Congratulations WMFR! :D
On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Jaime Anstee <janstee(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Great news indeed! Congratulations to Wikimedia France
and thank you for
sharing this accomplishment.
Wishing you further success in step two.
Cheers,
Jaime
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On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Excellent news, Christophe and everyone else at
WMFR!
Risker/Anne
On 17 December 2015 at 11:41, Christophe Henner <
christophe.henner(a)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
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> › Tel : +33(0)5 62 89 12 01
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connaissance |
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