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Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, came to the Cloudflare London office opening party recently and he told me that it was entirely the Governor's dis
by jgrahamc 7y ago
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, came to the Cloudflare London office opening party recently and he told me that it was entirely the Governor's discretion to choose who is on the bank notes. This was the first time the public had been solicited for ideas, and a committee had whittled the suggestions down to a short list.
Ultimately, Carney made this call. Thanks!
- chongli 7y agoMark Carney is Canadian and was previously the governor of the Bank of Canada. We've been doing this sort of thing with our money for a long time now. Looks like he brought the tradition to England.
- hanoz 7y agoIf you mean the tradition of choosing historical figures to feature on bank notes, rather than the tradition of boasting about it at office parties, we've been doing the former sort of thing a long time before Mark Carney's arrival. Probably the latter thing too.
- chongli 7y agoNo, I mean the tradition of having a public consultation of which historical figures to include on the currency.
- Zeebrommer 7y agoThe article states that "In 2015, a total of 30,000 people nominated 590 famous visual artists for the £20 note, before JMW Turner was selected with the help of focus groups." so this doesn't appear to be the first time the public is involved.
- dreamcompiler 7y agoWhen I saw the headline my first thought was JGC must have had something to do with this! Thank you for your efforts on behalf of Turing over the years.
- jgrahamc 7y agoHa. I may have got the ball rolling 10 years ago (https://www.wired.com/2014/11/the-man-who-made-the-uk-say-im-sorry-for-what-we-did-to-turing/ https://www.wired.com/2014/11/the-man-who-made-the-uk-say-im...) but I wasn't in any way directly involved in what happened after that.
- dmix 7y agoReally shows how much impact one person can have if you just go out and make noise about something. Ideally supported by real data and a legitimately interesting story.