Hi everyone.  We sent out an eBlast to all the membership with the details, but I just wanted to remind everyone that we have our quarterly membership meeting this Thursday, October 25th.  Here’s a description of the meeting:

http://www.stc-techedit.org/meetings/upcoming-meeting/

You can find materials, handouts, and eventually a recording of the session in our meeting archives:

http://www.stc-techedit.org/meetings/meeting-archives/

Please refer to the e-mail announcement for the details on calling in to our quarterly membership meeting via teleconference call.  If you no longer have that meeting announcement, please contact me (corbinm@us.ibm.com) and I’ll try to help you with the information.

The Consulting and Independent Contracting SIG is hosting a Fall Webinar: “Business Insurance for the Self Employed: What You Need and Why.”  Please refer to their Web site for more information or to find out how to register or ask questions about this Webinar:  http://www.stcsig.org/cic/.  Here’s their official announcement.

Don’t miss this chance to learn all about business insurance!
 
* What’s E&O? How does it differ from general liability? 
* What about Worker’s Comp? 
* What are the differing insurance needs if you are a sole proprietor? Sub-S? LLC?
* What about subcontractors? Are they covered under your policies? 
* If your office is in your home, is your home-owners policy enough?
 
Learn the answers to these questions and more at the fall CIC SIG Webinar, “Business Insurance for the Self Employed: What You Need and Why” on Wednesday, October 24, from noon to 1:30 p.m., CDT, US.  (Please note that while the insurance concepts may be applicable in other countries, the details are intended for a US audience.)
 
Robert Jester, principal of Jester Insurance Services in Des Moines , Iowa , will lead us through the ins and outs of the various types of business insurances, in which situations they are required, and answer other questions concerning insurance coverage.  Mr. Jester has degrees in business and mathematics, and has been involved in the insurance industry for over 40 years.  He is a sought-after instructor and lecturer on many aspects of the business insurance industry.
 
The cost of this webinar is $45 for CIC SIG members and $65 for non-CIC SIG members.  To register, go to the CIC SIG website, http://www.stcsig.org/cic/, and click on the link for the webinar.  Registration deadline is October 22. 
 
If you are unable to participate on the scheduled date, you can purchase the recorded webinar for $35 and view the slides when it’s convenient for you.  We’ll make the materials available at http://www.stcsig.org/cic/ soon after the webinar.

I received the following request from Nancy Halverson;  She asked me to post this request to our discussion list and blog, to reach out to the STC Technical Editing SIG members.  Please contact Nancy at her e-mail address if you have questions or comments about her request.

I’m heading up the team called Fresh Eyes for the STC Member Communications committee. The object of this team is to review the communications which are heading out to the membership - from either the Board of Directors or the from the STC office.

I’m looking for people who are willing to help create guidelines and use these guidelines to keep the messages effective, inclusive and good examples of our best practices.  I’m hopeful that we can find a broad section of people to help with this, I’ve got some international representation (I myself am a Canadian living and working in the UK).

I feel that I need some editors in this group. Your expertise in establishing clear guidelines and maintaining quality would really be helpful to the STC world wide.

So, if you’re interested, please contact me at nancy.stcuk@gmail.com.