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President's Column
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The Year in Reviewby Jay Mead Spring is here at last, so it’s time to get the tomatoes planted and look back on an eventful 1998-1999 STC RMC year.To begin at the top: we were privileged to host this year’s Region 7 Conference, an experience I’ll never forget. More than 300 of you joined us in downtown Denver for two days of seminars, speakers, parties and a rousing good time. A guest from another chapter remarked, over a celebratory beer or two, that it was the best regional conference he’d ever attended, and I’m sure many agreed. And just as it was a success for the participants, it was a success for our chapter as well. We received good reviews at the International STC level for our handling of the event, and the strong turnout not only paid our expenses but strengthened us financially. There has been rumbling within the chapter about hosting another regional conference soon—stay tuned. The conference was an unusual and memorable event, but it’s important not to let that memory overshadow the annual events our chapter puts on. We’ve hosted seven membership programs this year with excellent speakers, and attendance has been strong: 70-80 of you have joined us for each program. If you haven’t been able to attend a membership program, make it a mid-year resolution to join us next year: the meeting gives you an excellent chance to meet other members and make new friends—and the refreshments have been especially good! The competition, too, was a success, with 125 entrants in three main categories taking home 65 awards. And the newsletter had a great year, winning an award of Excellence in the International STC Newsletter Competition, a fitting recognition of good work. Our Volunteers Another article in this newsletter thanks volunteers for their work this year, but I can’t resist using my soapbox to name a few names—some people have worked so hard that it’s important to tell everyone about it. Notably, all of the Council members have been strong participants: thanks to Mary Jo Stark for watching our growing treasury; to Marella Colyvas for her work as secretary and doyenne of competitions; to Ben Johnson for Web mastering, and especially to Frank Tagader, past president, for cheerfully volunteering for just about everything, notably newsletter layout and regional conference duties. Speaking of the conference, Barb Miller may be our champion volunteer this year, for heading up that great event. We all owe thanks to Laurence Hoess for two years of running the monthly membership programs, generally on his own, and to Martha Sippel for putting out an award-winning newsletter (more on that to follow.) The list goes on: competition volunteers Beth Dougherty, Deb Braun, and Kathy Ramsey stand out, and CIC SIG leader Linda Gallagher (and Kathy Ramsey again for the online SIG, among many other tasks she takes on). Mark Werner headed up the scholarship award effort; Tia Marsh worked tirelessly on the conference and, also on the nominating committee with Carol Claton. Jane Bender greeted many of you as you joined our chapter, as did Jacquie Huhta in her monthly new member orientations. And special mention is due to Larry Prado, who stepped up to next year’s presidency at the last minute. Larry, it’s good to be da’ king! Judges, organizers, leaders: there are way too many to list in a one-page article. Thanks to all-you are the ones who’ve made this year a success. News Notes As previously mentioned, we’ve just received word that the newsletter has won an Excellence award in the International STC Newsletter Competition. Congratulations to editor Martha Sippel, assistant Jan Rahm, and layout maestro Frank Tagader, and thanks for your great work. Volunteer opportunity: we need some help with our biannual salary survey this year, including survey design and administration. It would be great if you know something about surveys, but that may not be necessary. Contact me if you’d like to help out: president@stcrmc.org Programs for next year: the first three have already been scheduled. Put them on your calendar: September 16 (J.D. Edwards); October 21 (Tivoli), and November 18 (StorageTek). For all volunteers and committee members: the annual volunteers’ picnic is July 25. Be there! Details to follow. And Finally ... It’s been a great and busy year for me. The 1999-2000 year will bring a lot of changes, but I look forward to continuing to be involved with our chapter. I’ve met and worked with talented, dedicated and terrific people-that’s been the chief reward of being president. Larry, it’s all yours now! Good luck to you, and thanks and farewell to all! Comments?
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