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In this issue....
Features
- Implementing a Community RSS Feed
- Public Relations Documents: Templates to Use for Your Community Publicity Plan
- Calendar for Community Leaders
Administration
- LCR Web site
- Jackie Damrau: LCR volunteer of the year
- New associate fellows nominations encouraged
- New STC mission statement
- Bylaws forum recording
- Send contact info to office
- How to contact STC
- Letter to the editor
Communities
- New manager of community relations
- New survey policy for communities
- Liability policy
- Community funding
- Chapter financial reports due
- Ask the office
- New chapter, SIG approved
Competitions
- STC's Newsletter Competition
- STC's Public Relations Competition
- Educational outreach through student competitions
- Advice for competition managers
- Competition contacts
Elections
Events
Honors and Awards
STC Conference
Leadership Links
Events
Religious Holidays and Events Planning: Some Thoughts for Communities
As part of STC’s efforts to acknowledge the diversity of its members, the office staff and members of the Board would like to remind STC leaders to be aware of religious holidays that members of their communities may celebrate. Whenever possible, STC events should be scheduled to avoid conflicts.
STC’s recent adoption of a diversity policy reflects this desire to be conscious of our members and their various cultures and backgrounds. See the STC Web site for the text of the policy.
The following list of religious holidays was compiled from various online sources. We are also grateful to Board member Leah Guren for her assistance in identifying Jewish holidays. This list is not intended to be exhaustive, and does not include government holidays. To learn more about holidays that may be relevant for members of your particular community, be sure to ask your members for more details and additional information to consider when planning events. You may also find this list of resources helpful:
- Buddhist holidays
- Earth calendar
- Iafrica.com, 2007 religious holidays
- Worldwide public holidays, 2007
| 3 | Shiva Asar B’Tammuz (Jewish) |
| 24 | Tisha B’Av (Jewish) |
| 30 | Asalha Puja (Buddhist) |
August 2007
| 10 | Rajab (Islamic) |
| 28 | Gita week begins (Hindu) |
| 28 | Shaban (Islamic) |
September 2007
| 4 | Janmashtami (Hindu) |
| 12–15 | Rosh Hashanah and Tzom Gedalya (Jewish) |
| 13 | Ramadan (Islamic) |
| 15 | Ganesh Chathurti (Hindu) |
| 21–22 | Yom Kippur (Jewish) |
| 26–October 5 | Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah (Jewish) |
October 2007
| 13 | Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) (Islamic) |
| 21 | Navratri/Durga Puja/Dusserah (Hindu) |
| 26 | Pavarana Day (Buddhist) |
November 2007
| 1 | All Saints’ Day (Christian) |
| 9 | Deepavali/Diwali (Hindu) |
December 2007
| 2 | Advent Sunday (Christian) |
| 5–12 | Hanukkah (Jewish) |
| 11 | Hajj begins (Islamic) |
| 19 | Assarah B’Tevet (Jewish) |
| 20 | Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice) (Islamic) |
| 25 | Christmas Day (Christian) |
January 2008
| 6 | Epiphany (Christian) |
| 10 | Muharram (or al-Hijra, Islamic New Year) (Islamic) |
| 14 | Pongal/Makar Sankranti (Hindu) |
| 19 | Ashura (Shiite Islamic) |
February 2008
| 1 | Candlemas (Christian) |
| 6 | Ash Wednesday (Christian) |
| 11 | Vasanta Panchami/Saraswati Puja (Hindu) |
| 15 | Parinirvana (Mahayana Buddhist) |
March 2008
| 1 | St. David’s Day (Christian) |
| 6 | Mahashivratri (Hindu) |
| 16 | Palm Sunday (Christian) |
| 20 | Mawlid al-nabi (Birth of Prophet Muhammad) (Islamic) |
| 21 | Good Friday (Christian) |
| 21 | Purim (Jewish) |
| 22 | Holi (Spring Festival) (Hindu) |
| 23 | Easter Sunday (Christian) |
| 25 | Annunciation (Christian) |
April 2008
| 20–21 | Pesach (Passover) (Jewish) |
| 23 | St. George's Day (Christian) |
| 26–27 | Pesach (Passover) (Jewish) |
May 2008
| 1 | Ascension Day (Christian) |
| 22 | Corpus Christi (Christian) |
| 23 | Lag B’Omer (Jewish) |
June 2008
| 9–10 | Shavuot (Pentecost) (Jewish) |
Send Regional Conference Announcements to Tieline
Community leaders are reminded to send announcements about upcoming regional conferences for inclusion in the Tieline “Society Events” listing to tieline@stc.org.
Society Events
October 12, 2007 CONFERENCE
STC’s Region 4 Conference, “The Crucial Communicator,” will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn and Gateway Conference Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Sessions will feature presentations and discussions on how technical communicators can more effectively demonstrate their indispensability in the workplace. Melvin Smith, an assistant professor in the Department of Organizational Behavior and a faculty director of executive education at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, will deliver the keynote address on the importance of emotional intelligence in the workplace and social settings and demonstrate its potential to an organization. The ISO JTC 1 SC7/WG2 group—comprising international experts in standards and user documentation from the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States—will be in attendance. For more information, please visit the Northeast Ohio chapter Web site.
March 14–15, 2008 CONFERENCE
The Atlanta Chapter STC will host its annual conference, “Currents 2008,” at the Southern Polytechnic State University campus in Marietta, Georgia. Jean-luc Dumont is scheduled to be one of the conference’s speakers. For more information, please watch the Atlanta chapter Web site for updates.
June 1-4, 2008 CONFERENCE
The Technical Communication Summit—STC’s 55th Annual Conference will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More information will be posted to the STC Web site.
Send announcements of your community or regional events to tieline@stc.org.