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The Society for Technical Communication invites all SIG members to participate in a project aimed at defining the broad outline of topics most relevant to the practice and teaching of technical communication. A charter document describing the project is linked on the home page of a wiki, http://stcbok.editme.com/Home, where you will also find information on how to volunteer to contribute to the project.

Hello, SIG members,

Following on the success of the SIG's first watercooler chat, we are scheduling a second chat, this time on the subject of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

In this chat, we'll examine the topic at a high level, exploring issues such as how to use VoIP, and VoIP requirements. For more information on this chat, see SIG Watercooler Chat: VoIP. This chat has been specially scheduled to support any SIG members who are considering using VoIP for the upcoming SIG webinar, Marketing Bingo, which will be presented by Bette Frick in mid-February.

This watercooler chat is fast approaching, so mark your calendars!

Date and time: February 9, from 12:00 to 1:00 EST

Dear SIG members:

For its quarterly membership offering, the Technical Editing SIG will offer a webinar that is designed to enhance your marketing skills. In her dynamic presentation, "Marketing Bingo," Bette Frick will present 25 marketing tactics that you can use to market better, to protect or enhance your income. Based on the game Bingo, this activity will award you with a special free gift when you get "Bingo!"

Society for Technical Communication (STC)
Philadelphia Metro Chapter
Annual Conference & Workshops

WHEN:
Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27

WHERE:
Giant Super Food Store Community Center
315 York Road, Willow Grove

STC is offering several web seminars in February 2010. In a web seminar, participants listen to the presenter over the phone (much like a conference call) while viewing presentation materials via the website. This format provides easier access to materials for reference during the presentation, as well as a more intimate, "classroom" setting than the typical telephone seminar. Registrants are provided a toll-free number, a secure URL, and access to both the audio and online elements of the presentation.

Dear SIG Members,

The Technical Editing SIG for the STC hopes to "see" you in 2010, as a new or renewing member. Here is just a taste of what's available in 2010 for your $10 TE SIG membership fee:

• Free seminars that are tailored to technical editors, such as "The Global English Style Guide: Writing Clear, Translatable Documentation for a Global Market" and "Moving to Word 2007"
• Recordings of past education sessions
• Networking through volunteer opportunities, such as authoring newsletter articles or programming education for a 2,000-person audience
• Savings on continuing education in advanced editing topics, such as "Providing Effective Editing Comments"
• Members-only listings in the Employment bank, (only members can post jobs)
• Chat in real time with like-minded professionals

For a complete list of SIG benefits, see: http://www.stc-techedit.org/About+the+SIG

Renew now: http://stc.org/membership/renew-your-stc-membership.asp

Best regards,
Vanessa Wilburn and Jeffrey Japp
Co-Managers for the STC Technical Editing SIG
http://www.stc-techedit.org
Twitter: @stc_te_sig

Hello fellow STC Technical Editing SIG Members! Here's a quick roundup of
the news and articles as we wrap up the year.

I (Michelle Corbin, ) have thoroughly enjoyed bringing you Corrigo via the previous blog-based Web site and now our new wiki-based Web site for the past several years, but it is time for me to pass the torch to our new Managing Editor, Anitha Abraham, at .

As you can see, we had only a few articles in our final issue of the year. If you have any ideas for what you'd like to see in the newsletter in 2010, or if you have any inclination to write any type of article for the newsletter in 2010, please contact Anitha!

Looking for an editing job? In addition to the SIG's Employment page which provides member-to-member leads (SIG members only) and a collection of syndicated jobs from across the globe, the SIG Toolbar now delivers new job opportunities directly to your browser.

Select Resources > Employment to get a continually updated list of Editing jobs.



Don't have the SIG Toolbar yet? You can install it right now (available for Firefox, IE, and Safari).

The Technical Editing SIG was the focus of this week's SIG Spotlight, a weekly feature of the STC Blog that gives a closer look at one of STC's communities.


Read the article at http://notebook.stc.org/sig-spotlight-technical-editing-sig.

The votes are in!
Congratulations to the STC Technical Editing SIG officers for 2010!

• Jeffrey Japp, 2010 - 2011 Co-Manager
  (Vanessa Wilburn will continue in 2010 as second term co-manager)
• Charles Crawley, Treasurer
• Lori Meyer, Secretary
• Donna McManus, Membership Manager

In addition to these elected offices, we also have a great team of support volunteers working to make the SIG a success.

Thank you to everyone who has committed to take a lead role next year.

Meredith Kinder and Vanessa Wilburn
Co-Managers, STC Technical Editing SIG