Barry said: "The National has screwed up chapter rebates ten ways to Sunday. Worse, they've tried to "tier" dues for third-world countries. For some reason,...
Wow. Xenophobic much? ... -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager ...
Not xenophobia. Simple economic self interest, IMHO. It is bizarre to subsidize those who are taking work away from the vast majority of the membership through...
Regardless of location, there will always be those looking to "take your job away", whether to another country or to the desk next to yours. They do so by...
Hi, Sorry for jumping in late. I know there's more recent posts. I'll get to those. It's Friday. My car and soccer await, and right now they both seem more...
Lou's out? Sucks to be the STC leadership. He gave me a bunch of help and support on the stc forums and was a solid asset! Cheers, Sean ... From: Lou Quillio...
That's nice and all. How about proactive help rather than reactive. (No swats at Char nor Cindie who are nice folks with the right intentions.) Cheers, Sean ...
Local versus global is a tricky discussion, eh? I worked for one employer who really, really used H1B visas. They claimed there were no domestic engineers to...
To us outside the USA, tiered dues seem reasonable not just in consideration of how much less money we make, but also in consideration of how much less we get...
... At least according to my experience in international companies that do serious work, the technical writing is not going to go offshore unless the...
The buses in the morning rush hour are very, very crowded and sometimes altercations break out between passengers. I always remark that there's no point in...
And again - it isn't STC's job to look at the local economy and decide if the people there deserve a break or not. The issue, I believe, should be simple -...
... I renewed -- I want to stay involved with the local chapter (Toronto), both because I like the people and the activities, and because it gives me someplace...
... As a sometimes hiring manager, let me tell you that the standard reference is pretty much OK if the work samples and interviews and background check go OK....
Hi . . . Is there any news on total STC membership after the renewal cutoff? Just curious as to how things turned out. Also, how is STC progressing in...
From what I've seen, renewal is running roughly from 65% to 90%, depending on chapter categories. However, they have not posted the final numbers yet as they...
hi john hope you are keeping well any idea how the israel chapter renewal is running? rgds frank ... From: John Posada To: reformstc@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Hey all, Just in case you're curious, I'm gonna tweet that this group is still around, even though it's been really quiet for a long while now. There's been...
... Actually, everyone's ideas count. Non-members can always send an email to me (at helpstuff) or to stc at stc dot org with any ideas they'd like to see...
The problem with "sending an email" to someone is that you lose the back 'n forth sharing of ideas. If I send an email to STC, how do I know that it was...
... The Board is responsible for gathering all information and putting together a plan. ... This seems to be the best place right now. Char James-Tanny ~ JTF...
Here's my 2 cents.I left STC a few years ago because I found the organization didn't give enough to international members - and, to top that off, had the nerve...
I'm a lurker and wonder how many others are? I'm active in our local chapter and am curious to see how all this pans out. Cathy To: reformstc@yahoogroups.com ...
As an activist, Admin. Council member and chapter member of STC Montreal for almost 20 years, I've been following STC's financial crisis closely since the full...
... This simply isn't true. ... There is nothing in the survey about removing member approval of bylaw changes. ... As discussed on STC Ideas, the changes will...
Thanks for the rejoinder, Bill. As I noted in my post, the Ning forum is being actively followed. The one correction I'd make is that I clearly recall a...
It's true - the survey included a proposal to allow the Board to pass Bylaws changes without presenting them to the general membership. I disagreed with that,...
... Article X, Section 1, of the Bylawys (http://www.stc.org/PDF_Files/bylaws.pdf) reads: "Amendments to these Bylaws may be made either by the Board of...
Char (Don and Bill, too): Thanks for clarifying this point, and for your responses. I apologize for jumping to the conclusion that STC is once again cutting...
... The chapter presidents are free to communicate what's going on to the membership. Closing the STC Forum doesn't filter out member inputs. But it is...