Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] Certification by IDEAS

-- Jaime Anstee, Ph.D Senior Strategist Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6869 www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! *https://donate.wikimedia.org https://donate.wikimedia.org/* On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote: > Excellent news, Christophe and everyone else at WMFR! > > Risker/Anne > > On 17 December 2015 at 11:41, Christophe Henner < > christophe.henner@wikimedia.fr> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > A quick email to share with you a good news on our side. > > > > A few month ago, Wikimedia France started a process to apply for a third > > party certification called IDEAS. This certification is the first step > for > > us in a process to get recognized Wikimedia France as a serious > > organisation that can be formally trusted by donors. > > > > IDEAS label is hard to get as you have to reach high criterias on 3 > grounds > > : > > * Governance > > * Accounting > > * Actions effectiveness > > > > The process took a little over 6 month, and required us to provide them > > with documents, interviews and explanations of what we are and what we’re > > doing. > > > > I’m proud to say that thanks to the work of many, and especially our > staff, > > we received it with flying colors. Usually, IDEAS grant the label and > > includes recommendations for the organization to even do better. > > > > They failed to provide any recommendation in our case and expressed large > > congratulations for exceeding their expectations. > > > > Second step, starting now, is to get formal recognition of Wikimedia > France > > as a General Interest organisation by the french government. Around 10 > > non-profits get such recognition every year, and right now only 633 > > organisations have it. > > > > We hope to get it in the coming month. > > > > All the best, > > > > Christophe HENNER | Président > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > › Mail : christophe.henner@wikimedia.fr > > › Mobile : +33(0)6 50 66 47 39 > > › Tel : +33(0)5 62 89 12 01 > > › Twitter : @schiste > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Wikimédia France | Association pour le libre partage de la connaissance | > > Visitez notre blog http://blog.wikimedia.fr > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/GuidelinesWikimedia-l@lists.wi... > > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe > _______________________________________________ > 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 >