[SIGCIS-Members] Fwd: [ATY] Alan Turing Year news

[Brian Randell]

Hi:

Apologies if you all already know about the Alan Turing Year mailing 
list, and for any duplicate postings, but I thought I'd forward this 
message just in case.

cheers

Brian Randell

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>Many thanks to you all for signing up to the Alan Turing Year mailing list.
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>Just to reassure you, and anyone else you recommend to join the 
>list, here is how we mean to use it:
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>1) We will not share this list with anyone else!
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>2) We will be very glad to distribute your news and information 
>relevant to Turing, the 2012 centenary, or other Turing-related 
>issues and events.
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>3) Emailings will be very simple, and not too frequent - we will try 
>not to trigger your spam filters or overfill your inbox. As far as 
>possible we will point to places on the web for full information and 
>nicer presentations of news. The Alan Turing Year Webpage will be 
>updated regulary:
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>http://www.turingcentenary.eu/
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>You can find there a list of useful links, including a "Turing 
>resource" page for those thinking of organising events.
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>4) 2012 is going to be a fantastic year of Turing celebrations, and 
>for that we want ATY list-members to add to the buzz, and actual 
>organisation of activities leading up to the centenary. Let us know 
>if you need help, or want us to publicise your activities.
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>Please do add the attached Alan Turing Year logo to your webpage. If 
>you want to link it to the ATY homepage, you could just copy this 
>into your html file:
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>Today's great news is that Bletchley Park, where Turing did 
>groundbreaking cryptographic work anticipating early computer 
>development, may finally be getting the funding it needs - it's in 
>much of the UK press today, see:
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>http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/news/docview.rhtm/592098
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>The Bletchley Park press release quotes Stephen Fry very rightly 
>talking about this, and the "Prime Minister's apology on behalf of 
>the nation to Alan Turing last month", as just first steps in 
>getting proper acknowledgement for Turing and his historical role.
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>Of course, the build-up to the Alan Turing Year fits in beautifully 
>with such developments. The growth in awareness of and public 
>support for all things Turing-related can bring tremendous benefits 
>- scientific, educational, cultural, social ...  A three-year window 
>of opportunity!
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>All best wishes
>
>Barry Cooper
>for the Turing Centenary Advisory Committee (TCAC)
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>  ALAN TURING YEAR                           http://www.turingcentenary.eu
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