Corrigo Newsletter Summary, December 2011

Hello fellow STC Technical Editing SIG Members!

As the year 2011 draws to a close, the newly elected board members of the Technical Editing SIG for 2012 have been announced! Congratulations to the following election winners: Lori Meyer, Co-manager; Dan Riechers, Treasurer; Lara Tellis, Secretary; Andrea Wenger, Membership Manager. And, here's wishing everyone a wonderful Year Ahead!

For other SIG updates, see our news page: http://stc-techedit.org/News

NEWSLETTER ARTICLES

This fourth Corrigo issue of 2011 provides an engaging set of editing-related articles that cull from the wisdom of experience and provide new learning. You wouldn't want to miss reading the articles!

What's more, now you can rate as well as provide comments on the Corrigo articles! The new commenting feature also allows comments to Tweet, Facebook, Digg, and the like at once. SIG members as well as non-SIG members can post their comments. So, share your thoughts and let us make the most of our collective experience.

Election results for the SIG for 2012 are in. Congratulations and welcome to the newly elected board members! The election winners include the following:

• Lori Meyer, Co-manager
• Dan Riechers, Treasurer
• Lara Tellis, Secretary
• Andrea Wenger, Membership manager

These four SIG leaders, together with returning co-manager Carol Lamarche, will work together with a group of talented SIG volunteers to guide and develop the SIG in the upcoming year.

Thanks to the new board members for their willingness to serve the SIG in 2012, and to everyone who voted and helped make it happen!

Here’s to the Technical Editing SIG in 2012!

Carol Lamarche and Jeff Japp
Co-managers 2011

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Hello fellow STC Technical Editing SIG Members!

The 2011 Diane Feldman STC Technical Editing Scholarship Awards have been announced. Todd Hawkins has won the Graduate Scholarship, and Tasha Fowler has won the Undergraduate Scholarship. Congratulations!

For details about the Award and other SIG updates, see our news page: http://stc-techedit.org/News

CORRIGO ARTICLES

This third Corrigo issue of 2011 provides an engaging set of editing-related articles that cull from the wisdom of experience and provide learning. You wouldn't want to miss reading the articles!

What's more, now you can rate as well as provide comments on the Corrigo articles! The new commenting feature also allows comments to Tweet, Facebook, Digg, and the like at once. SIG members as well as non-SIG members can post their comments. So, share your thoughts and let us make the most of our collective experience.

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2011 Diane Feldman STC Technical Editing SIG Scholarship!

The program materials are now available at the link below for the July 20 quarterly meeting and webinar entitled, “Style Guides and Style Manuals: Vital Tools in an Editor’s Toolkit.” The taped webinar is embedded in the page and can be viewed or downloaded. To access the presentation handouts and a downloadable-only version of the webinar, scroll down to the “Access the Handouts” section of the page and click on the file gallery link.
http://www.stc-techedit.org/Style+Guides

The Technical Editing SIG is delighted to announce that all positions have now been filled for its new programming committee.

Please join us in welcoming these new SIG leaders:

• Ann Marie Queeney - Quarterly Meetings Manager
• Li-At Ruttenberg - Fundraising Events Manager
• Joanne Henry - Watercooler Chats Manager

This is an important development for the SIG, and we celebrate the volunteer contributions of these new leaders. Programming is an essential part of the SIG's award-winning offerings, and we look forward delivering more terrific programming that SIG members prize.

The SIG's programming activities are well underway as we plan for the rest of 2011 and into 2012. Our next program will be a SIG quarterly meeting, featuring a special presentation by SIG member and STC Fellow Bette Frick: "Style Guides and Style Manuals: Vital Tools in an Editor's Toolkit." Please join this webinar on July 20, 2011 (free to members).

Again, a hearty welcome to Ann Marie, Li-At, and Joanne. We're excited to have you on board!

For the second year in a row, the Technical Editing SIG has received an Award of Excellence in the APEX (Awards for Publication Excellence) — a competition for communications professionals. The APEX awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and the ability to achieve overall communication excellence. Once again, our website was recognized an an exceptional entry in the website category.

For more information, including a list of all winners, see http://apexawards.com/announcingthewinners_2011.htm.

May Post-Summit Announcements

1. Technical Editing SIG wins a Pacesetter Award
2. Volunteer Meeting this Thursday, May 26
3. MySTC Goes Live
4. Welcome, New Members