Where is the IET going?

Roy Bowdler:
John,


I like the witty riposte!?

Good because I want to be sure you're not thinking I'm going on the attack as can easily be mistaken for when posting on internet forums!


I prefer to inject a little bit of humour wherever I can. 

but I haven’t sold the clubs, they clutter my shed on the basis that I might start again in retirement.  

Not having played since I was a teenager with the clubs taking up space in the garage I finally threw them out!   I know that if I ever wanted to play again I could get better clubs easily.


I still keep my Graham Weigh bicycle in the garage, which I rarely use but have no intention of disposing of, but now ride my carbon Trek one instead.   It's not even through nostalgic memories or anything but I know that perhaps in the future I'll ride it again for some reason.   It's a good bike, and I'll keep it mothballed for that time!


But the Trek is awesome.   Every bit of effort you put in to pushing the pedals finds its way to the road.   It's a joy to ride.   But for some strange the top speed I've ever had is about 50mph, whereas the GW bike was 55mph.   Downhill of course!

Some people have a purely transactional relationship with a professional body or trades union, paying what they have to, taking what they need and giving nothing, whilst others have a deeper emotional connection with something that becomes intrinsically bound up in their self-identity. 

This is why I've kept my membership going for as long.   I realise that sometimes you may not get something from the IEE / IET but you want to see your profession promoted.   Alas, in my area we're not seeing that at all.   But you also want to be able to have some interaction from the IET, and there's a lack of events in my area.

I have certainly considered resigning from the IET, on issues of principle, but haven’t taken that ultimate step.

Going back to the golf analogy, if the club sold half its land for housing, turned the other half in to pitch & putt, and then closed the club house, would you still be a member?   It's still golf but is it enough golf?   That's really the key; is the IET still serving members the way they did when I joined the IEE?   I don't think they do, and the IEE still had problems even when they set up the Glasgow club house where they really didn't have a locker room for members!

As a member you could stand for election, or campaign via member representatives and/or IET senior management for what you want. However, If as I suspect you have just fallen out of love, then that wouldn’t appeal to you. At least these forums offer you the opportunity to express your reasons to a wider audience. Some other members will be sympathetic to aspects of your argument, and most are probably at least a little dissatisfied about something.

Currently very busy with my own business, writing apps in the evenings and weekends and watching my mother dying from a smoking related illness.   It's challenging.


It is something that I'm keen on doing, helping the next generation.   I've passed CVs that I've received to other companies knowing they were a match, and thereby getting the graduate applicant a job.   I've helped businesses get over technical hurdles.   Even trying to help a teacher pick the right direction for electronics and programming.   Not for monetary return, but because I'm an engineer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8vHhgh6oM0

Roy Bowdler:
John,


I like the witty riposte!?

Good because I want to be sure you're not thinking I'm going on the attack as can easily be mistaken for when posting on internet forums!


I prefer to inject a little bit of humour wherever I can. 

but I haven’t sold the clubs, they clutter my shed on the basis that I might start again in retirement.  

Not having played since I was a teenager with the clubs taking up space in the garage I finally threw them out!   I know that if I ever wanted to play again I could get better clubs easily.


I still keep my Graham Weigh bicycle in the garage, which I rarely use but have no intention of disposing of, but now ride my carbon Trek one instead.   It's not even through nostalgic memories or anything but I know that perhaps in the future I'll ride it again for some reason.   It's a good bike, and I'll keep it mothballed for that time!


But the Trek is awesome.   Every bit of effort you put in to pushing the pedals finds its way to the road.   It's a joy to ride.   But for some strange the top speed I've ever had is about 50mph, whereas the GW bike was 55mph.   Downhill of course!

Some people have a purely transactional relationship with a professional body or trades union, paying what they have to, taking what they need and giving nothing, whilst others have a deeper emotional connection with something that becomes intrinsically bound up in their self-identity. 

This is why I've kept my membership going for as long.   I realise that sometimes you may not get something from the IEE / IET but you want to see your profession promoted.   Alas, in my area we're not seeing that at all.   But you also want to be able to have some interaction from the IET, and there's a lack of events in my area.

I have certainly considered resigning from the IET, on issues of principle, but haven’t taken that ultimate step.

Going back to the golf analogy, if the club sold half its land for housing, turned the other half in to pitch & putt, and then closed the club house, would you still be a member?   It's still golf but is it enough golf?   That's really the key; is the IET still serving members the way they did when I joined the IEE?   I don't think they do, and the IEE still had problems even when they set up the Glasgow club house where they really didn't have a locker room for members!

As a member you could stand for election, or campaign via member representatives and/or IET senior management for what you want. However, If as I suspect you have just fallen out of love, then that wouldn’t appeal to you. At least these forums offer you the opportunity to express your reasons to a wider audience. Some other members will be sympathetic to aspects of your argument, and most are probably at least a little dissatisfied about something.

Currently very busy with my own business, writing apps in the evenings and weekends and watching my mother dying from a smoking related illness.   It's challenging.


It is something that I'm keen on doing, helping the next generation.   I've passed CVs that I've received to other companies knowing they were a match, and thereby getting the graduate applicant a job.   I've helped businesses get over technical hurdles.   Even trying to help a teacher pick the right direction for electronics and programming.   Not for monetary return, but because I'm an engineer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8vHhgh6oM0