CONSIDERING IET MEMBERSHIP OR YOU ARE ALREADY A MEMBER

Thank you Lisa, I obviously misheard the commentary during the event.

I don't think it is available to re-listen for me to check what was said against what I thought I heard?

I'm not sure it's available for catch up Paul but I've asked my colleagues in the Volunteer Support Unit. They organised the conference so they'll advise. 

 my colleagues have confirmed that  you can sign up to watch again !  

So has Michael Faraday been removed then? Is the post code still SG1 2AY?

Z.

Although the building is physically in the same place Zoomie, we've also used the opportunity to update our address especially for visitors using the postcode in their SatNav or Google maps in order to find directions. The postcode of SG1 2AY will take you to the local sorting  depot for the Royal Mail and not to our physical location.  

Our new address is:

The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Futures Place
Kings Way
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG1 2UA
UK

As to the whereabouts of Mr Faraday, I'm not 100% sure, but if you're missing him, you can always pay a visit to Savoy Place and see him standing in the garden to the right of the building where he gets a really good view of the Thames. I'm not sure if he can see Joseph Bazalgette from there but he's very close by too.  

He was buried in Highgate cemetry,  in 1867and has another statue at the

Royal Institution of Great Britain in Albemarle Street, done in 1877

As yet no-one is pulling down his statues for offending any new social norms. I suspect like most Victorians he would have held some views that would be thought contentious today, but luckily he is not remembered for that.

Mike.

May not be pulling down his statues, but the IET has renamed the Stevenage office, it's no longer Michael Faraday house.

So the address displayed in the latest B.S. 7671 is out of date and uses the postal code (SG1 2AY) of the local Royal Mail sorting office. Perhaps that is why my membership renewal cheque hasn't arrived. No redirection arranged by the I.E.T.  then for new mail deliveries?

Z.

It’s complicated Zoomie but the SG1 2AY postcode is for the PO Box number used by the IET and not the physical location of the building. As before the building has not moved (although that would be quite a feat if it did!) 

Thank you for your comments Zoomup and I am sorry to hear that your requests for a new membership certificate have not been actioned.  I will contact you directly to resolve this matter for you.

Clare Peacock

Member Relations Team Manager