Wow, two years from start to finish! Congratulations from across the border, Bishakha On Jun 10, 2014 11:31 PM, "Patricio Lorente" <patricio.lore...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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> > > > > -- > Patricio Lorente > Blog: http://www.patriciolorente.com.ar > Identi.ca // Twitter: @patriciolorente > > _______________________________________________ > 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>
