Sounds good, thanks. I hope that Jimmy can attend the ceremony and visit WMNL.
Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro* On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Romaine Wiki <romaine.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Pine, > > I do a lot of communications as ambassador for the Dutch community. I > posted it already in the Dutch central discussion page and to the Dutch > Wikimedia mailinglist. > > Greetings, > Romaine > > 2014-11-17 23:52 GMT+01:00 Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com>: > > > Thanks for this news. I'm forwarding this email by bcc to a Dutch > > Wikimedian in the hope that they can forward this to the Dutch community. > > > > Pine > > > > Pine > > > > *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of > > our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water > we > > must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in > > which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad > > fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do > not > > know.* > > > > *—Catherine Munro* > > > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Romaine Wiki <romaine.w...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > A local newspaper in the Netherlands had today as headline: > > > Eredocteraat voor Timmermans en Wikipedia > > > > > > Translated: Honory degree for Timmermans and Wikipedia > > > > > > > > > * Who is coming to Maastricht? > > > * Can we organize a wikimeet that day in Maastricht? > > > > > > Romaine > > > > > > > > > > > > Rough translation of the newspaper: > > > > > > Maastricht University (UM) awarded an honorary doctorate to Frans > > > Timmermans and > > > the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales. They will be honored for the > > > exceptional contributions they, directly or indirectly, have made to > > > academic education and research. > > > > > > Commissioner Frans Timmermans is praised for his great contributions to > > > both > > > European and international relations. The American Jimmy Wales > > > Wikipedia has established > > > a platform accessible to everyone, which (in particular) for students > not > > > to > > > imagine that it does not exist as infinite source of information. The > > > honorary doctorates will be awarded during the official celebration of > > Dies > > > Natalis, which takes place on 16 January 2015 at Sint Janskerk in > > > Maastricht. Besides Timmermans and Wales, are also academics Michelle > > > Craske (nominated > > > by the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience) and Wolfgang Wahlster > > > (nominated > > > by the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences) awarded an honorary > doctorate. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Original in Dutch below: > > > > > > Eredocteraat voor Timmermans en Wikipedia > > > > > > De Universiteit Maastricht (UM) reikt een eredoctoraat uit aan Frans > > > Timmermans en de oprichter van Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales. Zij worden > > gehuldigd > > > voor de uitzonderlijke bijdragen die zij, direct of indirect, hebben > > > geleverd aan academisch onderwijs en onderzoek. > > > > > > Eurocommissaris Frans Timmermans wordt geprezen om zijn grote bijdragen > > aan > > > zowel Europese als internationale relaties. De Amerikaan Jimmy Wales > > heeft > > > met Wikipedia een voor iedereen toegankelijk platform opgericht, dat > (in > > > het bijzonder) voor studenten niet meer weg te denken is als oneindige > > bron > > > van informatie. De eredoctoraten worden uitgereikt tijdens de officiële > > > viering van de Dies Natalis, die plaatsvindt op 16 januari 2015 in de > > Sint > > > Janskerk te Maastricht. Naast Timmermand en Wales worden tevens > academici > > > Michelle Craske (genomineerd door de Faculty of Psychology and > > > Neuroscience) en Wolfgang Wahlster (genomineerd door de Faculty of > > > Humanities and Sciences) onderscheiden met een eredoctoraat. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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> > _______________________________________________ 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>
