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Report of the Board of Directors Meeting
By Bonni Graham, Region 8 Director/Sponsor

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The Board met September 11-13, 2003, in Portland, Oregon. We discussed a variety of problems and improvements regarding Society governance. Some of those issues are being explored in the Transformation Committee blog (http://trans4mation.typepad.com). We welcome your input!

A great many changes in STC are necessary, and these are challenging times for our Society. We are committed to preserving what works for us as a Society and fostering the wonderful support and community we have created over the past 50 years. We are exploring new financial models and better ways of supporting chapters, SIGs, and members-at-large. Many of these programs are still in the formative stages and thus necessarily abstract, but the following concrete issues were addressed.

Chapter Achievement Awards (CAA)
Dale Erickson was appointed manager of the Chapter Achievement Awards Judging Committee. As you may remember, the judging for the CAA has changed. The Board decided to appoint a committee to examine submitted materials and determine awards. Each submitting chapter will now have its materials reviewed by three judges, who will determine the award. This impartial judging method has been used successfully for other STC competitions (such as Newsletter), and we think it will improve the CAA competition.

Chapter Business
The following chapters were dissolved:

STC Expands Our Network
Sandra Harner, STC's Assistant to the President for Academics, will represent STC at the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) Conference in Potsdam, NY (at Clarkson University). This improves our exposure to the teachers of the next generation of technical communications professionals--and potential chapter members!

Annual Conferences
Pam Ecker has been appointed Program Manager for the 2006 conference, to be held in Las Vegas, NV.

The Board has set the conference registration fee for the 2004 conference in Baltimore, MD. Watch for the conference issue of Intercom for more information.