Saving Bletchley Park

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell () ncl ac uk>
Date: November 6, 2008 5:43:03 AM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Saving Bletchley Park

Hi Dave:

The "Save Bletchley Park" campaign now has a blog at:

http://savingbletchleypark.org/

You may wish to bring this to IP's attention.

(I attach below a copy of the announcement that alerted me to this  
blog.)

cheers

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Council of Professors and Heads of Computing in UK  
> universities [mailto:cphc-members () JISCMAIL AC UK] On Behalf Of Sue  
> Black
> Sent: Tuesday 04 November 2008 23:49
> To: cphc-members () JISCMAIL AC UK
> Subject: Bletchley Park update
>
> Dear all,
>
> Brave Media have very kindly offered to host a blog for me about  
> Bletchley Park where I can keep everyone up-to-date with what is  
> going on:
>
> http://savingbletchleypark.org/
>
> I have populated the blog and will update it with any relevant/ 
> significant news as it happens. Please send the link to anyone that  
> you think may be interested and encourage them to sign the petition  
> too, it is linked from the front page.
>
> Also I have received a request from the National Museum of Computing  
> which is based at BP:
>
>
> The National Museum of Computing Limited Edition T-Shirt Poster
>
> The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park, a charitable  
> trust, opened this year to "collect and restore computer systems  
> developed in Britain and to enable people to explore that collection  
> for inspiration, learning and enjoyment".  It is a museum of  
> computing rather than computers and has working exhibits ranging  
> from a rebuilt Colossus, through the ICL 2966 mainframe to iconic  
> 1970s and 1980s computers and a recently decommissioned air traffic  
> control system.
>
> Recently PGP Corp and IBM led a kick-start initiative to generate  
> funds for the Museum and as part of their activities produced a  
> limited edition t-shirt. The Museum believes that the t-shirt will  
> particularly appeal to computer studies students and would be  
> extremely grateful if you would print out the poster (a pdf file  
> here: http://www.tnmoc.org/codetshirt.pdf  ) and put it on your  
> departmental notice board.
>
>
> Many thanks for your continued support.
>
> Sue
>
> --
> ******************************
> Dr Sue Black BSc(Hons) PhD FBCS CITP
> Head of Department of Information and Software Systems
> Harrow School of Computer Science
> University of Westminster
> Watford Road, Northwick Park
> Harrow HA1 3TP
>
> Skype: DrSueBlack
> Email: s.e.black () westminster ac uk
> Telephone: +44 (0)20 7911 5000 x4207
> URL: http://www.sueblack.co.uk
>
> PA: Maureen Walker
> Telephone: +44 (0)20 7911 5000 x4187
> Email: M.Walker01 () westminster ac uk


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