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In the Eastern Chronicle of today I came across the news item that FASS International felicitates satradhikar Bhubaneswar Mahanta. This is encouraging news. I know of Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters (FASS) is officially registered at Katy, USA under IRS, EIN number 26-2882430. One can check this information at http://tinyurl.com/qdfhkz5 This is also mentioned in their Internet site. But if I want to locate the official registration of FASS International, I fail to locate it. One of the search results give 115 Hits including Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters. But not Friends of Assam (FASS) International. I also know that "Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters" was formally registered under Societies Registration Act, XXI of 1860 at Guwahati. The Certificate of Registration with the registration number RS/KAM/240/A-5/928 of 2006 issued on 30-12-2006. This is an independent body without any official affiliation with FASS USA. In July 2010 one of the office bearers of FASS Guwahati informed that FASS is registered under GoI Societies Registration Act and did not take any affiliation or recognition from any international body. Both FASS registered in Katy, USA and FASS registered at Guwahati are official recognised organisations. But what about FASS International? . The internet site <http://www.friendsofassam.org/> of FASS is not updated for a very long time. There is no mention of FASS international in their website except in their application form <http://www.friendsofassam.org/Memberregistration.aspx> . One can only apply for membership of FASS International and not for FASS. . The last news letter <http://www.friendsofassam.org/newsletter/MITRO27.pdf> which one can access is from June 2011. . As far as I know FASS Rehabri, Guwahati address as mentioned in the application has moved to another address. . The last publication made by FASS as mentioned in the site is the Souvenir issue <http://www.friendsofassam.org/NEIIM2010Souvenir.htm> also from 2010, It would be helpful if FASS International circulates some information about itself or gives the link to a website where one can access updated information. Is there anywhere information available about the number of members with a breakdown per country and name of the office bearers? Warm regards, Wahid
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