could you please let us know which NGOs in Bangalore,
registered as Societies in the last couple of years, have membership
for those below 18 and for foreign nationals, please? It will be very
useful for WMIN when they decide to make their case to the Registrar?
Having been part of the team that registered the Society, I can
clarify that these restrictions were not WMIN's but the Registrar of
Society's.


Bangalore - One example could be Art of Living. And am clueless about Karnataka Society Law's. In Pune Osho provides membership access to foreign nationals, it might be registered differently (other than society.)


As for your latter point on "'Is it adult censored organization?' -
one could ask whether voting in this country is an 'Is it adult
censored organization?'


That was comment from someone who had query.,  
Other than voting, minors do have access to health, education and other facilities. Govt provides service/'citizenship' to citizens irrespective of age..
Like I suggested [possible solution] in another thread [[1]] - There can be minimal/virtual membership. Its just to include  every interested person into Chapter. People may feel bad if we keep them away.
If possible - lets try to include as many people as we can??..


> Can we expect -  new Membership (April-2013 to March 2014) will be available
> to everyone by crossing age and nationality barrier? :)
It is highly unlikely that the Registrar, should he give his approval,
will be able to take a decision on this in such a compressed time
frame.

Hope so at-least process will start soon. :)


Keep Exploring, Keep Inspiring!



Best Regards,

Abhishek Suryawanshi,
On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune


[[1]] Possible Solution - http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2013-February/009287.html



On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Gautam John <gautam@akshara.org.in> wrote:
On 9 February 2013 01:37, Abhishek Suryawanshi
<i.abhishek.suryawanshi@gmail.com> wrote:

> I guess it is possible to extend membership criteria for foreign nationals
> as well youngsters below 18 years. I know NGO's from Bangalore which accept
> memberships from foreign delegates.

Abhishek - could you please let us know which NGOs in Bangalore,
registered as Societies in the last couple of years, have membership
for those below 18 and for foreign nationals, please? It will be very
useful for WMIN when they decide to make their case to the Registrar?
Having been part of the team that registered the Society, I can
clarify that these restrictions were not WMIN's but the Registrar of
Society's.

As for your latter point on "'Is it adult censored organization?' -
one could ask whether voting in this country is an 'Is it adult
censored organization?'

Lastly, The Wikipedia Club Pune isn't, AFAIK, an organisation as much
as it is a collective of individuals and a Facebook page. There is a
difference, in law, between that and a Society - such as WMIN.

> Can we expect -  new Membership (April-2013 to March 2014) will be available
> to everyone by crossing age and nationality barrier? :)

It is highly unlikely that the Registrar, should he give his approval,
will be able to take a decision on this in such a compressed time
frame.

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