June/Ju;y 2006

Volume 46, Number 6

Northern Colorado Satellite Group

by Deb Lockwood

For those of you who are not aware, the Rocky Mountain Chapter of STC sponsors an active group of technical communicators that is based out of Fort Collins, CO. Although this group has been around for years, the current level of activity is in large part due to the efforts of Carmen Carmack, senior member of STC and former president of the Heartland Chapter. Carmen currently leads the group, and is establishing a local network of technical communicators.

Carmen's main focus for the group "is to share information about technical communication and opportunities in the northern Colorado area. A number of attendees are also new to the field and are learning more about it from our STC members."

The northern Colorado group meets once a month at the Moxie Java location at 2815 Harmony Road in Fort Collins. Meetings are informal and free of charge. They are held the second Wednesday night of the month at 7:00 PM. This past year's topics have included networking for jobs, sharing technical communication books and publications suggestions, and discussing highlights of the STC annual conference. The RMC also sponsored two STC telephone seminars for the group last year.

"We are fortunate to have financial support from the chapter for telephone seminars, in addition to a great host in Advanced Energy of Fort Collins," says Carmen. "Making the trip to meetings in the Denver area is challenging and time consuming, so telephone seminars are a great way to offer the northern Colorado membership some presentations and educational opportunities."

Currently, over 80 STC members are on Carmen's Northern Colorado e-mail list. If you would like to be added to that list so that you can be notified of upcoming events in the Northern area, just send a message to Carmen at carmackc@comcast.net.

The last meeting of this STC year is scheduled for July 12 at 7:00 PM at Moxie Java. There will be no meeting in August, but the group will get started again in September. If you're in the area in July, consider dropping by Moxie Java to get acquainted with the northern Colorado technical communicator group!