[From nobody Sat Feb 12 13:54:41 2005 X-Account-Key: account3 Return-path: <birmem-return@lists.bcs.org.uk> Received: from punt-3.mail.demon.net by mailstore for andy.wootton@wyrley.demon.co.uk id 1CzkP6-0006Rw-N0; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:40:52 +0000 Received: from [194.217.242.210] (helo=lon1-hub.mail.demon.net) by punt-3.mail.demon.net with esmtp id 1CzkP6-0006Rw-N0 for andy.wootton@wyrley.demon.co.uk; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:40:52 +0000 Received: from [80.175.47.10] (helo=sh-mail-2.gradwell.net) by lon1-hub.mail.demon.net with esmtp id 1CzkP5-0004Fu-Ub for andy.wootton@wyrley.demon.co.uk; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:40:52 +0000 X-Envelope-To: ep03@bcs.org.uk X-Forwarding-To: ep03@bcs.org.uk Delivered-To: forwarding-ep03@bcs.org.uk X-Gradwell-Mailfilter: SpamAssassin hits were AWL [Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:40:51 +0000] [rule id 2118 (default)] X-Gradwell-Mailfilter: Not Spam, SpamAssassin hits of 0.1 (5 required) [Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:40:51 +0000] [rule id 2118 (default)] X-Envelope-To: andy.wootton@bcs.org.uk X-Forwarding-To: andy.wootton@bcs.org.uk Delivered-To: forwarding-andy.wootton@bcs.org.uk Received: from mail.hq.bcs.org.uk ([194.159.232.250]) by sh-mail-2.gradwell.net with smtp (Gradwell gwh-smtpd 1.180) id 420d426d.57d4.60e for andy.wootton@bcs.org.uk; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:40:29 +0000 (envelope-sender <birmem-return@lists.bcs.org.uk>) Received: from no.name.available by mail.hq.bcs.org.uk via smtpd (for sh-mail-2.gradwell.net [80.175.47.10]) with ESMTP; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:40:28 +0000 Received: from bcslist02.lists.bcs.org.uk (bcslist02.lists.bcs.org.uk [10.20.10.4]) by bcslist02.bcs.org.uk (GMS Comm 10.00.3213/XR0676.00.09404196) with ESMTP id za521961 for birmem@lists.bcs.org.uk; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:47:05 +0000 Received: from [10.20.0.1] by bcslist02.lists.bcs.org.uk (GMS 10.00.3213/XR0676.00.09404196) with SMTP id elwaoaaa for birmem@lists.bcs.org.uk; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:47:03 +0000 Received: from heisenberg.zen.co.uk ([212.23.3.141]) by gatekeeper.hq.bcs.org.uk via smtpd (for [10.20.10.20]) with ESMTP; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:39:58 +0000 Received: from [217.155.193.235] (helo=peter4fkpe44ns) by heisenberg.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CzkO1-0000Rd-5Z; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:39:45 +0000 Message-ID: <006701c51093$15313330$0a01a8c0@peter4fkpe44ns> Reply-To: <birmem@lists.bcs.org.uk> FROM: "BCS Birmingham Branch" <birmem@lists.bcs.org.uk> To: "BCS Birmingham Members" <birmem@lists.bcs.org.uk> Subject: BCS meetings in February and March Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:40:34 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Originating-Heisenberg-IP: [217.155.193.235] X-ListVersion: 10 X-ListMember: andy.wootton@bcs.org.uk [birmem@lists.bcs.org.uk] Dear Member or Colleague, I recently received the first of the following messages and I am forwarding it to you in case you or any of your friends and colleagues would be interested in the first meeting of the new BCS Open Source Specialist Group. I am not sure if you all received my last message to the Birmingham members list so I will repeat some of it. My apologies if you have already received this information. If, like me, you were unable to attend John Colby's talk in November he is speaking again on "How Not to get Sued - Ensure you have accessible web sites" to the BCS Wolverhampton Branch on Wednesday 16th February. Please see the second message below for more information. Advance notice of other Birmingham Branch events planned for the next few months are given at the end of this message. Best wishes, Peter Crouch Membership Secretary - BCS Birmingham Branch pccrouch@bcs.org.uk ---------------------------------------------- Dear Colleague, The first meeting of the Open Source Specialist Group will be held at the BCS London Offices on Monday, March 14th, 4pm until 7pm. The main speaker at this event shall be Sarah Ewen from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE). Sarah, Sony's "Linux Evangelist", worked with the Playstation 2 in order to have it run the Linux operating system. Election of group committee members will also take place at this time. More details of this meeting and of Sarah's presentation will be available shortly from the group. This event has a limited number of places available. To register for the event, go to the group's event registration site. http://ossg.bcs.org/events/ Please inform any members whom you think might be interested in Open Source. Regards John Stephens Specialist Groups Officer -------------------------------------------- Hello all, The next Wolverhampton Branch meeting is on Wednesday 16th February at 7.30pm John Colby from University of Central England will give a talk on: "How Not to get Sued - Ensure you have accessible web sites" The talk will cover: * The what and why of accessibility * Unlawful discrimination * Case studies * Legal and business cost implications * Approaches to accessible development The event will take place in MU206, University of Wolverhampton. A map & details of other events can be found on our website: http://bcs.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ Tea/Coffee from 7pm. All welcome Mary Branch Chair ---------------------------------------------- Mary Garvey School of Computing and Information Technology University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton, W. Midlands WV1 1EQ, UK. Tel: +44 01902 321483 Fax: +44 01902 321491 M.Garvey@wlv.ac.uk http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~cm1958/ ---------------------------------------------- Tuesday 12th April 2005 - "Whatever Happened to Virtual Reality?" by Prof Bob Stone, Birmingham University (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/profbobstone/myhomepage/aboutme.html) at Birmingham Medical Institute, Harbourne Road, Birmingham B15 3AF at 6pm for 6.30 PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE Booking requested, please contact Walter Milner W.W.Milner@bham.ac.uk Monday 23rd May 2005 - Branch AGM followed by "Motivation from the Inside Out" by Barry Mapp, The House of Learning (www.barrymapp.co.uk) at Tally Ho Sports & Conference Centre, Pershore Road, Birmingham B5 7RN. AGM at 6pm for 6.30, presentation at 7pm. 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