members: Organizational Members
and
Individual Members
All members of a chapter shall also be members of the Internet
Society.
Membership in the Chapter shall be open to all ISOC members in the
locality
served by the Chapter upon
request and payment of any local dues, as determined by the Executive
Committee
Student membership shall be open to all full-time students; student
membership dues shall be determined
he Executive Council, but shall not exceed 75 percent of regular
member
dues
Article IV. - Officers
The following executive committee of this Chapter was formed
Chair : Hakikur Rahman
hakik@sdnbd.org
Vice Chair: Md. Abdul: Hakim
hakim@sdnbd.org
Secretary: Touhid Uz zaman
T_zaman@sdnbd.org
Organising Secretary: Rubaiyat Islam
Rubayat@yahoo.com
Treasurer: Towhidur Rahman
Towhidbd@yahoo.com
It is decided that the officers shall be elected at the annual
Election (or
Business) meeting. They shall take office on date and serve for define
term
of office. They shall take office immediately upon election and serve
until
their successor is elected.
Article IX. - Meetings
The Chapter shall hold meetings only in places that are open and
accessible
to all members of the Society. As planned by the executive committee
regular meetings shall be held quarterly from now on.
It is recommended that a registered office for the society will be
setup
immediately for smoothing the activities of the society.
Touhid Uz Zaman
Secretary, ISOC-Bnaglades Chapter
Email: t_zaman@sdnbd.org