Newsletter of the Society for Technical Communication, San Francisco Chapter
October/November 2005
| Newsletter of the Society for Technical Communication, San Francisco Chapter October/November 2005 |
For my first column as SF-STC's president, I'd like to say that I'm excited about the upcoming year. Our leadership team has identified three key strategies for delivering added value and services to you, in addition to our already great line-up of speakers for our chapter monthly meetings. Your membership is important to us, and we want to actively support your growth and development in the technical communication profession.
As a leadership team, we reviewed the STC Strategic Plan for 2002-2007 to align our initiatives with the national organization's long-term goals. In the process, we identified some key objectives that will provide the basis for our chapter's "customized" strategic plan. The top three objectives, as cited in the STC Strategic Plan, are:
With these points in mind, our team brainstormed our own "strategies" designed to ensure time and resources are devoted to providing you with increased professional opportunities over the coming year.
Based on our discussions, the team identified three overall strategies for our chapter:
Leadership team members have formed committees and will be working to identify and schedule specific activities that align with these overall strategies. It may take a few months to develop new programs, but we are confident that by working together, we can begin the process of developing new and interesting opportunities for our members.
Volunteer! You can be on a committee or attend our next leadership meeting, which will be held later this year. We want to know what is important to you, but also need your expertise, know-how -- and participation -- to fully execute our plans for the year.
Contact julia.cope@sbcglobal.net or attend our next monthly chapter meeting on October 18th.
Congratulations to Gilbert Gonzalez, our new chapter Treasurer for the 2005-06 year.
Gilbert Gonzalez is an information developer with over 15 years experience writing software documentation. For some time, Gilbert has been an important part of the San Francisco STC leadership team and has already assisted with this year's budget planning process. In the past, he has served as the Web site Meetings page Manager, Announcements Manager, and most recently, functioned as Executive Director of the Touchstone 2005 competition. Gilbert's ongoing participation in chapter events and general leadership qualities make him an exceptional addition to our slate of officers. We are very lucky to have him…thanks Gilbert!
I'd like to thank Marc Smircich, last year's treasurer, who recently completed his term, yet has continued to serve until the position could be filled. We couldn't have kept all those dollars and cents together without Marc's careful attention to detail and excellent follow-through on budget planning. He has been an excellent treasurer and we are very glad that he will continue as editor of our chapter's award-winning newsletter.
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