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(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

Dear All, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD)

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

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

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

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

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,

& meet-ups with our limited resources during this time period. This

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

taking part in discussions, conferences & as committee members in

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

আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার।" _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l(a)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" &lt;rodrigopadula(a)gmail.com&gt;

> Great news!! > > Congratulations to all members of the Wikimedia Bangladesh! > > Rodrigo Padula > > > 2014-06-10 14:28 GMT-03:00 Tonmoy Khan &lt;tonmoy.du(a)gmail.com&gt;om>: > > > Dear All, > > > > > > It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh

> has > > successfully completed its local registration in Bangladesh. Our > > application for registration was approved by the Registrar of Joint

> > Companies & Firms - Bangladesh on 9th June, 2014 and I have collected

> > certificate of registration today (10th June, 2014). > > > > > > > > Wikimedia Bangladesh has been registered under the Societies

> > Act of Bangladesh & our official name is Wikimedia Bangladesh

> > > > 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

> > impossible. In the course of dealing with the registration process of > WMBD, > > I learned that less than 5 applications for registration as societies

> > approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012

> it > > took us a little over two years to get the security clearance from

> > 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

> > despite being a small volunteer community. The pending registration

> > could not hold us from doing outreach activities locally & taking in

> > 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

> > are also actively participating in the international Wikimedia

> 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

> > progress in fostering the Wikimedia movement in Bangladesh so that we

> > 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(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

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approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012

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

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,

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

without paying any bribe is probably unprecedented in the history of

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

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

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

their own NGO paperwork and accomplish whatever they feel ought to be

Congratulations a thousand times! yours, On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <

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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

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,

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

without paying any bribe is probably unprecedented in the history of

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

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

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

their own NGO paperwork and accomplish whatever they feel ought to be

Congratulations a thousand times! yours, On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <

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On 11-Jun-2014, at 10:52 am, Arjuna Rao Chavala &lt;arjunaraoc(a)gmail.com&gt;

Hi Tonmoy, > On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Tonmoy Khan &lt;tonmoy.du(a)gmail.com&gt;

> > Dear All, > > > It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD)

> successfully completed its local registration in Bangladesh. Our > application for registration was approved by the Registrar of Joint

> Companies & Firms - Bangladesh on 9th June, 2014 and I have collected

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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:

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