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BUFLA
BUFLA Website: www.bufla.com
Minutes of the Meeting
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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
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
4. BUFLA is now
recorded in the LA County Hall of Records.
5. BUFLA bank
account was opened at Bank of
6. The Mtg ended at
7. Next meeting
is on
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
1.
AABEA
2.
Agni Bina
3.
Ahle-Sunnah al-Jama’a
4.
Anjumane Rahman
5.
Aparajeyo Bidda Niketon
6.
ASBBS
7.
Awami
8.
BAC –
9.
BAFA (
10. BALA
(
11. Bangabandhu Foundation
12. Bangla Pathshala
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25. Bangladeshi American Democratic Party of
26. Banoful
27. BAPAC
(Bangladeshi American Political Action Committee)
28. Baul (Mizanur Rahman –Shaheen)
29. BDSAC
(
30.
31. BNP
32. Boishakhi Mela
33. BSLA
(
34. BWAC (
35.
36.
37. Christian
Association
38.
39. Jalalabad Association of
40. Jalshaghar Entertainment
41. Jatio Party
42. Jhumur Gushti
43.
44. LA-Sherrif’s Advisory Committee
45. MUNA
(Muslim Ummah of
46. Munshiganj Bikrampur Samity
47. NANA (Narayanganj
Association of
48. Organization
of
49. Rhythm
50. SABAN
(South Asian Business
51. Shishu Kishore Jagot
52. Tablig Jamat
53. Taranga (
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:
The Agenda
of the meeting was as follows:
1. Introductions by the attendees.
2. Approval of
Action Committee Reports:
i) Venue Reservation &
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:
Item – 6: Clothes Container Shipment to
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: (
The February 4 Mtg minutes was
discussed and unanimously approved.
Item – 3: The “Unity Celebration Day” à
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
ii) Budget and fund Raising
ii-a) Bank Account
BUFLA bank account was opened
at Bank of America on
ii-b) Budget
|
Budget |
|
|
for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
$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
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
8. BAC –
9.
BAFA (
10.
BALA (
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.
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.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25. Bangladeshi
American Democratic Party of
26. Banoful (Dr. Moazzem Hossain
909-307-9688-home, Dr. Ruby Hossain 909-754-0448-cell, Dr. Ruby Hossain
951-212-7933, Bashir and Nahid
Ather
951-500-0607, Shilpi and Kazi
Hossain
909-793-7872, Dr. Khasru and Nilu 909-783-2903,
Mr. Matiur Rahman
and Mahela
909-796-1688, Mr. Mondol and Keka Mondol
909-796-8451, Dr. Rafique and Maya Alam 951-788-2140,
Sadeq and Zaria Khan 951-275-9855.)
27. BAPAC
(Bangladeshi American Political Action Committee) (Jalil
Khan 562-402-4818) ($1,000) (F, S, P)
28. Baul (Mizanur Rahman –Shaheen 714-262-8425)
29. BDSAC (
30. Bengal Heritage of California (President- Nil Krisna
Kundu, 626-825-9375,
Vice President- Deepak Mistry 818-427-6351,
Puja Committee Convenor-
Tapan Kundu
323-627-8720, Secretary- Rupam Biswas, 714-299-0356,
Cultural Secretary- Sri Shyamal Nath 818-717-9272,
Krishna Majumdar 323-360-3882, Pradip
Majumdar 909-772-7637)
31.
BNP (Nazrul Islam Chowdhury –Kanchon 213-270-4567, Dublo
Amin
213-663-4121) ($1,000) (F, S, P)
32. Boishakhi Mela (Abul Ibrahim 213-948-7908, 213-3989-8006,
33.
BSLA (
34. BWAC (
35.
36.
37. Christian Association (Rupom)
38.
Dhaka University Alumni Association (Golam Mustafa 805-350-1267,
Khandaker Alam
909-732-8800, Mushfiqur Chowdhury
323-422-5479, Manzur Molla
626-854-8886 x 185, M.A. Karim 562-903-5835, Quazi Moshurul Huda 213-925-4652, Selima
Akhter 213-210-8752)
($500) (F, S, P)
39. Jalalabad Association of
40. Jalshaghar Entertainment (Shah Alam,
President 818-705-0472, Masud Zaman, Akmd Rahaman, Khaleed Hossain, Mizanul Hoque Chowdhury,
Mohamed Rahaman)
($500) (F, S, P, C)
41. Jatio Party (Shaikh Raza –Milu
Bhai
949-855-1673)
42. Jhumur Gushti (Ali Ashraf Runu 909-896-5500)
43.
44.
LA-Sherrif’s Advisory
Committee (Jalil Khan 562-402-4818)
($1,000) (F, S, P)
45.
MUNA (Muslim Ummah of
North America) (Anisur Rahman, 213-840-7264, Secretary, anis1971@gmail.com,
anis1971@hotmail.com, Ali Akbar 714-670-7211, Ashraf
213-926-2959) ($500+ ) (F, S, P,
C)
46. Munshiganj Bikrampur Samity (Muhammad Shamim Hossain President, 213-388-0790)
47. NANA (Narayanganj Association of
48. Organization of
49. Rhythm (Ali Ashraf Runu
909-896-5500, Abu Hanifa 818-389-2849)
50. SABAN (South Asian Business
51. Shishu Kishore Jagot
52. Tablig Jamat (Belal Uddin Ahmed 323-301-2555,
Isa Khan 213-327-7535, Islam 213-948-4613)
53.
Taranga (
54. USBBF (US-Bangladesh Business Forum) (Khaled Gazi - kgazi@cox.net,
M. Osman Choudhury - chandga13@aol.com,
Tanvir: fzahidi02@yahoo.com, M Zafar Ullah - mzullah1954@aol.com Details: www.usbbf.com)
55. USBCC
(US-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce) (Zahangir Sayem)
56.
Uttoron
(Dr. M. A. Hashem 323-720-9062-h, 213-200-0984-c, Emdadul Haque Bob 323-466-1523-h, 323-314-8275, Habibur
Rahman Swaraj 630-739-6000) ($1000+ ) (F, S, P, C)
57. Writers’ Association (Muktadir Chowdhury Tarun 213-327-8212,
213-305-0892, mdabdc@aol.com)
In this list, a total of 24
organizations were marked as F with Finance of $500 minimum, with 6 of those
organizations with $1000 each, making it a total of 24x$500 + 6x$500 = $15,000
ii) Stage set-up, Booth
setup-&-Collection
|
Abdullah Al-Mamun |
323-309-1945 |
|
Abul Ibrahim |
213-948-7908 |
|
Anis ( |
213-321-0267 |
|
Babul |
213-281-2771 |
|
Dr. Jewel |
|
|
Farid Khan |
213-219-0390 |
|
Habibur Rahman (Sawraj) |
213-380-3650 |
|
Humayun
Kabir |
213-926-1830 |
|
Kamal Pasha |
|
|
|
818-763-4986 |
|
Liton |
|
|
Matin |
|
|
Monwar Hossain |
213-487-1942 |
|
Syed Abed Nipu |
562-234-6199 |
|
Tarek |
323-382-4129 |
Humayun Kabir
(Coordinator) was absent from the meeting.
iii)
(a) Inviting dignitaries (b) Reception of Dignitaries.
Jalil Khan reported the invitation to the Lt. Governor John Garamendi, State Controller John Chiang, LA-Mayor Antonio Villaraigusa, LA County Sheriff Lee Baca,
Board of Equalization Chair Judy Chu, Congresswoman Loretta. Mohammad Jilani Sadiq reported invitation
to Mayor of Anaheim and Orange County Board of Supervisor, and plans to invite
several other Mayors. Saif kutubi
reported that Dr. Yunus replied to his invitation,
and said that he has plans to come in September, but April 1 is not sure. (Firoze Fakhri reported outside of
this meeting that he hand-delivered the BUFLA invitation letter to Dr. Yunus in
|
Ishtiaq Chisti |
818-370-5259 |
|
Jalil Khan |
562-402-4818-h,
213-897-8335-o, 562-716-3208-c |
|
Jilani Sadiq |
714-776-0214-h,
949-724-2840-o |
|
Nazmul Ula |
310-645-6759-h,
310-338-5102-o |
|
Omar Huda |
818-831-9286,
310-825-3542 |
|
Shamim Hossain |
213-388-0790 |
|
Zainul Abedin |
818-606-7660-c,
818-547-1330 |
|
(Major Kutubi) |
323-793-1277 |
|
Firoze Fakhri |
714-680-9876-o,
714-470-6438-c |
v) Program
(a) Parade:
|
Major Hamid |
323-254-1161 |
|
Major Kutubi |
323-793-1277-c,
323-726-7372-h |
|
Syed M. Hossain Babu |
323-394-2961 |
Syed M. Hossain Babu
(Coordinator) and Major Kutubi are working on it.
(b) Speeches by the
Dignitaries:
Members
of the Dignitaries invitation committee will coordinate the speeches of the
Dignitaries during the Program.
(c) Cultural Program:
|
Ali Ashraf Runu |
909-896-5500 |
|
Dr. Hashem |
213-200-0984 |
|
Khaleed Hossain |
818-681-3710-c,818-705-0472-o |
|
Munirul Islam Badal |
|
|
Shahana Parveen |
310-259-3627,
310-259-2736 |
|
Shanku Aice |
|
|
Zahid Hossain Pintu |
213-923-0877 |
The
cultural committee did not have a meeting to plan for the cultural program.
They will repot it in the next meeting.
vi) Sound system
|
Jalshaghar |
818-705-0472
(Shah Alam) |
|
Jhumur Gushti |
909-896-5500 (Runu) |
Shah Alam (Coordinator) had a prepared proposal.
vii) Fund
raising
|
Abdul Baset |
|
|
Abu Hossain Manju |
626-675-0637-c,
909-614-1560-h |
|
Ahmed kabir |
818-448-1398 |
|
Ali Tayab |
818-549-9003 |
|
Amzad Hossain |
213-407-0519-c,
323-309-1945 |
|
Anisur Rahman |
213-840-7264 |
|
Badiul Alam |
626-627-7462-c |
|
Chinmoy Roy Chowdhury |
909-478-3951 |
|
Dr. Moazzem Hossain |
909-307-9688 |
|
Dr. Pradip Chowdhury |
|
|
Enamul
Haque Emran |
818-625-5031 |
|
Habib Ahmed Tia |
818-430-5726 |
|
Ismail Hossain |
909 800 2640 |
|
Khandakar Alam |
|
|
M. Alam |
|
|
Mafiz ( |
|
|
Majib Siddiquee |
213-820-9511 |
|
Maksudur Rahman Jewel |
|
|
Mohammad Ali |
213-500-6371 |
|
Mohammad Hanif |
818-389-2849 |
|
Muktadir Chowdhury Tarun |
213-327-8212,
213-305-0892 |
|
Nazrul Islam Kanchan |
213-270-4567 |
|
Nil Kundu |
626-825-9375 |
|
Parish |
323-377-1957 |
|
Serajul Islam Khukon |
213-216-8021-c,
213-382-9592-Aladin |
|
Siddiqur Rahman Siddique |
|
Enamul Haque Emran
(Coordinator) reported on behalf of the committee. He requested the team to
select another Coordinator, because he is very busy at this time. So, the team
has to identify the coordinator for this very important committee.
viii) Brochure
|
Jashim Ashrafi
Ahmed |
818-987-7454-c,
616-861-8500-o |
|
Mahtabuddin Tipu |
310-743-3032 |
|
Quazi
Moshurul Huda |
213-925-4652 |
|
Rafiquzzaman jewel |
213-305-3625 |
|
Shamsul Islam |
323-463-1700-o 323-896-1964-c |
|
Shanku Aice |
818-606-4253 |
|
Tariq Babu |
714-262-6610 |
|
Toufique Choudhury |
323-935-9388-h,
323-307-1328-c |
|
Yunus Rahi |
|
|
Zafarullah |
562-804-1500 |
Quazi Moshurul Huda (Coordinator, Editorial
Board Chair) reported on behalf of the committee. He had a committee meeting
earlier. He reported that the Brochure will contain the following items: (a)
the messages from all of the 57+ Organizations of our community, (b) the
messages from the Dignitaries, (c) An account of the Businesses and other
professional and nonprofessional rainbow of our community, (d) Specialty
articles addressing the inception and growth of the Bangladesh community in
greater Los Angeles area during the last half a century, including the various
avenues and sentiments of this great community. (e) Advertisements. The writings can be in the form of essay,
story, article, poem, humor, drama, cartoon, etc. Quazi
Moshurul Huda requested everyone to please submit the
writings-and-materials to him by
ix) Publicity (Media, Flyers etc.):
|
Bappi Barua |
|
|
Jahan Hasan |
818-266-7539-c,323-462-9300-o |
|
Quddus
Khan |
562-879-4374-c,
562-928-2609-h |
|
Shafiqur Rahman |
|
Quddus Khan (Coordinator) reported on behalf of the committee. He pointed
out the need for funding to do the publicity. He also requested a copy of the
contents for the flyers and posters.
x) Treasurer
|
Badrul Chowdhury |
|
|
Saleh Kibria |
323-404-1386-c,
323-666-4425-h, 213-897-5328-o |
|
Shafiqur Rahman |
310-370-7706-h,
213-897-4118-o |
|
Shah Alam (Bangla
Pathshala) |
323-974-1434-c,
213-381-3490-h |
Saleh Kibria (Coordinator) was not present
in this meeting. Shafiqur Rahman
and Shah Alam were present. There is no activity of
this committee yet. This committee will open a bank account of BUFLA soon in
Bank of America.
iv) Coordinators (To coordinate all
Committees):
|
Abul Kashem Toha |
818-624-1551 |
|
Dablu Amin |
213-663-4121 |
|
Jamil Ahmad |
|
|
Mizan Shaheen |
714-262-8425 |
|
Mofazzal Hossain |
|
|
Moinul Chowdhury |
|
|
Mominul Haque Bachu |
213-820-4564 |
|
Mushfiqur
Chowdhury Khasru |
323-422-5479 |
|
Shafiqul Alam Khukon |
323-828-4136-c (Nisa ) |
|
Shohel Rahman Badal |
562-972-0042 |
|
Zahangir Sayem |
323-382-3159 |
Mushfiqur Chowdhury Khasru
(Coordinator) was not present in the meeting.
xi) Miscellaneous:
(a) Security:
(b) Parking Control: Akhter (Sylhet)
(c) First-Aid: Bilkis Parveen, Some Doctors
Item – 4: Discussion on Ekushe February 2008.
The team felt that
this is a healing time, and therefore decided to discuss about this item at a
later meeting.
Item – 5:
Nasimul Gani (a long time
member of AABEA) reported that there are several members of the Congress from
the east coast who are in the Bangladesh Caucus, but there is only one congress
person from the west coast. He requested all the attendees to please contact
their respective Congressperson individually requesting them to join the
Bangladesh Caucus.
Item – 6: Clothes Container Shipment to
Item – 7: Ad-hoc Committee for BUFLA Constitution:
Item – 8: BUFLA Registration Update:
Applied for BUFLA to be recorded in the LA
County Hall of Records. That document was used to open the Bank Account
of BUFLA.
Item – 9: (Next meeting Date)
Item – 10: Close of the
meeting.
Item – 4: Clothes Container shipment to
|
Babul |
213-281-2771 |
|
Emdadul Haque Bob |
323-314-8275-c,
323-466-1523-h |
|
Humayun Kabir |
213-926-1830 |
|
Shafiqul Alam Khukon |
323-828-4136-c (Nisa fashion) |
|
Shohel Rahman Badal |
562-972-0042 |
Shohel Rahman Badal (Coordinator) reported on behalf of the committee. He
said that the shipment will be done through an Agency. He explained that a
total of 1,15,200 pounds of clothes are needed in
order to make the container shipment to
Item – 5: BUFLA Registration Update:
BUFLA has been
registered as a nonprofit organization of the State of
The IRS has also
issued a tax ID number on phone for the Federal tax purposes. This ID number (EIN)
is 83-0471430. This ID number has been
confirmed by a written letter by the IRS. This IRS letter will be used to open
the bank account for BUFLA.
The remaining item
to make it a 501(c)(3) entity is to fill out the 1023
form along with the Bylaws. The Ad-hoc committee for constitution (as stated in
the next item) is working on the Bylaws, and as soon as it is ready, then the
1023 form will be submitted.
Item – 6: Ad-hoc Committee formation for BUFLA Constitution:
An Adhoc committee has been formed by the team to draft the
BUFLA constitution. The committee members are as follows:
|
Dr. Hashem |
213-200-0984 |
|
Ismail Hossain |
909 800 2640 |
|
Jilani Sadiq |
714-776-0214-h,
949-724-2840-o |
|
Majib Siddiquee |
213-820-9511 |
|
Zahid Hossain Pintu |
213-923-0877 |
This Adhoc committee for Constitution has been requested to
please prepare the draft of the Bylaws and submit it to the whole team within a
reasonable amount of time.
Item – 7: (Next meeting Date)
The next meeting
date was set for February 25, 2007, but because of the 2 community events on
that day (evening) (as posted in the Community Calendar Section of the BUFLA
website at www.bufla.com), it has been recommended to hold the BUFLA meeting on
March 4, 2007, Sunday, from 2:00 PM to
4:00 PM at Shatto Recreation Center, 3191 W. 4th Street, Los Angeles,
CA 90020. (on
Note: Since the
The meeting adjourned at
Respectfully,
Mahbub Khan
408-859-3566-cell
mahbubkhan@ieee.org, mahbubkhan35@hotmail.com