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BUFLA

Bangladesh Unity Federation of Los Angeles

BUFLA Website:  www.bufla.com

 

Minutes of the Meeting

February 25, 2007,  Sunday,  2PM to 4 PM

Shatto Recreation Center, 3191 W. 4th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90020

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Summary of the Mtg-Minutes:

 

1.     About 40 people attended this meeting representing various different Organizations from the list of 57 Organizations.

2.     The Unity Celebration Day “Action committees” made their presentations for Bangladesh day celebration.

3.     A motion was passed recommending every organization to contribute $100, plus donation of $400, making it a minimum total payment of $500 to BUFLA for the Bangladesh day.

4.     BUFLA is now recorded in the LA County Hall of Records.

5.     BUFLA bank account was opened at Bank of America on 2-13-2007, and the Account number is:  000991-122000661-09935-66120.

6.     The Mtg ended at 5:00 PM

7.     Next meeting is on March 11, 2007, Sunday starting at 2 PM at Shatto. 

 

 

Here are the details of the Minutes.

 

Attendees:  (in alphabetical order):

 

 

Abu M. Hossain –Manju

Abu Majumder

Abul Kalam

Abul Kashem Toha

Ali Akbar

Anis Rahman

Dr. Hashem

Dr. Rafiq Alam

Emdadul Haque Bob

Habib Ahmed Tia

Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan

Jalil Khan

Jamshed A. Haider

Kamal Khan

Khaleed Hossain

M. A. H. Babul

Mahbub Khan

Majib Siddique

Majib Siddiquee

Manzur Chowdhury

Md. Anisur Rahman

Mohammad Enamul Hoque

Mohammad Jilani Sadiq

Mohammed A. Khair

Mourshad A. Haider

Mujibur Rahman

Nasimul Gani

Nazmul Ula

Quazi Moshurul Huda

Saif Kutubi

Saif kutubi

Salahuddin Ahmed

Saleh Kibria

Shafiq Rahman

Shah Alam

Shah M Alam

Shohel Rahman Badal

Syed M. Hossain Babu

Zahid Hossain Pintu

 

 

The above attendees represented various different organizations from the list of 57 organizations of the greater Los Angeles area, as listed below:

 

1.      AABEA   

2.      Agni Bina

3.      Ahle-Sunnah al-Jama’a  

4.      Anjumane Rahman

5.      Aparajeyo Bidda Niketon

6.      ASBBS

7.      Awami League California, USA 

8.      BAC – Bangladesh Association of California

9.      BAFA (Bangladesh Armed Forces Association)

10.  BALA (Bangladesh Association of Los Angeles)  

11.  Bangabandhu Foundation

12.  Bangla Pathshala

13.  Bangladesh Academy

14.  Bangladesh Association of Valley, LA 

15.  Bangladesh Association of Greater valley

16.  Bangladesh Awami League, California Branch

17.  Bangladesh California Club

18.  Bangladesh Cultural Organization

19.  Bangladesh in America  

20.  Bangladesh Mela

21.  Bangladesh Physicians’ Association

22.  Bangladesh Shiksha Kendro  

23.  Bangladesh Taxi Workers’ Association, Los Angeles, CA

24.  Bangladesh Valley Association

25.  Bangladeshi American Democratic Party of California

26.  Banoful

27.  BAPAC (Bangladeshi American Political Action Committee)   

28.  Baul  (Mizanur Rahman –Shaheen)

29.  BDSAC (Bangladesh Students Association of California)

30.  Bengal Heritage of California

31.  BNP    

32.  Boishakhi Mela  

33.  BSLA (Bangladesh Society of Los Angeles)

34.  BWAC (Bangladesh Women’s Association of California)

35.  California Jalalabad Association

36.  Chittagong Association of S. CA 

37.  Christian Association

38.  Dhaka University Alumni Association

39.  Jalalabad Association of California

40.  Jalshaghar Entertainment 

41.  Jatio Party

42.  Jhumur Gushti

43.  Khulna Society

44.  LA-Sherrif’s Advisory Committee   

45.  MUNA (Muslim Ummah of North America)   

46.  Munshiganj Bikrampur Samity

47.  NANA (Narayanganj Association of North America) 

48.  Organization of Orange County

49.  Rhythm

50.  SABAN  (South Asian Business Alliance Network)

51.  Shishu Kishore Jagot

52.  Tablig Jamat

53.  Taranga (Nazrul Academy)

54.  USBBF (US-Bangladesh Business Forum)

55.  USBCC (US-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce) 

56.  Uttoron  

57.  Writers’ Association

 

 

Out of the 8 Newspaper/TV Representatives, 5 were present (in bold black) at the meeting, as listed below:

 

  1. ATN Bangla   
  2. Channel-I
  3. Ekush    
  4. Freelance
  5. NTV
  6. Thikana
  7. News Asia
  8. Vinnomot

 

 

The Agenda of the meeting was as follows:

 

 

 

 

1. Introductions by the attendees.

2. Approval of February 4, 2007  Meeting Minutes.

 

Action Committee Reports:

i) Venue Reservation & Parade Route determination

ii) Budget and fund Raising

ii-a) Bank Account

ii-b) Budget

ii-c) Fund raising

ii-d) Donors

 

ii-e) Donation Collection:

ii-f) Ad from Various Businesses:

iii)  Treasurer 

iv) Souvenir

v)  Program

(v-a) Parade: 

(v-b) Speeches by the Dignitaries:

(v-c) Cultural Program:

vi)  (a) Inviting dignitaries (b) Reception of Dignitaries.

vii)  Stage set-up, Booth setup-&-Collection

viii)  Publicity  (Media, Flyers etc.):

ix)  Sound system

x)  Coordinators (To coordinate all Committees): 

xi) Miscellaneous:

 

Item – 4:   Discussion on Ekushe February 2008.

Item – 5:   Bangladesh Caucus at US-Congress (-Nasimul Gani).

Item – 6:   Clothes Container Shipment to Bangladesh (-Shohel Badal)

Item – 7:   Ad-hoc Committee for BUFLA Constitution:

Item – 8:   BUFLA Registration Update:

 

 

Item – 9:   (Next meeting Date)

 

Item – 10:  Close of the meeting.

 

 

 

The meeting continued as follows:

 

Agenda Discussion:

 

At first the Agenda of the meeting was presented and discussed. It was unanimously approved. Then the meeting started.

 

Item – 1:  (Introductions)

 

All the attendees introduced themselves individually.

 

Item – 2:   (February 4,  2007  Mtg-minutes)

 

The February 4 Mtg minutes was discussed and unanimously approved.

  

 

Item – 3:   The “Unity Celebration Day” à  Bangladesh day with parade.

 

Reports of Action Committees:

 

i) Parade Route determination and Venue Reservation

 

Abdur Razzaque

213-389-1208

Emdadul Haque Bob

323-314-8275-c, 323-466-1523-h

Ferdous Khan

818-401-3579

Mujibur Rahman

213-327-9229

Mohammed Ahsan

818-843-8686x23, 213-248-7886-c

 

Emdadul Haque Bob (Coordinator) reported that the application to the City council has been submitted requesting the permission to do the parade on the Road on Harvard blvd (between 3rd and 6th street). The revised motion will be placed to the Council on Tuesday, February 27.

 

ii) Budget and fund Raising

 

ii-a) Bank Account

BUFLA bank account was opened at Bank of America on 2-13-2007, with a donation of $1000 from Mahbub Khan. The BUFLA Account number is:  000991-122000661-09935-66120

 

ii-b) Budget

 

Budget

 

for Bangladesh Day, April 1, 2007

 

 

 

 

Item

Amount

Booth

$5,000

Stage

$2,000

Sound + Generator

$5,000

Generator

$2,000

Loght + Generator

$2,000

Mobile Latrine

$300

Security

$500

Souvenir

$3,600

Dignitaries-food

$300

Ad in Paper + TV

$1,000

Poster-Banner-StageDec

$1,000

Gate with Baloons

$500

Guest from Bangladesh

$3,000

Insurance-ApplFee

$1,000

Miscellaneous

$3,000

Total

$30,200

 

 

 

 

ii-c) Fund raising

 

For fund raising, Omar Huda suggested all attendees to contact about 30 people each, making it a total of about 1000 people, who then can contribute $30 each, making it a total of $30,000. A very few people raised their hands to volunteer to contact 30 people.

 

At this point, Dr. Hashem proposed $100 contribution by each organization, plus another $400 donation from within each organization, making it a total of $500 minimum per organization. This motion was seconded by Abul Kashem Toha, and it was unanimously approved by the whole team.

 

 

At this point, the whole list of organizations were discussed one by one. The Organizations in bold black committed for Finance (F), Souvenir (S), Parade (P), and Cultural program (C).  The pledge amount is $500,  $500+, and $1,000. The committed amount, and the F-S-P-C symbols are written at the end of the Committed organizations. The Organizations in italic blue were either absent, or needed more time to decide.

 

 

1.      AABEA   (Syed Ashfaqul Huq  562-809-6074, Dr. Nazmul Ula  310-645-6759)  (($500) (F, S, P)

2.      Agni Bina  (Chinmoy Roy Chowdhury  909-478-3951)

3.      Ahle-Sunnah al-Jama’a   (Abu M. Hossain –Manju  909-614-1560)  ($500) (F, S, P, C)

4.      Anjumane Rahman   (Abu M. Hossain –Manju  909-614-1560)  ($500) (F, S, P, C)

5.      Aparajeyo Bidda Niketon

6.      ASBBS  (Dr. Wali Mondal  909-648-2120)

7.      Awami League California, USA   (Sohel Rahman Badal 562-972-0042,  F. Khan)

8.      BAC – Bangladesh Association of California

9.      BAFA (Bangladesh Armed Forces Association)  (Cornel Omar Huda  310-825-3542, Major Hamid 323-254-1161, Major Kutubi)  ($500) (F, S, P )

10.  BALA (Bangladesh Association of Los Angeles)   (Ishtiaq Chisti 818-370-5259,  Mominul Huq Bachu  213-820-4564)  ($500) (F, S, P, C)

11.  Bangabandhu Foundation  (Dr. Wali Mondal  909-648-2120)  ($500) (F, S, P, C)

12.  Bangla Pathshala  (Syed M. Hossain Babu  323-394-2961, Shah Alam)  ($500) (F, S, P, C)

13.  Bangladesh Academy  (Zahid Hossain Pintu 213-923-0877,  zhacademy@aol.com)  ($1000) (F, S, P, C)

14.  Bangladesh Association of Valley, LA  (Enamul hoque Emran 818-625-5031,  Ferdous Khan 818-401-3579,  Salam Ahmed 818-231-2518,  Siddique  818-536-1011,  Abul Kashem Toha 818-624-1551)  ($500) (F, S, P, C)

15.  Bangladesh Association of Greater valley, CA  (President- Shafiqur Rahman 818-787-8488, Vice President- Mizanur Rahman 818-769-4111,  Secretary- Niaz Muhaiman 818-759-5177, Organizing-Secretary- Saiful Islam 818-209-3970)  ($500) (F, S, P)

16.  Bangladesh Awami League, California Branch  (Mizan Shaheen 714-262-8425)  ($500) (F, S, P, C)

17.  Bangladesh California Club  (Ali Akhter 213-258-9564, Khukon 323-828-4136)  ($500) (F, S, P)

18.  Bangladesh Cultural Organization

19.  Bangladesh in America   (Mahtabuddin Tipu  310-743-3032)

20.