Congratulations to WMFR!

-greg

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> On Dec 17, 2015, at 3:19 PM, Xabier Cañas <xabierca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
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>>> 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
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