Interesting People mailing list archives
Re Man Fined $500 for Crime of Writing 'I Am An Engineer' in an Email to the Government - Motherboard
From: "Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 09:45:09 +0000
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Grady Booch <egrady () booch com> Date: Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 5:23 AM Subject: Re: [IP] Man Fined $500 for Crime of Writing 'I Am An Engineer' in an Email to the Government - Motherboard To: <dave () farber net> ip <ip () listbox com> From my dear friend Philippe Kruchten: Hi, Grady, It is also the case here, but it would not go that far, us being nice easy-going Canadians. ;-) The engineering board would just send a letter saying: *Dear Mr. Booch,* *We notice you use the term engineering and engineer a bit too casually, and we do not have you in our registry of licensed professionals.* *Tsk, tsk.* *Please do not do this again.* *Here’s the reason why (pointer to same kind of blah blah about the “engineering act” )* *Best regards,* *The registrar of professional engineering in BC* I am not kidding you. I am still on the registration committee and board of examiner (for software engineers), so I know the current practice. If they actually do *perform* engineering, like signing the blueprints for some new sewer line, etc.. then they get something stronger. Cheers, ----- Philippe Kruchten University of British Columbia pbk () ece ubc ca ------- On Apr 25, 2017, at 23:19, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/man-fined-dollar500-for-crime-of-writing-i-am-an-engineer-in-an-email-to-the-government ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/18849915-ae8fa580 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-aa268125 Unsubscribe Now: https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-32545cb4&post_id=20170426054525:110D9D1C-2A65-11E7-9ABB-FA119ABE7D84 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
Current thread:
- Man Fined $500 for Crime of Writing 'I Am An Engineer' in an Email to the Government - Motherboard Dave Farber (Apr 26)
- Message not available
- Re Man Fined $500 for Crime of Writing 'I Am An Engineer' in an Email to the Government - Motherboard Dave Farber (Apr 26)
- Message not available