Congratulations, Tonmoy! 2014-06-10 14:46 GMT-03:00 Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>: > Fantastic news! I know how frustrating it has been for all of you. > > Looking forward to continued collaboration! > > A. > On Jun 10, 2014 10:42 AM, "Rodrigo Padula" <rodrigopad...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Great news!! >> >> Congratulations to all members of the Wikimedia Bangladesh! >> >> Rodrigo Padula >> >> >> 2014-06-10 14:28 GMT-03:00 Tonmoy Khan <tonmoy...@gmail.com>: >> >> > Dear All, >> > >> > >> > It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD) >> has >> > successfully completed its local registration in Bangladesh. Our >> > application for registration was approved by the Registrar of Joint Stock >> > Companies & Firms - Bangladesh on 9th June, 2014 and I have collected the >> > certificate of registration today (10th June, 2014). >> > >> > >> > >> > Wikimedia Bangladesh has been registered under the Societies Registration >> > Act of Bangladesh & our official name is Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation. >> > >> > The registration process was a very long and demanding one, but our >> > perseverance and determination finally prevailed. It has become very >> > difficult to get registration of a society/foundation in Bangladesh as >> the >> > incumbents have to have security clearance from the National Security >> > Intelligence (NSI) of Bangladesh, which is very difficult to get if not >> > impossible. In the course of dealing with the registration process of >> WMBD, >> > I learned that less than 5 applications for registration as societies get >> > approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 and >> it >> > took us a little over two years to get the security clearance from NSI & >> > complete all the bureaucratic process! >> > >> > >> > It gives us a great sense of achievement that we could uphold the >> Wikimedia >> > movement volunteerism spirit with passion, integrity and professionalism >> > despite being a small volunteer community. The pending registration issue >> > could not hold us from doing outreach activities locally & taking in the >> > greater Wikimedia Movement. We organized some excellent programs, >> workshops >> > & meet-ups with our limited resources during this time period. This >> effort >> > successfully brought in good number of new contributors to Bengali >> > Wikipedia & increased the article count. Volunteers from WMBD/Bangladesh >> > are also actively participating in the international Wikimedia movement >> by >> > taking part in discussions, conferences & as committee members in >> different >> > Wikimedia committees. >> > >> > >> > >> > We, as a chapter, want to make small but steady steps towards sustainable >> > progress in fostering the Wikimedia movement in Bangladesh so that we can >> > make the sum of all human knowledge accessible to the people of this >> > region. >> > >> > >> > Cheers >> > >> > >> > Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy) >> > Treasurer >> > Wikimedia Bangladesh >> > >> > "ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান বাধাহীন >> ভাবে >> > আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার।" >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
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