STC Membership

[Sarah Mahoney <smahoney -at- U -dot- WASHINGTON -dot- EDU>]

Can someone out there send me an application for STC?
I'm going to try to influence my boss to pay for my membership.
Wish me luck!
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Sarah Mahoney, Alumni/Donor Information Systems    (206) 685-8979
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA         (206) 685-8911 FAX
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On Tue, 25 Jan 1994, Bonni Graham wrote:

> Greg,

> I save them and keep them in magazine boxes in my office.  For one thing,
> keeping them helps convince management that I really am getting something from
> STC.  For another, I left behind all my other magazines (Publish, Desktop,
 EP&P
> before it became defunct) when I left my last place of employ and really
> regretted it.  I can't count the times I've wanted to go back to something --
> since I've kept the journal, I can, for STC stuff.

> I've used it to end arguments about perceived TW added value, salary ranges,
> proper syntax and grammar, SME interviewing techniques, etc.  I've used it to
> start new processes and procedures (two VERY different beasts in my current
> co.).  I've used it to justify why I did Thing A in a manual.  I've used it to
> get ideas for new manual formats or content.  I've used even the back issues
 as
> something to read while my computer compiles help files, or exports from my
 help
> authoring tool to IPF and RTF files (which takes forf***ingever, thank you
> Universal Help).

> I could go on, but I think you get the point.  Even if you decide not to keep
> them, though, you may want to check into donating them (to a local community
> college, or tech writing program) rather than recycling.

> Just my two bits!

> Bonni Graham                               |
> Technical Writer                           |
> Easel Corporation, ENFIN Technology Lab    | Never tell people how to
> Bonni_Graham_at_Enfin-SD -at- relay -dot- proteon -dot- com | do things.  Tell them
> President, San Diego STC                   | what to do and they will
>                                            | surprise you with their
> NOTE: apparently my email address needs    | ingenuity.
> to be typed exactly as it appears here,    |
> punctuation and all, or the system gets    |          --George Patton
> upset.                                     |