Great news, Christopher. I'm really proud of you all for this accomplishment!! Sydney Poore User:FloNight Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration
On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Katy Love <kl...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Wow, very cool, Christophe! Congrats to Wikimédia France! > > Katy > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Christophe Henner < > christophe.hen...@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.hen...@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 >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@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-requ...@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-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
