Community Achievement Awards Deadline: April 5

April 5 is the deadline for submitting entries for the community achievement awards (CAA). This annual competition is open to STC chapters, student communities, and Society-level special interest groups (SIGs).

The criteria for CAA awards has been updated this year. Thomas P. Barnett, manager of the Community Recognition Committee, wrote in the November 2006 Tieline that his committee "threw out dozens of flawed criteria" and moved other criteria to more appropriate award levels. (read article)

All applications must be submitted electronically; hardcopy notebooks will not be accepted. Submit applications and all supporting materials by either sending an e-mail with files as attachments to Peg Cottrell at peg@stc.org or recording the files on a CD and shipping it to the following address:

Society for Technical Communication
Attn: Peg Cottrell - Community Achievement Awards
901 North Stuart Street, Suite 904
Arlington, VA 22203

STC will distribute all entries to members of the Community Achievement Award Evaluation Committee via e-mail.

Community leaders can download the Guidelines for Community Achievement Awards (AD-116-2007) and entry form templates from www.stc.org/recog/awards01_comAchievement.asp. For an entry to qualify for the Distinguished award, all Fundamental activities and all activities listed for the Merit and Excellence awards must be checked off or replaced with alternative activities.

If you have any questions about the CAA, please contact Dale Erickson, Manager of the Community Achievement Award Evaluation Committee, at stc_caaec@hotmail.com.