Newsletter of the Society for Technical Communication, San Francisco Chapter
February/March 2006
| Newsletter of the Society for Technical Communication, San Francisco Chapter February/March 2006 |
On December 14, 2005, the San Francisco Chapter STC held its annual holiday party at the Elephant & Castle. It was a lively occasion with plenty of good food and drink, and several people went home with prizes.
This year, the party was on the second Wednesday of the month because the third Wednesday, which is the chapter's normal meeting day, was only three days before Christmas Eve.
Twenty-nine people showed up for an evening of fun, food, beverages, and prizes. The conversation was lively as people renewed old friendships and made new ones. There was an abundance of food, including crab cakes, potato skins, buffalo wings, pot stickers, and a veggie tray. The bar served red wine, white wine, and beer.
About half way through the party, Tim Bombosch played master of ceremonies. After a brief time for newcomers to introduce themselves, there was a game where audience members got to play subject matter experts and interviewers. The object of the game was to separate amusing fake news from real stories. There were two winners. Keith Albert won a chapter polo shirt, and Richard Mateosian won a copy of Mind Manager Pro 6.0 donated by Mindjet.
After the game ended, there was a raffle for one final prize: a one-hour resume review by Andrew Davis at Synergistic Communications. Bill Klemens was the lucky person upon whom the fates smiled.
After the drawing was over, the conversation continued, and many people stayed after the official end of the party at 8 pm. All in all, it was a festive and fun way to bring the waning year to an end.
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