If you would prefer to read this email, or previous issues, online please use this link, or paste the address into your browser: www.oxon.bcs.org/eBCSOxon.php Dear %Field:Title% %LastName%; Welcome to the October 2006 edition of the new style BCS Oxfordshire newsletter. Our biennial schools web competition was launched on Monday 16 October - scroll down for more details. We hope to see you at our October meeting, which is a special joint session with BCS North Wales & Chester Branch, over a video conference link. 26 October: Climate Prediction and Digital Preservation: Predicting the Future and Preserving the Past This meeting will look at what could be two of the biggest problems facing society and will explore some possible approaches. We'll be at the Rutherford Appleton lab using a video link to the Daresbury lab. Please note time and location: refreshments from 18:15 for a 19:00 start, in the Pickavance Lecture theatre at the Rutherford Appleton lab near Harwell. There's no charge, but for safety reasons we need you to tell us if you plan to come. Please use the form at www.oxon.bcs.org/contacts.htm See www.oxon.bcs.org/program2006-7.htm#Oct for more details about the meeting and how to get there. Download the Event Poster 2007 Schools Web Competition launched Do you have, or do you have friends who have, children at a school in Oxfordshire? Or are you involved with schools in the county as an assistant, a teacher, governor or in some other capacity? If so, make sure they know about the 2007 BCS Oxfordshire Schools Web Competition, which was officially announced on 16 October. The competition is always great fun for everyone involved. This year we have even more sponsors who are donating prizes, so the competition should be bigger and better than ever. Click on the image for a copy of the Competition Poster which has been sent to all schools in the county. ..more details on the competition website Regards Adrian Adrian Walmsley Webmaster and email co-ordinator BCS Oxfordshire Branch

NEXT BRANCH EVENTS etc 26 October: Predicting the Future and Preserving the Past 16 November: Extending existing applications for secure mobile use - how tough can that be? Full Branch Programme Web Competition Press Release BCS Events Calendar

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