[Foundation-l] Milestone year for the Brazilian Community

[Christophe Henner]

2008/8/29 Thomas de Souza Buckup <thomasdesouzabuckup at gmail.com>:
> Dear wikimedians from around the world,
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> We're pleased to share with you that there is already a group of more than
> 45 wikimedians discussing and supporting the creation of a local chapter of
> the Wikimedia Foundation in Brazil.
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> (You'll find more details at the following page:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brasil) Please join and share with
> us all your comments and advices)
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> In November of this year we'll have the opportunity to welcome Jimmy Wales
> in São Paulo (he is a keynote speaker of a business conference) and a group
> of volunteers is deeply committed to establish the local chapter beforehand.
> They are working hard to follow all the steps recommended by the Chapters
> Committee.
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> (You'll find both the Portuguese and the English version of the bylaws here:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brasil/Bylaws)
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> The Wikimedia Foundation's staff, particularly Jay Walsh, Kul Wadhwa and
> Delphine Menard, is also helping a lot with the press, business and
> chapter's strategies for the establishment of the organization in Brazil.
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> *We are sincerely thankful for all the support and we welcome everybody
> receiving this message to join the discussion and to help launch the
> Brazilian Chapter.*
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> Looking forward hearing from you
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> (Please come and visit too!)
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> Thomas
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Hey that's good news.

We'll soon, I hope, have a spanish and a portugese speaking chapter.
That's just great.

Good luck with the incorporation.

All the best :)