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Author | Cement

Today, the (former) owner's official account issued a cancellation statement , saying that "the cancellation procedure has been completed by the Yiyou Social Organization Information Center in Haizhu District, Guangzhou", and everyone seems to be quite shocked. I don't feel that strongly, probably because I have more inside information than you guys have access to, so this statement is a relief for me knowing that sooner or later this will happen. Now that the statement has been issued, I will do my best to add a little personal memory to everyone.

The write-off is so shocking, partly because we've been downplaying it, and partly because we've always been very mysterious to the outside world. Caixin had already published a report in November 2018 that the Guangzhou Yiyou Social Organization Information Center (hereinafter referred to as "Yiyou") sued the Haizhu District Civil Affairs Bureau of Guangzhou City because "the Civil Affairs Bureau has been refusing for various reasons. Our application for extending the validity period of the Registration Certificate for Private Non-Enterprise Units (Legal Person)". "NGOCN" is our brand name, and our registered name of Minfei is Yiyou. Since there is a public welfare organization in Guangzhou called "Yiyou", which is the same as ours, people often get confused. Judging from the results, it is not difficult for everyone to understand that the lawsuit was not successful.

Without this legal person status, many things will become very troublesome. Salary expenses and expense reimbursement are the main headaches. No matter whether you are a "public welfare person", "NGOer" or "media person", you need to eat and have income. If the salary is unstable and the reimbursement is delayed, would you still be willing to stay here if it was you? The loss of vitality is more deadly than the loss of aptitude.

In addition, there are multiple "rebirths". We used to have a website called "NGO Development Exchange Network" , which has been done for many years. Click on this link and you can probably understand what happened. The "rebirth" of the WeChat public account is not surprising, and the articles that have been accumulated so hard are all gone. The official account has been "reborn" too many times, and its influence is not as strong as before, so we began to try to open up other distribution channels. Weibo, Douban, Telegram, Facebook, Matters, these were originally just some channels that were not operating at all. They were all regarded as life-saving straws by us.

But in the final analysis, it is the increasingly suffocating environment that surrounds and suppresses us step by step. In this regard, we are not much different from those teams and institutions that died before, and we are not necessarily the most suppressed one.

In fact, attentive readers should have felt something long ago. We're updating less frequently, and it's hard to see the original live coverage. In November last year, I changed the name and avatar of Douban Tua, and posted a note because we need to decouple from the brand "NGOCN" that we have used for more than ten years and try to desensitize ourselves. Finally, today's "Cancellation Statement". This statement is actually just an "official statement" to me, and I will live on my own as a "volunteer" in the future. What should I do? The sun will still rise tomorrow, there will be morning papers in the short term, and articles may occasionally be published. The harsh environment will only continue to be harsh. 2020 will still be the best year in the next ten years, and we all have a bright future. .

Originally, I was thinking that a person who is so talkative can talk about some personal emotions. I didn't expect that I, like other partners, really wanted to say something, but found that there was nothing to say. I started an internship at N Ji in the second half of 2017, and later I wrote a very immature internship experience . At that time, I was helping the (former) owner to raise funds. For me, N Ji is a real psychotic corner, even more real and perceptible than Douban. It's just that for the people inside, the "farewell" ceremony has been done too many times, and this time is not necessarily the most hit. While we still have the ability to say goodbye with dignity, we have to say it again, cherish it.

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