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Corrigo Newsletter Summary, May 2010

By: stc_tesig_ann@mailman.stc.org on: May 21, 2010 11:13am EDT

Hello fellow STC Technical Editing SIG Members!

First, it’s a delight to announce that the Technical Editing SIG received the Community of Distinction award for 2009-2010! The Community of Distinction award is the highest STC Community Achievement Award (CAA). The citation on the certificate reads as follows: "For effectively providing valuable resources on an outstanding website, innovating new uses of social media, and setting aggressive goals in a challenging year." The Technical Editing SIG also received the Pacesetter Award for 2009-2010. The Pacesetter Award acknowledges a professional or student chapter's contributions to STC goals through a single innovative and effective program or activity. Kudos to the SIG leadership! A special thanks to all the volunteers and participants who make this SIG a vibrant forum for networking and learning.

And, the deadline for the Diane Feldman Technical Editing SIG Scholarship has been extended to May 30!

Now, just a quick update from the newsletter front. We are trying to release the newsletter every two months. We hope that the roundup of articles would be the right mix of a minimum number of articles that you can skim through quickly.

There have been slight delays in the rollout of issues for 2010. However, our effort is to keep it on-course and rollout an issue by the fifth of every other month. We truly appreciation all those who support us in this initiative!

We encourage you to contribute an article for the next issue. Please send us your draft by June 15.

News

For the most recent SIG news, see our news page: http://stc-techedit.org/News

Newsletter Articles

Now, here's a quick roundup of the articles in our second issue of the year.

Creating a Style Guide Advisory Group

If you're a lone editor with few resources, then this article by Andy Werth provides six steps that you can follow to create a Style Guide Advisory Group. The engaging article indicates how to collaborate on style matters. Skim through this article for some nuggets on keeping the style focus.

To find out more, visit
http://www.stc-techedit.org/Creating+a+Style+Guide+Advisory+Group

Verbs: Where the Action Is

This excellent article by Andrea Wenger prompts you to check whether your understanding of verbs is correct. As an editor, it is always important to ensure that you’ve got the writing rules and guidelines correct before making any correction. Make a little time to read the full article and take action where it really matters.

To find out more, visit
http://www.stc-techedit.org/Verbs%3A+Where+the+Action+Is

The Technical Stylist Talks About “feemies”

In this regular column, our technical stylist, Kathy Underwood focuses on “feemies.” Indeed, it might be really useful for you to know what the “feemies” in your documents are. Hmmm…now, if you’re wondering what the pesky term “feemies” means, you’ll find the answer when you read the article. Check out the article to get to the bottom of this matter!

To find out more, visit
http://stc-techedit.org/The+technical+stylist+talks+about+'feemies'

Ins And Outs of the Technical Editing SIG Web site (Watercooler Chat: Summary)

In keeping with our promise to provide an article on watercooler chats, here is the summary article of the most recent watercooler chat. This lively chat was held on May 12, 2010, and it focused on using the TE SIG Web site. Rick Sapir, the TE SIG webmaster provided the ins and outs of our Web site. Don’t miss skimming through all the cool site stuff presented in this article!

To find out more, visit
http://www.stc-techedit.org/Ins+And+Outs+of+the+Technical+Editing+SIG+Web+Site

The watercooler chats seem like a real fun way to share ideas. You wouldn’t want to miss the next chat session on the “Strategies for Simplicity” moderated by Andrea J. Wenger on June 9.

Newsletter Archives

Starting in 2009, we no longer provide a PDF of our newsletter issues. However, you can print a copy of the issue using the new Print this Edition feature on each article. Also, we have a subject archive of all of our articles that are on our Web site.

PDFs of issues from 2000 to 2008 are available on our Web site:
http://www.stc-techedit.org/file4

Subject archive of all our articles are available on our Web site:
http://www.stc-techedit.org/Corrigo+Archive

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