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 bishakhadatta@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.lorente@gmail.com wrote:
Congratulations, Tonmoy!
2014-06-10 14:46 GMT-03:00 Asaf Bartov abartov@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" rodrigopadula@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.du@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
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