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Archive of Acorn Anniversary
event organisation emails

This archive is updated with any emails sent to the event mailing list.
check here to see if you have missed anything.

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Original invite email 13^th February 2008

2008 will mark the 30^th anniversary of Acorn Computers

Let’s meet up and celebrate !

Saturday 13^th September 2008

Cambridge

We are planning an event to celebrate the 30^th anniversary
of the foundation of Acorn Computers. To aid our planning of
entertainment and catering, we need to establish how
many people are likely to attend.

The invitation is being extended to anyone who was an employee of Acorn
Computers or one of its subsidiary companies in the UK or overseas,
and their partners, and to people closely associated with the initial
BBC Micro computer program project.

A small contribution to the costs of the event may be required,
and any surplus will be given to a local charity.

What you can do right now:

• Let us know if you are interested by registering at the website http://www.acornreunited.org.uk
• Pass details of this site on to anyone you are still in touch with
  who was employed by Acorn Computers, and may not have heard.
• Put a note in your diary for the proposed date 13^th September 2008.
• Watch out for further information from the team regarding this event.

The email address, info@AcornReunited.org.uk
can also be used for correspondance regarding the event.

Please respond as soon as possible so that we can gauge demand,
any expressions of interest will not be taken as firm bookings at this time.
Booking details will be sent out closer to the time, at that time bookings
will then be taken on a first come basis.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

    Hermann Hauser
    Chris Curry
    Chris Turner
    Sophie Wilson
    Laurence Hardwick

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Update email 22^nd May 2008

Subject: Acorn Computers 30th Anniversary Reunion

Thank you for expressing your interest in attending the reunion later this year. A number of people we have met with personally wanted to understand a little more about the nature of the event. So, please find below an update on our planning activities.

Attendance

To date, including partners, around 350 people have registered their interest. This list is now available via the website. (http://www.acornreunited.org.uk)

Venue

Grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall Cambridge

Date

Saturday, 13^th September

Draft schedule

5:00	Event Start – (Registration/ welcoming drinks)
6:00	Pay Bar Open
7:00 - 8:00	Welcoming Address and Speeches
8:00	Dinner (Hog roast and accompaniments - including veg option)
9:30	Live Band / Dancing / Conversation
11:00	Finish
12:00	All departed – Dismantling Start

Commemorative Programme (with photographs)

We are producing a commemorative programme for the event and would like to collect photographs illustrating the history of Acorn to include in the program . The website will shortly be extended to enable you to upload your own photographs for consideration for inclusion.

Sponsorship

We welcome sponsorship to help subsidise the ticket price of the event. If you or your company are interested in providing sponsorship please do email us at info@acornreunited.org.uk for details.

Further Details

Please do keep an eye on the website http://www.acornreunited.org.uk for more details and look out for more emails as the event approaches. We look forward to seeing you all in September.

Finally, it would assist us immensely if you can help spread the word about the reunion among other former colleagues you are in touch with or may see. There are still many who have not registered online and may or may not be aware of what is planned. Please continue to pass details on to anyone you feel should be there and encourage them to register online.

Thank you.

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Photograph Archive Email 1^st July 2008

Subject: Acorn Computers 30th Anniversary Reunion

Acorn Computers History Photo Archive

As mentioned in the previous update email we would like to collect and share some of our photographic memories of the history of Acorn Computer. These photographs will we hope be on display at the reunion event in September, selected images may also be published in the commemorative event program.

Photographs should illustrate the history of Acorn and be a sufficient resolution for reproduction in a printed program (minimum 1500 x 1000) if scanning from photograph prints please scan with a resolution of at least 300 DPI. Images will be accepted in JPEG, GIF, PNG, formats and up to a maximum of 5 Mb in size. Images must be ones you own (i.e. took yourself). Promotional images, logos or images from magazines and newspapers are more problematic as we can not be certain of the copyright situation with such images.

Unfortunately much of Acorns history was before the advent of wide scale digital photography. In order to lighten the load on the organizing team we would ask you to scan and upload you own prints to the archive site. When scanning from photograph prints please scan with a resolution of at least 300 DPI.

Further Details

Please do keep an eye on the website http://www.acornreunited.org.uk for more details and look out for more emails as the event approaches. We look forward to seeing you all in September.

Do continue to spread the word about the reunion among former colleagues you are in touch with or may see. There are still many who have not registered online and may or may not be aware of what is planned. Please continue to pass details on to anyone you feel should be there and encourage them to register online.