Inaugural Meeting of the BCS Lincolnshire Subbranch

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Inaugural Meeting of the BCS Lincolnshire
Sub-branch

• 30 May 2006
• Debate This house holds that Computing is
  currently at best a semi-profession.
• Adapted from Beynon-Davis' observation that
  "information systems is currently  at best a
  semi-profession", The Computer Bulletin,
  September 1999, as quoted in Frank Bott's book
  Professional Issues in Information Technology.
• Proposer Philip Levine, MBCS, CITP
• Opposer Adrian Wheal, CEng, FBCS, CITP
• Format Speakers present their respective cases
  followed by questions, then final statement from
  each speaker followed by a vote.

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Formal Rules for Branches
• Committee roles and responsibilities

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4. Election of Officers

• Chair current interim chair Cornelia Boldyreff
• Secretary current interim secretary Luis
  Ribeiro
• Treasurer Mike Ashford and Tim Butler (interim
  shadow)
• Additional members (at least 3)
• Allocation of other roles
• Membership Secretary,
• Webmaster (Robert Creed) ,
• Publicity and Email Co-ordinator (Donna Fryer),
• Continuing Professional Development Officer (Mark
  Doughty).

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Item 5. Events programme (September 2006-May 2007)

• 1. Venues
• 2. Frequency, e.g. September, October, November,
  December, January, February, March, April, May
• (9 events)
• 3. Simon Davies, London School of Economics and
  Privacy International, to speak on Identity Cards
• (September 2006) and AGM May 2007.
• 4. Professor Wendy Hall, Dr Shaun Lawson, Dr John
  McManus, Anthony Sayle, NP fit speaker, etc
• 5. Film night(s) Students' Evening (with Student
  Prizes) Christmas Party Airfield Outing Air
  Museum Outing
• 6. Joint meetings with BCS specialist groups,
  University of Lincoln e-Learning lecture series,
  Linux Users Group, etc.
• 7. Open to suggestions...

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Final Items

• 6. Date of first Committee Meeting 27 June 2006
  key item of business to finalise Programme for
  2006- 2007
• 7. Date of first sub-branch event September 2006
• 8. A.O.B.