Pledge “work4bletchley”
"I will give my earnings from one days work to the Bletchley Park Trust but only if 20 other people will do the same."
— Nigel Metheringham
Deadline to sign up by: 16th September 2010
101 people signed up (81 over target)
Country: United Kingdom
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Bletchley Park was the focus of the UKs wartime code breaking effort, and so the birthplace of modern computing. However in the intervening years the site has suffered from a lack of maintenance and is in a poor state.
The Bletchley Park Trust's mission is to transform Bletchley Park into the world-class education and heritage site it deserves to be reflecting the profound significance of its impact on WW2, the twentieth century and the way we all live today.
Although The National Lottery has offered another £1.5 million in badly-needed funding, this is conditional on the Bletchley Park Trust matching that amount - there is still about £1 million extra to raise in the next year and a bit.
All of us that work in IT or with computers owe our careers to Alan Turing, Tommy Flowers, and the thousands of others who went above and beyond the call of duty at Bletchley Park.
If we each donate our earnings from one day - the 16th of September - to the Bletchley Park Trust, we can make a real difference to their fund raising.
Further information on Bletchley Park can be found at:-
http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
This pledge is based on a blog post from Jason Gorman - http://parlezuml.com/blog/?postid=877
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Nigel Metheringham, the Pledge Creator, joined by:
- Jason Gorman
- Hannah
- Edward Andrews
- Ade Oshineye
- Kelsey Griffin
- Alan Cameron Wills
- Matt Wynne
- CoriS
- Jon Veal
- Marc Johnson
- Colin Macmillan
- Iain Shepherd
- Carol Jones
- Scott Keir
- Ted M. Young (@jitterted)
- Amanda Wilson
- Daniel Ternes
- Nat Pryce
- Kerry Buckley
- David Harvey
- Dave Hawes @davehawes
- Giovanni Asproni
- Antony Marcano
- Ben Garratt
- Steve Green
- Alan Stokes
- Sue Black (@Dr_Black)
- Michaela Schmid @pernickety
- Simon Willcox
- Caroline Sturtridge (@javageekgirl)
- @purecause (Lee Mallon)
- @GeekChickUK
- Gordon Tant
- @Mariocruz
- Sean Jones
- pedro figueiredo
- Peter Camfield
- Rachel Davies
- Peter Bowyer @peeebeee
- Paul Dyson
- Craig Heath (@heathcr)
- John McFadyen
- Andy Palmer (@AndyPalmer)
- Ivan Moore
- Andrew Woodward (@AndrewWoody)
- Alan Dean
- Peter Malewski
- Richard George
- Steve Strong
- @unclewilco
- Duncan Pierce
- Peter Duffy
- Chris Ellis
- Claire Kotecki
- Tim Dalton
- Eoin Woods
- Mark Dalgarno
- Debra Walters
- Jethro Shell
- Neil Hambly
- Ian Yates
- Bryan Coventry
- Therese Smith
- Mark Knebel Daniels
- James Martin (@jmrtn)
- Peter Coleman
- Alex Hansford
- Rebecca Warren
- Peter Nicol
- Michael Hunger (@mesirii)
- Stavros Messinis
- Mark Luker
- Matt Cope
- Channing Walton
- Tony Pounder (@WorTony)
- Lynda Bowen
- andy aspell-clark
- Mike Hill
- Andy Stanford-Clark (@andysc)
- Mike Cowlishaw
- Simon Pain
- Zoe Rose
- Matt Daniels
- Tanya Byrne
- Tony Rogerson
- Graham Cluley, Sophos
- Kieron Lonergan
- Andrew Clark
- Jenny Farr
- Bill Matthews (@Bill_Matthews)
- Tom Malone
- Dan Rough
- Ashley Moran
- Lance Wicks
- Trish Matthews (@Trish_Matthews)
- Robin Tinsley
- 5 people who did not want to give their names, 1 of whom has done the pledge
Comments on this pledge
Thank you so much for your support.
So that means every donation we make has an even bigger effect - and we should be able to use Gift Aid to multiply each penny we donate even more....
Thanks to those that have signed up already - I look forward to seeing even more pledging!
http://www.work4bletchley.org.uk
I know times are hard, and the generosity of all who pledge is deeply appreciated.
Many thanks for pledging.
Let us pledge also to never again penalise and ostracise such beautiful minds from our midst.
We were very fortunate to have some one like Alan Turing live, walk and work in the area we now aspire to have the status of a New City of Milton Keynes.
Such blessed but humanly tormented souls [Atmas] give the most in their ephemeral lives and leave never to return in human form. Such souls attain salvation, moksha or nirvana unquestionably.
I am so very proud that such a befitting memorial is now created to honour such an intellectual giant who once graced this Earth and this city.
Let us pledge also to unearth such gems, give them freedom dismantling barriers to their brilliance and let them shine during their 'human experience' on this Earth.
Anant
Executive Officer Hindu Council UK
Honorary Leader Milton Keynes Community Ambassadors
Independent Parliamentary Candidate Milton Keynes North 2005/2010
Well done to all concerned, I salute you all.
Steve
Power to your elbows!
Jenny
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