Hello!

Pat Moell and I are busy putting the finishing touches on the STC Technical Editing SIG events that we will host or participate in at the upcoming STC Technical Communication Summit.  We were excited to see that over 200 SIG members will be attending the summit, and we can’t wait to meet, greet, or eat with you!

We hope that you’ll stop by our Technical Editing SIG table and introduce yourself during the Welcome Reception, Sunday, May 13th, from 7:30 to 9:00pm.  This event is free and open to all summit attendees.  We’ll have some free giveaways for those who stop by.

On Monday, May 14th, at 12:15pm, we’ll be hosting 7 tables at the SIG Networking Luncheon.  You must purchase a networking luncheon ticket, which I believe you can still do at the summit, if you did not pre-purchase your ticket.  Each table we try to have a “host” or a “conversation-starter,” to make sure that everyone meets everyone else at the table and to get us all talking.   Right now, we definitely have 3 tables covered with hosts — do any of you plan on attending the SIG networking lunch on Monday, and would any of you be willing to host a table for us?  If so, please contact me at corbinm@us.ibm.com.

On Tuesday, May 15th, at 7:30am, we’ll be holding our annual SIG meeting (right now, it is in “Mezzanine 100A,” but check the program and registration information).  We will be providing a glorious European continental breakfast, to try to make up for the very early start to your day.  There might not be a free lunch, but there is such a thing as a free breakfast.  :)  We look forward to sharing the news and happenings of the past year with you, but also listening to your thoughts, ideas, concerns, and suggestions for how we can continue to grow and engage more of our SIG members.  Please join us!  We’ll have some more of those free giveaways for those who stop by!

We’re also in the process of preparing a flyer that contains information about the SIG, which also includes a single cheat-sheet of editing-related sessions that you might find interesting or useful to attend.

If you are not attending the conference, we’ll miss meeting you and hope to hear from you on the discussion list, via e-mail (corbinm@us.ibm.com or Pat.Moell@sas.com), or as comments to our blog!  We’ll try to summarize our experiences and post articles to our Web site and discussion list, too.

 If you are attending the conference, please come to one or more of these events and let’s get to know one another!