Wow. Xenophobic much? ... -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager ...
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Ken Umbach
keninsacto
Jan 11, 2008 5:31 pm
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...
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Bill Swallow
bill_swallow
Jan 11, 2008 6:03 pm
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...
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Sean
seanb_us
Jan 11, 2008 6:38 pm
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...
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Sean
seanb_us
Jan 11, 2008 6:43 pm
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...
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Sean
seanb_us
Jan 11, 2008 6:48 pm
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 ...
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Sean
seanb_us
Jan 11, 2008 7:52 pm
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...
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Mark L. Levinson
mark_levinson
Jan 11, 2008 11:48 pm
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...
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Mark L. Levinson
mark_levinson
Jan 12, 2008 10:21 am
... At least according to my experience in international companies that do serious work, the technical writing is not going to go offshore unless the...
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Joan Michaeli
joan_michaeli
Jan 12, 2008 1:13 pm
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...
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Paula Stern (WritePoi...
paularstern
Jan 12, 2008 5:35 pm
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 -...
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shl_ctf
Jan 19, 2008 7:14 pm
... 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...
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Steve Arrants
sarrrants
Jan 19, 2008 8:27 pm
... 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....
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Kenneth W. Umbach
keninsacto
Apr 1, 2008 4:19 pm
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...
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John Posada
jposada01
Apr 1, 2008 4:35 pm
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...
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Frank
frankensteinil
Apr 1, 2008 7:15 pm
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:...
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Sue Heim
sue_heim
Jul 7, 2009 2:23 am
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...
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Char James-Tanny
charjtf
Jul 7, 2009 2:28 am
... 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...
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Sue Heim
sue_heim
Jul 7, 2009 2:30 am
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...
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Char James-Tanny
charjtf
Jul 7, 2009 2:36 am
... 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...
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Paula R. Stern (Write...
paularstern
Jul 7, 2009 5:33 am
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...
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Cathy Bettoney
cathybettoney
Jul 7, 2009 9:48 am
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 ...
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ev_larsen
Jul 25, 2009 9:48 pm
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...
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Bill Swallow
bill_swallow
Jul 26, 2009 1:05 am
... 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...
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ev_larsen
Jul 26, 2009 1:03 pm
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...
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Donald H White
trlbldr
Jul 26, 2009 1:17 pm
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,...
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Char James-Tanny
charjtf
Jul 26, 2009 1:48 pm
... 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...
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ev_larsen
Jul 26, 2009 2:37 pm
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...
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john@...
johnhedtkestc
Jul 26, 2009 5:21 pm
... 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...
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John Posada
jposada01
Dec 23, 2010 9:03 pm
http://marinogroup.it/fm5xt.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
