VSJ – November 2001 – Sounding Board

Peter Venton’s views on management, expressed in September’s issue, evoked a flood of responses. All of them took a contrary – and remarkably congruous – position. I’ll let Scot McSweeney-Roberts and Sebastian Rogers speak for all of them: I fail to see how Peter Venton can make the assertion that one of the failures of […]

VSJ – November 2001 – Notice Board

Depending on when you receive your copy of VSJ this month, there might still be time to get to the IAP Annual Symposium at Trinity House on Saturday November 3rd. For details, see September’s IAP News. For tickets, telephone the office on 020 8 567 2118 or email admin@iap.org.uk. Other events in November include Internet […]

VSJ – October 2001 – Work in Progress

Steve Cumbers, Vice President of the Institution of Analysts & Programmers, Chairman of the Association of Independent Computer Specialists and Director of TopQuark, writes about his vision of eGovernment: Open Source for Open Government STANDARDS LIBERATE: We take hardware standards for granted. When you last plugged in an electrical appliance, were you grateful for 240V […]

VSJ – October 2001 – Members’ News

Mike Ryan, the Director General, writes about a deal the Institution has closed with Halifax Equitable to provide IAP members and their families with a new Stakeholder Pension on exceptional terms. You may remember that I wrote in March about the unfortunate circumstances that had overtaken the Equitable Life Assurance Company. Despite its many qualities, […]

VSJ – October 2001 – IAP Provisional Accounts for the year ended 31 May 2001

2001 2000 INCOME Application Fees and Subscriptions £186,993 £174,578 Other Income £37,235 £24,018 Total Income £224,228 £198,596 EXPENSES Services to Members and Promotional Activities £103,074 £96,370 Salaries and Staff Costs £72,009 £64,045 Office Overheads and Professional Expenses £28,047 £26,272 Total Expenses £203,130 £186,687 SURPLUS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE £21,098 £11,909

VSJ – October 2001 – Notice Board

There are still a few places available for the IAP Annual Symposium to be held at Trinity House on Saturday 3 November. For details, see last month’s IAP News. For tickets, telephone the office on 020 8 567 2118 or email admin@iap.org.uk. AGM: the IAP’s Annual General Meeting will be held in the Shakespeare room […]