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Volume XX |
In this issue....
Features
Administration
Communities
- STC chapters and liability insurance
- Chapter size categories
- Regions update
- Board e-mail addresses
- Updated STC Community Handbook
Competitions
Events
Honors and Awards
Leadership Links
October 2007–September 2008 at a Glance: Calendar for Community Leaders
October 2007
| 15 | To enter the STC Newsletter Competition, submit the first of three issues of your chapter newsletter to the STC office (postmark date). |
| • | Promote membership. |
November 2007
| 1 | Deadline to submit Sigma Tau Chi and Alpha Sigma nomination forms, recommendation letters, resumes, and transcripts. |
| 30 | Deadline to submit recommendations for the Distinguished Chapter Service Award (DCSA), Distinguished SIG Service Award (DSSA), and Distinguished Service Award for Students (DSAS) to Deborah Silvi, Manager of the Distinguished Community Awards Committee. |
| • | Watch for dues renewal notices from the STC office. |
December 2007
| • | The deadline for payment of 2008 membership dues is January 1. |
January 2008
| 1 | Deadline for payment of 2008 membership dues. |
| 2 | Deadline to submit community status reports to the Community Status Reporting (CSR) team. |
| 11 | To continue your submission process for the STC Newsletter Competition, submit second and third issues of your newsletter to the STC office (January 11 is the postmark date). |
| 18 | Entries for the international technical publications, technical art, and online communication competitions must be received by the STC office. |
| • | Remind members that they must pay dues renewals by February 28 to be eligible to vote in STC’s annual election. |
| • | Remind members to register for STC’s 55th Annual Conference, to be held June 1–4, 2008, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
February 2008
| 28 | Deadline for payment of 2008 membership dues to be eligible to vote in STC’s annual election. |
March 2008
| 4 | Entries for STC’s Public Relations Competition must be received by the STC office. |
| 15 | Entries for STC’s International Student Technical Communication Competition (ISTCC) must be received by the STC office. |
| 17 | Last day of early-bird registration for STC’s 55th Annual Conference. |
| • | STC election in progress. |
| • | Review chapter bylaws for possible updating. |
| • | Prepare chapter nominating slate. |
| • | Submit Community Achievement Award (CAA) application materials. |
| • | If your community has an activity to be considered in place of an activity listed on the CAA form, send a description of the activity to the Community Achievement Award Evaluation Committee (CAAEC) with a CC to Evelyn McCamey, STC Manager of Community Relations, before the submission deadline. |
| • | Remind members to register for STC’s 55th Annual Conference. |
April 2008
| 18 | Deadline for submission of CAA application materials. |
| 30 | STC fiscal year ends for student chapters. |
| • | STC election ends. |
| • | Hold chapter elections for officers and announce chapter election results. |
| • | Remind members to register for STC’s 55th Annual Conference. |
May 2008
| 12 | Deadline to submit community status reports to the Community Status Reporting (CSR) team. |
| 23 | Last day of advance registration for STC’s 55th Annual Conference. |
| 31 | Student chapter financial reports for the period May 1, 2007, to April 30, 2008, are due at the STC office. |
| 31– June 1 |
Preconference certificate sessions at STC’s 55th Annual Conference. |
| • | Install new officers. |
| • | Send names, addresses, and telephone numbers of incoming officers and committee managers (including newsletter editor, employment manager, membership manager, and webmaster) to the STC office. |
| • | Begin planning chapter competitions; send the name of your competition contact to the STC office for posting on the STC Web site. |
June 2008
| 1 | Preconference certificate sessions at STC’s 55th Annual Conference (continued from May 31). |
| 1 | Leadership Day at STC’s 55th Annual Conference. |
| 1–4 | The Technical Communication Summit, STC’s 55th Annual Conference. |
| 30 | STC fiscal year ends for professional chapters. |
| • | Turn over chapter committee files to new committee managers. |
| • | Submit nominations for Society-level officers to Nominating Committee. |
| • | Contact the STC office to reserve traveling exhibits of competition winners for upcoming chapter events. |
July 2008
| • | Send your chapter’s end-of-year financial report to the STC office. |
| • | Hold an organizational meeting with the new chapter council. |
| • | Check past president files and request missing information from the STC office. |
| • | Begin chapter planning for the new fiscal year. |
| • | Transfer treasurer’s records to the incoming treasurer and change signature cards for the chapter’s bank accounts. |
| • | Submit nominations for Society-level officers to the Nominating Committee. |
| • | Return completed international competition forms to the STC office if your chapter plans to hold one or more competitions. |
August 2008
| • | Deadline to submit community status reports to the Community Status Reporting (CSR) team. |
| • | Submit proposals for the Technical Communication Summit, STC’s 56th Annual Conference, to be held May 3–6, 2009, in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| • | Work with your chapter treasurer to prepare a budget for the coming year. |
| • | Plan chapter programs for the year. |
| • | Hold a chapter planning meeting (leadership workshop). |
September 2008
| 30 | Deadline to file chapter financial reports with the STC office for the period July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008. |
| • | Deadline for associate fellows interested in applying for nomination as fellows to send their résumé updates to the STC office. |
| • | Deadline to return the chapter sponsoring form for the International Student Technical Communication Competition (ISTCC) to the STC office if your chapter plans to host a high school competition for the 2008–09 year. |
| • | Approve chapter budget. |
| • | Publish the year’s schedule of chapter events. |
| • | Update chapter mailing lists. |
| • | Seek fellow and associate fellow candidate(s). |