Bonjour,<br><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">I have this idea</span> <span class="hps">for some time</span><span class=""> :</span> <span class="hps">Define</span> <span class="hps">different levels of</span> <span class="hps">accountability for</span> the <span class="hps">different organizations</span> <span class="hps">of the Wikimedia movement, </span></span><span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps">depending on the</span> <span class="hps">amount of money</span> they <span class="hps">manage.</span></span> <br>
We can define 5 or 6 levels and <span id="result_box" class="" lang="en">for each level, a </span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">range of accountability criteria</span></span>. <span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps"></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">The more high the level</span> <span class="hps">is, the more stringent are the criteria</span><span class="hps">. For each level, a maximum amount of money is also defined. </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span>We can also consider date of creation for new organizations for the first levels.<span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span></span><br>
<span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"><br></span> <span class="hps">For example:</span><br class=""> <span class="hps">Level</span> <span class="hps">A1:</span> <span class="hps">organization</span> <span class="hps">existing</span> <span class="hps">for less than 2 </span><span class="hps">years and </span>wants to manage <span class="hps">less than</span> <span class="hps">$ 20,000</span><br class="">
<span class="hps">Level</span> <span class="hps">A2 :</span><span class=""> organization</span> <span class="hps">has existed for</span> <span class="hps">more than 2 years </span><span class="hps">and </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en">wants to manage</span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span> less than $ 20,000<br>
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<span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">Level</span> <span class="hps">C</span><span class="">: </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="">for organization</span>s which wants to manage</span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class=""></span><span class="hps"> </span><span class="hps">between</span> 2<span class="hps">0,000</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">$ 100,000</span></span><br>
<span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">Level</span> <span class="hps">C</span><span class="">: </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="">for organization</span>s which wants to manage</span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class=""></span><span class="hps"> </span><span class="hps">between</span> <span class="hps">100,000</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">$ 500,000</span><br class="">
<span class="hps">Level</span> <span class="hps">D:</span> <span class="hps"></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="">for organization</span>s which wants to manage</span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">between</span> <span class="hps">500,000</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">$ 2 million</span><br class="">
<span class="hps">Level</span> <span class="hps">E</span><span class="">: for organization</span>s which wants to manage <span class="hps">over</span> <span class="hps">$ 2 million</span><br class=""><br class=""> <i><span class="hps">Number of level and figures here are</span> just <span class="hps">provided for information.</span></i> <span class=""></span><br class="">
</span><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en">In <span class="">addition to</span> <span class="hps">compliance with</span> their <span class="hps">national accounting and tax rules, </span><span class="hps">WM organizations</span> <span class="hps">would
have also to meet the "accountability level" to be able to handle the level equivalent money amount. </span></span><br><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">These criteria must be </span><span class="hps">defined in </span><span class="hps">the movement</span> <span class="hps">by </span></span>an ad hoc committee<span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">and easily</span> <span class="hps">verifiable. </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en">Each year the committee checks that organizations meet criteria for the level they ask for and </span>announce publicly the <span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">level </span><span class="hps">of each organization</span> <span class="hps">and the not complied points</span> <span class="hps">in case of refusal</span> <span class="hps">of a level</span><span class="hps"></span><span> for a given organization.</span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"> <br class="">
<br>This "levels system" would allow a </span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">greater</span> <span class="hps">accountability transparency in the movement,</span> </span><span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps">it </span><span class="hps">will make</span> <span class="hps">the various organizations</span></span> know which level of accountability they must meet without <span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"> discouraging</span> <span class="hps">new</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">small organizations</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">excessive criteria (</span></span><span class="b1"></span><span class="b2">in</span><span class="b1"> </span><span class="b2">view </span><span class="b3">of </span><span class="b4">the</span><span class="b5"> risk </span><span class="b4">with the amount of money).</span> <span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">It will also provide</span> <span class="hps">a</span> known <span class="hps">pathway</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">an possibility of anticipation</span> for demanded accountability <span class="hps">for</span> <span class="hps">growing organizations which be able to </span></span><span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps">establish</span> <span class="hps">the necessary organization or recruitment </span></span>to take a step forward.<br>
<span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps"><br></span></span><span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps">What do you think</span> <span class="hps">of the idea</span><span class="">?</span></span><br>
<span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps"><br>Thierry<br><br></span></span>-- <br>Thierry Coudray<br>Administrateur - Trésorier<br><a href="http://www.wikimedia.fr/" target="_blank">Wikimédia France</a><span style="padding-right:16px;width:16px;height:16px"></span><br>
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