Re: The STC and me

[John Fleming <johntwrl -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:55:29 +0000, while chained to a desk in the
scriptorium, bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com (Bruce Byfield) wrote:
> $John Fleming wrote:
> $
> $| Joining ot have access to the job bank or to network for jobs are both
> $| perfectly valid reasons for joining the STC.
> $
> $The point isn't whether those are valid reasons. The point was that 
> $imagining that someone is actively engaged in the profession simply 
> $because of an STC membership (as one poster claimed) is a rash assumption.

True.

Though I would argue that most people who join the organization have
some interest in writing and/or technology and/or one or more subjects
that can be loosely grouped together under the heading of technical
communication.

Otherwise, why pay the membership fee?

John Fleming
Technical Writer
Edmonton, Alberta

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