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 romaine.wiki@gmail.com:
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.