Hi Tanvir, that's an excellent idea. Banglalink has not yet sent me their draft press release, so I will ask them to work with us to build the story. Can I copy you on the email, or how should I proceed to coordinate with the community there?

I have already emailed to Ragib below to set up a call to discuss. We can run with it, or please let me know if anyone else would like to participate.

Thank you all again. I'm very happy to connect with you.

Carolynne

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Message: 1 Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 20:49:50 +0200 From: Tanvir Rahman wikitanvir@gmail.com To: Discussion list for Bangladeshi Wikimedians wikimedia-bd@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Carolynne Schloeder cschloeder@wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-BD] Wikipedia Zero launch & request for user stories Message-ID: < CAJZksxJdwArR7HOg_5dooBgq2R_6FYAi6T2evspwzaT-BXDOCA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

That's really an awesome news, Carolynne. Thanks for sharing it.

As you said Banglalink is currently preparing to make an announcement. If they do a press briefing on it, saying their motivation to promote free knowledge through Wikipedia, maybe they can do so with the presence of few Wikipedians from Bangladesh? In that case they can also introduce some real people behind creating this encyclopedia and motivate other people to contribute. What doyou think? Do you think WMF can make am arrangement for this?

T.

-- Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir Hello, I recently joined WMF to expand Wikipedia Zero and other mobile programs. We just did a quiet launch of Wikipedia Zero with Banglalink, and they are preparing to make an announcement. I would love to write a blog about Wikipedia users in Bangladesh.

I'm writing now to let you know about the launch, and also to see if someone in our community would share their story, maybe profile a group, discuss local trends, etc. I'm very open, just want to share the reader perspective on Wikipedia (and free access through Wikipedia Zero).

Please let me know if you can help

Thank you so much!

Carolynne

-- Carolynne Schloeder Director Mobile Programs Wikimedia Foundation

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