Ah, just in time for ENWP's birthday on January 15. Am 08.01.2015 18:13 schrieb "Romaine Wiki" <[email protected]>:
> Hello all, > > On Friday 16 January 2015 Wikipedia will receive in the person of Jimmy > Wales a honorary doctorate in Maastricht, the Netherlands. > > He will receive this during the Dies Natalis of Maastricht University. The > ceremony starts at 15:00 in the St.Janskerk (Minderbroedersberg). Attendees > must be there at 14:45. > After the Dies Natalis there is a reception organized by Maastricht > University. > > If anyone wishes to visit the Dies Natalis and needs more information, > contact me. You need to register your presence in a form on the website of > the university! > > Jimmy has that day a busy schedule (including a lecture for students) and > is not able to have a wikimeet this day. Photos of the event will be > published on Commons. > > > On Thursday 15 January Jimmy is in Amsterdam for a symposium. After the > symposium we have organised a wikimeet in this building: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waag,_Amsterdam > (It is said to be the oldest remaining non-religious building in > Amsterdam.) > > The meeting starts at 20:00. You can sign up to be present in the section > "Ja, ik kom!" (= Yes, I come!) at > https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimeet_in_Amsterdam_met_Jimmy_Wales > > If you need more information, you can contact me. > > See you next week! > > Romaine > > > > > > 2014-11-17 23:01 GMT+01:00 Romaine Wiki <[email protected]>: > > > 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 > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
