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।"
That's fantastic news, congratulations form the UK!
Stevie
On 10 June 2014 18:28, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy.du@gmail.com wrote:
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-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Woohoo! Great news!
Best regards, Bence
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy.du@gmail.com wrote:
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-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Excellent news, Tonmoy! Congratulations!!
Best, Vishnu
On Tuesday 10 June 2014 10:58 PM, Tonmoy Khan wrote:
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-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Great to hear! I remember that you shared with us 'it might take a while' but I never took it so excessively! Thanks for sticking through, and all the best with the earned status. I hope it will help you a lot in your activities.
Lodewijk
2014-06-10 19:33 GMT+02:00 Vishnu visdaviva@gmail.com:
Excellent news, Tonmoy! Congratulations!!
Best, Vishnu
On Tuesday 10 June 2014 10:58 PM, Tonmoy Khan wrote:
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-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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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
"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-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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
"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-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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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
"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-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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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
"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
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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
"ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান
বাধাহীন
ভাবে
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Congratulations, I'm so pleased that the persistence and hard work paid off.
This wonderful news for your chapter but also the whole Wikimedia movement.
Warm regards, Sydney Poore User: FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Jun 10, 2014 1:29 PM, "Tonmoy Khan" tonmoy.du@gmail.com wrote:
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-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Well, you may find it strange but it almost feels like being a father to us. It was a really long and frustrating struggle. This achievement is a great confidence boost up for all of us.
--- Shabab Mustafa Com. Co-ordinator Wikimedia Bangladesh
Congratulations to Wikimedia Bangladesh!
Katy
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Shabab Mustafa shabab.mustafa@gmail.com wrote:
Well, you may find it strange but it almost feels like being a father to us. It was a really long and frustrating struggle. This achievement is a great confidence boost up for all of us.
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Congratulations to the WBF
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Congratulations to Wikimedia Bangladesh!
Katy
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Well, you may find it strange but it almost feels like being a father to us. It was a really long and frustrating struggle. This achievement is a great confidence boost up for all of us.
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Il 10/giu/2014 13:29 "Tonmoy Khan" tonmoy.du@gmail.com ha scritto:
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.
Congratulations for your achievement and thank you, Ali, and thanks to everyone in WMBD that made this possible. After hearing this I will complain a little less (just a little!) about Italian bureaucracy =P.
I'm looking forward to hearing more exciting news from Bangladesh in the near future.
Cristian
Hello,
Ali is being modest.
Not only is Wikimedia Bangladesh among only the 5% who got NGO registration, but they are also among the 1% to do it without paying anyone a bribe. I have heard that they were asked for money many times to make things go more quickly. Perhaps people outside the region do not know, but there are a lot of desks that all want to stamp the registration papers before giving the final approval. For a foreign-affiliated Internet technology organization mostly run by younger people who have a relationship to a major Internet property to be able to get a registration without paying any bribe is probably unprecedented in the history of South Asia. Getting a registration is something to be proud of, but getting it completely honestly means that a lot of extra work went into the registration just to keep a good reputation.
I am thrilled with the good example this sets and not only is having the registration a wonderful thing for the Wikimedia community, but also this shows an excellent precedent for all Bangladeshi community activists because they have a bright example in Wikimedia Bangladesh that paying a bribe is not necessary to get an NGO registration. This is really something to publicize, stress, and note as a point of pride. No one should forget this as it really takes a lot of sacrifices to do this without bribing and in terms of cost, it actually is cheaper to save time and pay the bribes.
I hope that this encourages other organizations in Bangladesh to also file their own NGO paperwork and accomplish whatever they feel ought to be done.
Congratulations a thousand times!
yours,
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
Tonmoy Khan, 10/06/2014 19:28:
less than 5 applications for registration as societies get
approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012
That's heroic, thanks.
Nemo
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Wow. Thank you, Lane, for spelling out the difficulty of making this happen. It really places this accomplishment in context. It sounds like it is more than a free knowledge win, it's also a win for Bangladesh civil society.
Well done all! What an accomplishment. Wow. Congratulations.
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Lane Rasberry lane@bluerasberry.com wrote:
Hello,
Ali is being modest.
Not only is Wikimedia Bangladesh among only the 5% who got NGO registration, but they are also among the 1% to do it without paying anyone a bribe. I have heard that they were asked for money many times to make things go more quickly. Perhaps people outside the region do not know, but there are a lot of desks that all want to stamp the registration papers before giving the final approval. For a foreign-affiliated Internet technology organization mostly run by younger people who have a relationship to a major Internet property to be able to get a registration without paying any bribe is probably unprecedented in the history of South Asia. Getting a registration is something to be proud of, but getting it completely honestly means that a lot of extra work went into the registration just to keep a good reputation.
I am thrilled with the good example this sets and not only is having the registration a wonderful thing for the Wikimedia community, but also this shows an excellent precedent for all Bangladeshi community activists because they have a bright example in Wikimedia Bangladesh that paying a bribe is not necessary to get an NGO registration. This is really something to publicize, stress, and note as a point of pride. No one should forget this as it really takes a lot of sacrifices to do this without bribing and in terms of cost, it actually is cheaper to save time and pay the bribes.
I hope that this encourages other organizations in Bangladesh to also file their own NGO paperwork and accomplish whatever they feel ought to be done.
Congratulations a thousand times!
yours,
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
Tonmoy Khan, 10/06/2014 19:28:
less than 5 applications for registration as societies get
approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012
That's heroic, thanks.
Nemo
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Just great! Thanks to all who kept on working to this important mark.
Alice.
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Anna Stillwell astillwell@wikimedia.org wrote:
Wow. Thank you, Lane, for spelling out the difficulty of making this happen. It really places this accomplishment in context. It sounds like it is more than a free knowledge win, it's also a win for Bangladesh civil society.
Well done all! What an accomplishment. Wow. Congratulations.
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Lane Rasberry lane@bluerasberry.com wrote:
Hello,
Ali is being modest.
Not only is Wikimedia Bangladesh among only the 5% who got NGO registration, but they are also among the 1% to do it without paying
anyone
a bribe. I have heard that they were asked for money many times to make things go more quickly. Perhaps people outside the region do not know,
but
there are a lot of desks that all want to stamp the registration papers before giving the final approval. For a foreign-affiliated Internet technology organization mostly run by younger people who have a relationship to a major Internet property to be able to get a
registration
without paying any bribe is probably unprecedented in the history of
South
Asia. Getting a registration is something to be proud of, but getting it completely honestly means that a lot of extra work went into the registration just to keep a good reputation.
I am thrilled with the good example this sets and not only is having the registration a wonderful thing for the Wikimedia community, but also this shows an excellent precedent for all Bangladeshi community activists because they have a bright example in Wikimedia Bangladesh that paying a bribe is not necessary to get an NGO registration. This is really
something
to publicize, stress, and note as a point of pride. No one should forget this as it really takes a lot of sacrifices to do this without bribing
and
in terms of cost, it actually is cheaper to save time and pay the bribes.
I hope that this encourages other organizations in Bangladesh to also
file
their own NGO paperwork and accomplish whatever they feel ought to be
done.
Congratulations a thousand times!
yours,
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <
nemowiki@gmail.com>
wrote:
Tonmoy Khan, 10/06/2014 19:28:
less than 5 applications for registration as societies get
approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012
That's heroic, thanks.
Nemo
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Thank you Lane and others for your encouraging words, it really means a lot to us. I remember how hard it was for us! At times I got so frustrated that I even thought of leaving the Wikimedia movement in few occasions! But now the job is well done & I am quickly erasing memories of all the frustrating days/months/years. Thank you all on behalf of Wikimedia Bangladesh.
Cheers
Ali Haidar Khan FDC Member Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh On Jun 11, 2014 1:48 AM, "Lane Rasberry" lane@bluerasberry.com wrote:
Hello,
Ali is being modest.
Not only is Wikimedia Bangladesh among only the 5% who got NGO registration, but they are also among the 1% to do it without paying anyone a bribe. I have heard that they were asked for money many times to make things go more quickly. Perhaps people outside the region do not know, but there are a lot of desks that all want to stamp the registration papers before giving the final approval. For a foreign-affiliated Internet technology organization mostly run by younger people who have a relationship to a major Internet property to be able to get a registration without paying any bribe is probably unprecedented in the history of South Asia. Getting a registration is something to be proud of, but getting it completely honestly means that a lot of extra work went into the registration just to keep a good reputation.
I am thrilled with the good example this sets and not only is having the registration a wonderful thing for the Wikimedia community, but also this shows an excellent precedent for all Bangladeshi community activists because they have a bright example in Wikimedia Bangladesh that paying a bribe is not necessary to get an NGO registration. This is really something to publicize, stress, and note as a point of pride. No one should forget this as it really takes a lot of sacrifices to do this without bribing and in terms of cost, it actually is cheaper to save time and pay the bribes.
I hope that this encourages other organizations in Bangladesh to also file their own NGO paperwork and accomplish whatever they feel ought to be done.
Congratulations a thousand times!
yours,
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
Tonmoy Khan, 10/06/2014 19:28:
less than 5 applications for registration as societies get
approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012
That's heroic, thanks.
Nemo
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Thanks Lane, for your kind words. Yes, we took a firm stance against corruption and at some point the options became 3 months vs indefinite number of years. We choose to walk the hard path and finally was able win this battle. It will be a great inspiration for us in future days.
Thank you all for your encouragement. We really appreciate it.
--- Shabab Mustafa Com. Co-ordinator & Executive Member Wikimedia Bangladesh
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy.du@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you Lane and others for your encouraging words, it really means a lot to us. I remember how hard it was for us! At times I got so frustrated that I even thought of leaving the Wikimedia movement in few occasions! But now the job is well done & I am quickly erasing memories of all the frustrating days/months/years. Thank you all on behalf of Wikimedia Bangladesh.
Cheers
Ali Haidar Khan FDC Member Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh On Jun 11, 2014 1:48 AM, "Lane Rasberry" lane@bluerasberry.com wrote:
Hello,
Ali is being modest.
Not only is Wikimedia Bangladesh among only the 5% who got NGO registration, but they are also among the 1% to do it without paying
anyone
a bribe. I have heard that they were asked for money many times to make things go more quickly. Perhaps people outside the region do not know,
but
there are a lot of desks that all want to stamp the registration papers before giving the final approval. For a foreign-affiliated Internet technology organization mostly run by younger people who have a relationship to a major Internet property to be able to get a
registration
without paying any bribe is probably unprecedented in the history of
South
Asia. Getting a registration is something to be proud of, but getting it completely honestly means that a lot of extra work went into the registration just to keep a good reputation.
I am thrilled with the good example this sets and not only is having the registration a wonderful thing for the Wikimedia community, but also this shows an excellent precedent for all Bangladeshi community activists because they have a bright example in Wikimedia Bangladesh that paying a bribe is not necessary to get an NGO registration. This is really
something
to publicize, stress, and note as a point of pride. No one should forget this as it really takes a lot of sacrifices to do this without bribing
and
in terms of cost, it actually is cheaper to save time and pay the bribes.
I hope that this encourages other organizations in Bangladesh to also
file
their own NGO paperwork and accomplish whatever they feel ought to be
done.
Congratulations a thousand times!
yours,
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <
nemowiki@gmail.com>
wrote:
Tonmoy Khan, 10/06/2014 19:28:
less than 5 applications for registration as societies get
approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012
That's heroic, thanks.
Nemo
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On behalf of Wikimedia Philippines, allow me to extend my sincere congratulations to Wikimedia Bangladesh for completing its registration process! We know how hard it is to navigate through the bureaucracy, but this shows that all turns out for the better in the end. We look forward to seeing great things from you guys now that you have this status. :)
Warm regards,
Josh
Wiadomość napisana przez Tonmoy Khan tonmoy.du@gmail.com w dniu 11 cze 2014, o godz. 01:28:
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-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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Hi Tonmoy,
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy.du@gmail.com wrote:
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).
Congratulations to you and your colleagues on this important milestone. I am happy to hear about this, as this used to be a topic of discussion between us, when we met for FDC meetings during the last two years.
Best wishes for the growth of WM Bangladesh
Arjuna Rao Chavala Former Cofounder and President, Wikimedia India FDC member, 2012-14
Congratulations all of out friends from Bangladesh for this great success!
Best! Subha
On 11-Jun-2014, at 10:52 am, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunaraoc@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Tonmoy,
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy.du@gmail.com wrote:
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).
Congratulations to you and your colleagues on this important milestone. I am happy to hear about this, as this used to be a topic of discussion between us, when we met for FDC meetings during the last two years.
Best wishes for the growth of WM Bangladesh
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Congratulations, Wikimedia Bangladesh!
Cheers,
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi < subhashish@cis-india.org> wrote:
Congratulations all of out friends from Bangladesh for this great success!
Best! Subha
On 11-Jun-2014, at 10:52 am, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunaraoc@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi Tonmoy,
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy.du@gmail.com
wrote:
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).
Congratulations to you and your colleagues on this important milestone. I am happy to hear about this, as this used to be a topic of discussion between us, when we met for FDC meetings during the last two years.
Best wishes for the growth of WM Bangladesh
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Indeed - congratulations Wikimedia Bangladesh from all of us here in the UK :-)
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On 11 June 2014 08:04, Isabella Apriyana isabella.apriyana@wikimedia.or.id wrote:
Congratulations, Wikimedia Bangladesh!
Cheers,
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi < subhashish@cis-india.org> wrote:
Congratulations all of out friends from Bangladesh for this great
success!
Best! Subha
On 11-Jun-2014, at 10:52 am, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunaraoc@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi Tonmoy,
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy.du@gmail.com
wrote:
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).
Congratulations to you and your colleagues on this important
milestone. I
am happy to hear about this, as this used to be a topic of discussion between us, when we met for FDC meetings during the last two years.
Best wishes for the growth of WM Bangladesh
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