Bangladesh Day

Parade

on March 30, 2008, Sunday

 

This Bangladesh Day Parade is open for all Bangladeshi people including all the organizations and all the community members of the Greater Los Angeles area in CA, USA.

 

 

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BUFLA

Bangladesh Unity Federation of Los Angeles

BUFLA Website:  www.bufla.com

 

Minutes of the BUFLA-EC Meeting

January 20, 2008,  Sunday,  2PM to 4 PM

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

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Summary of the Meeting-Minutes:

 

1.   About 17 people attended this meeting.

2.   Designated seatings with labels were continued in this mtg for the organizational representatives and for the Media/Press personnel.

3.   An action was taken for disruptive behaviour in the meeting.

4.   Only the Finance item was discussed from the list of Action items. The budget is $57K.

5.   The parade will start at Shatto parking lot, and then it will proceed southward along the Shatto place, then right on 6th Street, right on Vermont Ave, right on the 4th Street, and then back to Shatto. This year, the Bangladesh day Parade route will be twice as long compared to last year, and 2 major roads of Los Angeles will be shutdown this year for this parade including the 6th Street, and the Vermont Ave along the Parade route.

6.  The Bangladesh Day celebration with Parade is now being prepared for a 2 days event, with Seminar on March 29, 2008, Saturday, and Parade on March 30, 2008, Sunday,  followed by Cultural programs. Stage performance and booths on both days.

7.   Next BUFLA meetings are on February 3,  and February 17 (Sundays starting at 2 PM).

 

 

Here are the details of the Minutes.

 

Attendees:  (in alphabetical order):

 

 

Abul Kashem Toha

Abul Khair

Ali Akbar

Anisur Rahman

Dr. M. A. Hashem

Ismail Hossain

Janet Biswas

Kamal Khan

Khaleed Hossain

Mahbub Khan

Majib Siddiquee

Mohammad Tarek

Omar Huda

Saif Kutubi

Shah Alam (Pathok Forum)

Shah M Alam (Jalshaghar)

 

 

The Agenda of the Mtg was as follows:

 

 

Item – 1:   Review the committee members

 

Item – 2:  Review and Action for disruptive behaviour

 

Item – 3:  Action Committee reports.

 

Item – 4:  Any additional Miscellaneous items.

 

Item – 5:  Next meeting Date:  February 3, and February 17, 2008, at 2 PM.

 

Item – 6:   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:   Disruptive behaviour:

In view of the disruptive behaviour of an EC member during the last 3 consecutive EC meetings, the BUFLA-EC has requested him not to attend the BUFLA meetings until March 30, 2008. The BUFLA-EC has further requested that this organization be represented by someone else in the BUFLA meetings during this interim period.

 

Item – 2:   The Action Committees Reports:

 

Col. Omar Huda attended this meeting after a three month’s trip abroad including Hajj. At this stage of the meeting, Col. Omar Huda boldly suggested that only the Finance item should be discussed today, and no other Action items should be discussed. Everyone agreed. Then the Finance discussion started.

 

(i)   Venue and parade Route: 

(ii)   Stage setup, booth setup, booth collection, sound system, etc.:

(iii)   Ad Collections:

(iv)   Stage Control:

(v)   Inviting dignitaries:

(vi)   Cultural Program:

(vii)   Fund raising:

 

With the proposal of Col. Omar Huda, only the finance item was discussed today out of all the Action committees. The budget was set first, and the budget is as follows:

 

Expense:

 

Shatto (2 days):           8 K

Parade:                                    10 K

Stage/Both/Sound:      9K + 4K = 13 K

Publicity:                     3K

Souvenir:                     3K

Cultural Program:        10K

Insurance:                    3K

Security:                      2K

Miscellaneous: 5K

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TOTAL                      57K

 

Income:

 

Advertisement:                       5K

Booth:                                     7K

Organizational Registration (200x25) = 5K

Sponsoring Organization 500x6 = 3K

Donation (Personal):               5K

Donation (Business Corporation):      32K

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TOTAL:                                 57K

 

Organizational contribution was set at $200 per organization. The contribution for Sponsoring organization is $500.

 

(viii)   Souvenir: 

(ix)    Publicity: 

(x)    Treasurer:

(xi)   Miscellaneous: (a) Security, (b) Parking control, (c) First-aid:

(xii)   Coordinators:

 

 

Item – 3:   Miscellaneous:

 

Right after the EC meeting that ended at about 4:55 PM, (because the Shatto mtg-room had to be vacated by 5 PM), many of the attendees went to the Pardesh restaurant, and continued the discussion there on Finance and also some committee items. These aspects will be further discussed in the next EC meeting on Feb 3, 2008, Sunday at Shatto.

 

Item – 4:   Next meeting Date

 

Next meetings are on February 3, and February 17, 2008. The location is the Shatto Recreation Center, 3191 W. 4th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90020, starting at 2 PM.

 

Item – 5:  Close of the meeting.

 

The meeting adjourned at about 4:55 PM.

 

 

Respectfully,

 

Mahbub Khan

408-859-3566-cell

mahbubkhan@ieee.org, mahbubkhan35@hotmail.com