It is time for the members to take back control of their Society. For too long we have allowed the office of the Executive Director and the Board to have...
Objective: Require the Board to open the chapter rebate development process to include chapter input The rebate cuts instituted by the Board over the past few...
Objective: Reduce the price of basic membership to a much lower basic fee. If you spend time listening to our members in the trenches, one of the most frequent...
Objective: Mandate that all chapters have the financial resources to recruit nationally known speakers for at least two meetings each year. Most chapter...
Objective: Make students at every secondary school and college aware of the technical writing profession. One of the benefits of technical writing is that it...
Objective: Mandate a conference to be held outside North America at least once every five years. The Society cannot in conscience call itself an international ...
Objective: Change our IRS tax status to allow lobbying. Doctors, lawyers, engineers, and teachers all have professional societies with something in common:...
Objective: Increase the number and profile of African-American and Hispanic-American members. There is apparently something lacking in how our Society reaches...
This Society was originally formed by technical writers for technical writers. While our professional interests draw us into many peripheral disciplines, we...
One of the most common complaints you will hear from people who have been active in STC for a number of years is that the Board of Directors is a closed club....
The members of STC took a giant step toward regaining a real voice in the machinations of their Society at the recent Annual Conference in Seattle. For the...
Our bylaws require the Society to hold an Annual Meeting during the Annual Conference. The expectation is that this is the one time of the year when a...
... OK, I see both sides to this issue. When do you think would be a good time to have the meeting -- cut a slot of sessions at the end of one of the days?...
jmolisani
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Jun 9, 2005 10:53 pm
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I see both sides too. I know that scheduling is difficult. But I think the first thing is for Deb to recognize that this is an issue that deserves input from a...
I believe the cost of membership is the single largest barrier to membership for most writers. When I heard last year that there would be new membership rates,...
This Society was founded to foster professional interaction; ... I think Joe nailed it on the head there. I joined STC to gain that professional interaction,...
The Executive Director has refused requests from Board members and members at large to release the vote totals from the recent referenda. Only the percentages...
I agree that the totals should be known. Its my understanding that tradtionally a very low percentage of STC members actually vote in the election. The Exe Dir...
From a friend in Houston: I actually dropped my STC membership this year. I have been increasingly disappointed with the direction STC has taken and honestly...
Jeff Staples says: The Exe Dir probably doesn't want to reveal the totals because... Yes, indeed. Sometimes there are things we don't want to do, but we should...
I most definitely agree also. These non-answer answers and obfuscation only lead one to believe that there is some sort of cover-up in progress. This is...
Greetings, In the future, if you want a specific piece of information, please first check with this list, rather than going through the Executive Director. It...
I posted my last note before reading this note (just joined, and reading notes in reverse order). The performance plan for the Executive Director is being set...
The lack of lobbying by STC is a limited interpretation by the past Executive Director--it is NOT, I repeat, NOT prohibited by the tax laws. In fact, I know of...
Although, in principle, I agree with this suggestion, given the current economic climate, economically, this probably would not be a great idea for STC. What...
STC does maintain a directory of all schools offering programs in technical communication. But the real link needs to come not at the school level, but with...
This isn't an either-or issue; if there's a will, there would be a way. Ordinarily, the Annual Meeting should be a celebration of the success of the previous...
One common thread in this discussion is that STC's leaders--both elected and employed--are totally out of touch with the membership. It certainly shows in the...
Saul wrote: "ultimately, the transformation seems to have primarily alienated long-time members, confused chapter and SIG leaders, distracted the Board from...
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