Ian Tamoran

Quick Facts

Outside Talossa

Name	Ian Tamoran
Date of Birth
Current Residence	Chobham, Surrey, England
Occupation	Retired: Computer Systems Consultant

In Talossa

Talossan Name
Date of Citizenship	2010-09-27
Province	Cézembre
Political party	a-political
Titles

General Election Votes

Cosâ	Date	Party
45 (view results)	March-April 2013	PRESENT
46 (view results)	December 2013-January 2014	PRESENT
47 (view results)	August 2014-September 2015	PRESENT
48 (view results)	May 2015-June 2015	PRESENT
55 (view results)	July 2020-August 2021	FREEDEMS
59 (view results)		FREEDEMS

Cosâ Seats

Senäts seats

Cosa	Clark #1	Clark #2	Clark #3	Clark #4	Clark #5	Clark #6
55
56
57
58

Prime Minister

Secretary Of State

Proposed Bills

Cosâ	Clark	Bills	P/F

Talography

I encountered Talossa because of its language. I helped Hool (in a very minor way) with the editing of the second edition of his language book. Then I lurked on Witt, making occasional comments. Then (possibly because I was - and am - rather senior in age) I was made a Justice. I had the opportunity of meeting GV when I visited Houston on business (great visit: great meeting!) and other members since, here in the UK (and hugely enjoyable those meetings were too). In the fullnes of time I have become the oldest - I mean, most senior Justice. I have written several articles, and made some movies, expressing my opinions on Justice and good behaviour, as well as some humorous additions to the records of Talossa's "history". 

 

Biography

Hmm - this could be quite long! I was born in Dublin in 1945, and in 1948 my family moved to the UK. There I was educated and went to university, studying mathematics - yes, an honours degree in mathematics: I can tell you all sorts of things about convex sets and mathematical logic which you never wanted to know! I then started work (in 1966) as a computer programmer, gradually moving up in the industry - systems programmer, systems advisor and client liaison, designing and managing the implementation of an operating system, using a compiler-compiler fro several years, in which I wrote heaven knows how many (20?) different compilers. Outside of work I became interested in Machine Translation - computers translating between human languages - and became a member, then chairman, of the Natural Language Translation group of the British Computer Society. I chaired two conferences on that topic, and wrote (and published) two books on it. Back to my work: I became employed by a French company, in which I was head of research and development in the UK, but eventually being posted to Paris - that was fun (and improved my French no end!). Then I started my own company and did all kinds of low-level and high-level consulting. The last major project I undertook was the design of the database system for the Met Office (the UK weather forecasters), its implementation, and its running for the next eight years. Then - at last - my darling wife let me retire. During all this time I had met (and fallen in love with) the lady to whom I have been married for over 50 years, had two children, two grandchildren, written (and published) four more books, played the piano and church organ at a semi-professional level, and bored all my friends with my pointless detailed knowledge of all kinds of irrelevant things. And (I hope) there's more to come....

 

Other

I have a Grade 8 piano certificate (when that was worth getting - it's far to easy now!), and Grade 5 on the violin.
I hold a B.Sc. (Honours) degree in Mathematics from University College, London.
I have been (but no longer am - age makes these things unneccesary) a member of the BCS, the ACM, and an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.
I have - twice - passed the MENSA exam, but have never bothered taking up membership.
I speak reasonably fluent French - with a French (not English) accent.

...oh, I forgot yo mention - I keep bees: they were a Christmas present from the kids about five years ago. The honey's lovely.