June 2006

Paula Berger

From the STC President

Dear STC members,

Each month, I'll be sending you an update highlighting items of interest to the STC community. There's a lot to report! I'd also like to hear about what you're doing. Please share your thoughts with me at pres@stc.org.

Paula Berger
STC President

Governance

STC’s volunteers and staff left Las Vegas with lots of enthusiasm for our new and continuing initiatives. To see who’s doing what this year, take a look at the organization charts at www.stc.org/pDF_Files/theNewSTC0506.pdf.
The STC Board of Directors met by phone on Wednesday, June 21. Slides are available at http://wwwstc.org/ppt/060621_BoardTeleconference.ppt. I think you’ll be impressed at just how much is going on in STC.
We’re looking for volunteers to work on the Community Business Model Task Force. You must have at least two years of experience as a chapter president or treasurer, or as a SIG manager. For more information, contact STC Director Mike Murray at Dirmm@stc.org.

Office Staff

Mary Kabza joined the STC staff as Director of Membership and Marketing. She’ll direct our volunteers as we launch our three-year growth strategy. More details to come as Mary settles into her new role.

Partnerships

STC has rejoined INTECOM (www.intecom.org, the International Council for Technical Communication). More details next month.
STC is a sponsor of World Usability Day on November 14, 2006. Details are available at www.worldusabilityday.org.
Did you know that STC actively participates in ISO and W3C standards work? Be sure to take a look at the article by Annette Reilly in the upcoming September/October Intercom to understand why this work is so important to us as technical communicators.

Education

Work continues on the new, revamped Technical Communication Summit: STC's 54th Annual Conference. Look for the Call for Proposals next month.
Two podcasts from Leadership Day at the conference are now posted at www.stc.org/stcmembers/podcasts01.asp. Look for more podcasts soon.

Next month...

Committee pages on the STC.org site
Redesign of the STC.org site
Update on the Certification Evaluation Task Force
STC's research grants program
Our newest chapter--Korea!