Recommend Candidates for 2009 Honorary Fellow
The Society for Technical Communication established the rank of Honorary Fellow to recognize persons who are not members of the Society but who have achieved eminence in the field of technical communication. The Honorary Fellow for 2007 was Simon Singh.
The Honorary Fellows Nominating Committee asks for your help in identifying candidates for Honorary Fellow for 2009. Please read the criteria and procedures below and send your recommendation to the postal or e-mail addresses at the end of this article.
Criteria
The committee assesses each candidate based on the following criteria:
1. Public and professional reputation. The candidate should have wide recognition among STC membership and the educated public.
2. Level of contribution to the advancement of technical communication.
3. Professional activity in other fields, such as natural, social, or physical sciences; journalism; engineering; or information technology.
4. Number of years of experience in the field (at least ten years).
5. Professional qualifications: technical, scientific, managerial, academic, or other.
6. Caliber of publications.
7. Exceptional activities that have benefited the field of technical communication.
Procedures
Only the STC Honorary Fellows Nominating Committee may nominate an individual for the rank of Honorary Fellow. While application for this rank is not permitted, the committee welcomes recommendations from any member of the Society. To recommend a candidate, send the committee a letter or e-mail, accompanied by verifiable biographic data, including achievements in and contributions to the field of technical communication. Please address as many of the qualifying criteria as you can. The information you provide to support your candidate will help the committee consider all candidates fairly and responsibly.
It is important to remember that the nomination of an Honorary Fellow is a confidential matter between the Board of Directors and the nominee. Do not approach proposed candidates to assess their willingness to be nominated or to collect biographic information. Normally, only one nominee is elected each year; therefore, discretion must be exercised for the sake of both the candidates and the Society.
Contacts
The current committee members are as follows:
Beth Tanner (chair), Associate Fellow, Middle Tennessee chapter
Andrea Ames, Fellow, Silicon Valley chapter
Dana Chisnell, Fellow, San Francisco chapter
Alison Reynolds, Senior Member
Ed See, Associate Fellow, Marketing Communication, Usability & User
Experience SIGs
To recommend a candidate for the 2009 Honorary Fellow, please send a letter or e-mail, posted no later than March 30, 2008, to this address:
Beth Tanner, Chair
Honorary Fellows Nominating Committee
58 Lindsley Avenue
Nashville, TN 37210 USA