Re: The BAA and new BCS membership requirements

On Apr 7, 9:22 am, Gosi <gos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mar 28, 4:42 pm, ch...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi there,
>
> > I no longer work in IT in a full-time capacity but I am still a member
> > of the BAA and look forward to my copies of the Vector magazine
> > (although much is often over my head!). I still maintain a personal
> > licence for APL2 with which I "play" more as an academic exercise
> > (e.g. Game of Life, emulation of Enigma machine etc.)although I do
> > occasionally develop "useful" software for other business interests.
>
> > During over 30 years in IT, 20-odd of which were freelance, I never
> > wanted to be a member of the BCS. I certainly don't want to pay =A388
a
> > year to be a member of an organisation I don't want to be a member of,
> > in order to pay the BAA =A320 a year to continue to receive my copies
of=

> > Vector.
>
> > It strikes me that some accountant bod in the BCS has seen this as a
> > means of increasing the BCS's revenue stream with little effort -
> > bringing members of the Special Interest Groups into the BCS fold
> > kicking and screaming. I think it may have the effect of losing some
> > of the SIGs' members - which may make them less viable - and will
> > create an unwanted and quite unnecessary level of animosity. It all
> > seems a bit Big Brotherish - and there's more than enough of that
> > around now.
>
> > I've been a member of the BAA since the late 80s and I still want to
> > pay my BAA subs and get my Vector magazine. I'd even be happy to pay
> > an increased BAA sub as long as I didn't have to join the BCS.
>
> > </soap_box>
>
> "But last night BAA was forced to take the blame for the first time in
> a series of disasters which at one stage created a mountain of 28,000
> missing bags and led to many being flown to America and Milan for
> sorting.
>
> A BAA spokeswoman admitted: 'A software problem has arisen in the
> baggage system at Terminal 5. This is entirely BAA's responsibility. "
>
> What system is this?

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/05/229723/heathrow-terminal-5=
-to-make-innovative-use-of-it.htm
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/28/230035/terminal-5-the-expe=
rt-view.htm