August/September 2006

Volume 47, Number 1

Chapter News

Welcome to Our New Members

New, transferred, or returning members for the months of July and August 2006:

July 2006 Patricia K MacCuish Karen K Mallette Anne E Miller Cheryl Shimamoto

August 2006 Roger R Cote Laura P Johnson Mary A Schreiber Vandi Williams

Chapter Meetings

October 19, 2006 – Network with your Colleagues

November 16, 2006 – Preemptive Project Planning Pays Off (John Hedtke)

January 18, 2007 – Take the Right Risks with Intelligent Disobedience (Bob McGannon)

February 15, 2007 – Yoga for Stress Relief Eases Bodies and Minds (Ron Arner)

March 15, 2007 – Senior Member Dinner (With a Special Guest)

April 19, 2007 – Communicating Clearly with Colleagues and Clients (Ginny Redish)

May 24, 2007 – Networking with your Colleagues

Upcoming Seminars

October 11, 2006 – Designing Business Forms: A No Nonsense Approach

Presenter(s): Nathaniel Lim

Level: All levels

October 25, 2006 – Ten Ways to Increase Your Value as a Technical Communicator

Presenter(s): Holly Harkness

Level: All levels

News and Notes from the STC President

Registration is open for the Region 2 conference, "Making Cents of Making Sense: Technical Communications and Business" in London, England, October 13-14, 2006. This promises to be an educational conference with a number of top-level speakers that you will not want to miss! See www.stcuk.org/R2conf for details.

STC's Board of Directors will meet this fall in London on October 12-13, 2006, in conjunction with the Region 2 conference. We will provide information soon about opportunities for members to meet the board and discuss issues of interest. All are welcome to attend the board meeting on Friday, October 13. Details will be posted before the event.

The new, revamped Call for Proposals is out for the Technical Communication Summit: STC's 54th Annual Conference on May 13-16, 2007, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Take a look at the new conference tracks at www.stc.org/cfp/ and come share your wisdom, knowledge and experience.

Susan Burton, STC's new executive director, plans to visit a number of STC chapters during her first year on the job. For details, contact Mary Kabza, STC's Director of Membership and Marketing, at mary@stc.org.