Yes, it took a long time to get the approval. But we waited with patience and it is completed now. It is a big milestone for us and now it will be a lot easier to take the next steps and prepare a perfect future plan.
-- *Nasir Khan Saikat* www.nasirkhn.com Executive Member, Wikimedia Bangladesh On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Bishakha Datta <bishakhada...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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> > _______________________________________________ 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>
