*Hey there, * *Here is the proposed SM for today's blog post regarding the recent local registration of Wikimedia Bangladesh. Please choose your favorites or offer edits. Thanks for reviewing: * *Blog post:* https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/27/wikimedia-bangladesh-completes-its-lo… *SM Calendar: * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#June_27 Wikimedia Bangladesh completed the local registration - *t*: Unwilling to offer bribes, Wikimedia Bangladesh (@Wikimediabd) waited 5 years to be locally recognized: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/27/wikimedia-bangladesh-completes-its-lo… #wmdb - *t*: Wikimedia Bangladesh (@wikimediabd) is now registered at the Joint Stock Companies & Firms - Bangladesh! Congrats! https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/27/wikimedia-bangladesh-completes-its-lo… - *t*: Wikimedia Bangladesh waited 2 years to become registered for obeying the law - even though they were advised not to: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/27/wikimedia-bangladesh-completes-its-lo… - *t*: See why it took Wikimedia Bangladesh (@wikimediabd) five years to be locally registered as an official community: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/27/wikimedia-bangladesh-completes-its-lo… - *f/g*: "We were determined to not to give any bribes." See why it took Wikimedia Bangladesh five long years to become locally registered and recognized as an official community in Bangladesh. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/27/wikimedia-bangladesh-completes-its-lo… - *f/g*: Congratulations Wikimedia Bangladesh for persevering through the arduous process of local registration in Bangladesh! "These two years were marked with many visits to government offices, submitting the same paperwork several times, making personal appeals to different people and persistent follow-ups. At the end, it makes us quite happy to finally register our chapter in an honorable way, upholding the Wikimedia spirit." https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/27/wikimedia-bangladesh-completes-its-lo… - *f/g*: "We were prepared prepared to face difficulties in completing the registration as a non-profit 'society'; however, we were not prepared for the setbacks that came." Learn more about the years of struggle that Wikimedia Bangladesh had to endure to finally get registered locally: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/27/wikimedia-bangladesh-completes-its-lo… -- Carlos Monterrey Communications Associate Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6881 www.wikimediafoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org