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1. What is the current name of your chapter (geographic community)
or SIG (community of interest)?
San Diego Chapter
2. Do you want to change the name of your community? If so, please
enter the new name.
Greater San Diego Chapter
3. What is the mission statement of your community?
Support technical communications practitioners, students, and educators
with networking, educational, and professional development activities
encompassing the evolving trends of the technical communications industry.
4a. What are the goals of your community? (list at least 3 but no more
than 7)
- Promote our profession by publicizing the value of technical communications
throughout the business community.
- Provide networking for our membership to connect employees and
contractors with employers.
- Share with our membership information on the latest trends and
technologies in the industry.
- Provide career development resources.
4b. What strategies will your community strive to implement to achieve
your goals? (list 1-3 for each goal)
To promote our profession by publicizing the value of technical communications
throughout the business community:
To provide networking for our membership to connect employees and contractors
with employers:
To share with our membership information on the latest trends and technologies
in the industry:
- Newsletter
- Meetings
- Workshops
To provide career development resources:
- Web site
- Jobmail
- Lending library
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Resume review
4c. What programs and activities will your community offer to implement
your strategies? (List at least one for each strategy)
See 4b (second verse, same as the first).
5. What has been your average annual cost of operating your community
over the last three years?"
'01-'02: $13,185.21
'02-'03: $16,327.59
'03-'04: $16,012.97
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AVG: $15,175.26
6. Describe the members whom you hope to attract to your new community.
- Newcomers to the technical communications industry, whether they
be graduates from local colleges, or those who have made a career
change to this industry.
- Local technical communicators established in the industry who, for
whatever reason, are not yet members.
- Continue to provide dynamic programs to retain existing members.
7. How will your community provide value to the larger STC community
and further the overall goals of the Society?
- We make presentations about STC and the local chapter to potential
members through the website, and at local colleges and universities.
- Our members make presentations at conferences and other chapters.
- We make newsletter reprints available to other chapters.
8. List names of community members who took part in this re-chartering
process.
- Lance-Robert, El Presidente
- Walter Hanig, VP Professional Development
- Roberta Davidson, VP Membership
- Karen Field Carroll, VP Newsletter
- Eric Hurd, VP Web site
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