Great news! Congratulations! On 2015 abe 17 20:38, "Jaime Anstee" <jans...@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 > > -- > > 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...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Excellent news, Christophe and everyone else at WMFR! > > > > Risker/Anne > > > > On 17 December 2015 at 11:41, 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 > > > < > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@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 > New messages to: 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 New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
