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STC/SM
Current Chapter Services
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| STC/SM
Chapter T-Shirt Special Offer |
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is excited to offer STC/SM Chapter Members a special
offer to show your STC/SM spirit with an STC/SM T-shirt.
The chapter ordered a limited quantity of T-shirts,
and is offering the T-shirts for purchase online and
and STC/SM events. STC/SM will offer T-shirts while
supplies last. Buy one for yourself, or they make great
gifts (give one to your loved ones and your boss as
a thank you for supporting your commitment to professional
development).
STC/SM
T-shirts cost $10/shirt, including shipping costs, coming
wrapped in a sealed bag from the vendor. The shirts
are available in M, L, and XL sizes. If you have any
questions or comments, please feel free to email the
STC/SM Professional
Liaison, Jill Money, at < profliaison@stc-sm.org
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To
Order an STC/SM T-Shirt
1. Send an email to the STC/SM
Professional Liaison, Jill Money, at < profliaison@stc-sm.org
>, specifying the following information: first and
last name, size and quantity requested for each size,
and shipping address.
2. Send a check with a total for the
number of shirts you want to order, payable to STC/SM
to our mailing address: STC/SM, PO BOX 1289, Ann Arbor,
MI, 48106.
3. If you are an STC/SM member, as
soon as we receive your check, we will ship your T-shirt
order. If you are not a current STC/SM member, we will
ship your T-shirt order when the check clears.
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| STC/SM
'10 Member Summit Support Program |
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STC/SM Council is pleased to announce our STC/SM SUMMIT
'10 Member Support Program. It's not too late to register
at a reduced rate for the STC 2010 conference. You should
get online and check with STC to inquire about registration
and rates. Even if you do not make early registration
deadlines, you still have plenty of time to consider attending
the conference this year. Featuring greater than 80 sessions,
keynote presentations, vendors demonstrating the latest
tools and technologies, and technical writers from around
the world, the conference in Dallas, TX promises to deliver
an outstanding educational experience for attendees. |
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support our chapter members and encourage greater attendance,
STC/SM is announcing a support program exclusively for
STC/SM chapter members. The STC/SM Chapter has budgeted
$800, roughly the cost of a full registration, to fund
this support program. Regardless of whether you already
registered, register at a higher rate, or walk-in to
the conference, if you are an STC/SM member, you will
be eligible to receive an award from our conference
fund. For instance, if the chapter receives a single
request for support, that member will receive the full
$800 allocation; if we receive 8 requests, each chapter
member would receive a $100 reward. The amount you would
receive depends on how many of our chapter members take
advantage of the opportunity to attend the conference-a
primary benefit of your STC membership.
To
receive an award, you need to email the STC/SM Summit
Coordinator at < stc-summit@stc-sm.org
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in electronic format as an email attachment. Please
remember to include the following information: first
and last name, full mailing address of where you would
like us to send the check, and the electronic copy of
the conference receipt.
We
will determine award amounts and recipients following
the conference, on May 12, 2010. This means our reimbursement
deadline is May 11, 2010; you have until the end of
that day to submit your receipt from the conference.
Remember, you must be an STC/SM member to receive an
award; make sure you are a member in good standing on
May 12, 2010, and send us the necessary info, and you
will receive an award.
Please
email the STC/SM Summit Coordinator at < stc-summit@stc-sm.org
> if you have any questions or comments. We are excited
about the conference this year, and are hoping that
this stimulus will encourage chapter members to attend.
For more information and to register, please visit <
www.stc.org > or < http://conference.stc.org/
>, the main website for the conference. As always,
stay tuned to the STC/SM Chapter Website for announcements
and information about the STC/SM chapter. We look forward
to the possibility of seeing you in Dallas! |
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| STC/SM
Winter 2010 Undergraduate Scholarship |
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is pleased to offer a scholarship opportunity for students
studying technical communication! This is the first
time we have offered this opportunity, and we are excited
to see some excellent applications. If you have any
questions or comments, please feel free to email the
STC/SM Education Liaison, Elizabeth Ali at < educliaison@stc-sm.org
>.
Click
the links to view the documents online in
PDF and Word formats, respectively, or right-click the
links and select "Save Target As..." to save the files
to your hard drive. You can print the information from
either file and complete the application in hardcopy,
or use Word to enter your information.
Download
the details, application, and instructions at the following
links. |
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| STC/SM
2010 Membership Drive Raffle |
Renew
& Enter to Win
As
announced through the STC/SM Chapter Listserv, STC/SM Members
renewing their memberships by the December 31, 2009 deadline
received an automatic entry in the STC/SM 2010 Membership
Drive Raffle. These
chapter members are being notified by email of their entry
into the raffle. If you did not receive notification, you
are not eligible to participate in the raffle. If you believe
you should be eligible and did not receive an email, or if
you have any questions or comments, please email us at <
membership@stc-sm.org
>.
If
you renewed your membership after the deadline, thank you
for renewing. Although the deadline passed for the STC/SM
raffle, it is still not too late to renew your membership
to STC and the STC/SM Chapter. Membership comes with numerous
benefits, including enriching opportunities for technical
communicators to develop skills, network, and maintain a competitive
edge in the profession. |
Raffle
Prizes & Drawing STC/SM
is holding the official raffle and drawing names for all 12
prizes at the January STC/SM Chapter Program Meeting. Although
eligible STC/SM members do not need to be present to win a
prize, members can attend the January meeting to claim any
prizes awarded in-person.
Each
member eligible for the drawing is entered and able to win
1 prize from the following items.
—10
STC/SM T-Shirts
—2
Western Digital 1 TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drives |
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| STC/SM
Summer '09 Networking Lunches: Meet the New President &
Vice President! |
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STC/SM
Members: please join us for lunch as we close out the summer
and get ready for fall '09—we'll pick up the tip!
STC/SM
is organizing two networking lunches for summer '09: we are
offering you the opportunity to meet the incoming STC/SM President
and STC/SM Vice President, as well as STC/SM members in a
fun, relaxed setting. In addition to mingling with peers and
discussing STC/SM, this will be an occasion to enjoy conversation
with people who share professional interests. STC/SM is encouraging
STC/SM members to consider attending one of the lunch meetings;
others who are interested in an STC/SM membership and/or technical
communication in general are also welcome to attend. Although
attendees will need to pay for their own food and beverages,
STC/SM will pay for some appetizers, and we will cover your
tip.
The
lunch meetings are spread out geographically to give members
from different regions of our chapter an opportunity to attend.
The new STC/SM vice president, Maryann Bowen, is hosting the
first lunch in Ann Arbor—our "West Side" lunch.
Mark Lockwood, STC/SM President, is hosting the second lunch
in Royal Oak—our "East Side" lunch. Both the
president and VP will be at both lunches. Even if you can
make it for only a quick lunchtime lemonade and hello, we
would love to see you there.
Please
register in advance by sending an email to the host of the
lunch you are interested in attending, to let us know you
are coming. We will confirm your registration by email. Otherwise,
if you have any feedback, comments, or questions, send us
an email. |
| "West
Side" Networking Lunch with the VP |
"East
Side" Networking Lunch with the President |
Maryann
Bowen, STC/SM Vice President |
Hoping
to see some of those who attended the series of Ann Arbor
Networking Lunches from the past few years, as well as some
new faces. —Maryann
Maryann
Bowen specializes in software user assistance communications,
working as a professional Technical Communications Consultant/Independent
Contractor. As a long-time volunteer for STC/SM, she has
spent much of her career in the financial and automotive
industries.
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Mark
Lockwood, STC/SM President |
I'm
looking forward to the opportunity to meet with some of the
members and talk some tech writing at a location centralized
for our spread out, "East Side" members. —Mark
Mark
Lockwood works as a Technical Writer in Farmington Hills for
RelWare, a software development firm focused on creating Web
applications for the healthcare industry. He develops a variety
of corporate communications and deliverables for commercial
software, including online help. |
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Date |
Wednesday,
August 12, 2009 |
| Time |
11:30
AM - 1 PM |
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Host |
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| RSVP
Deadline |
Wednesday,
August 5, 2009 |
Location
Information |
Applebee's
1005
W. Eisenhower Parkway
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Phone: (734) 741-4851
Website:
< http://www.applebees.com/
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| Directions |
We
are meeting at the Applebee's on the southwest side
of Ann Arbor, just off and north of I-94, southeast
of Ann Arbor Saline Rd.
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Date |
Thursday,
August 20, 2009 |
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Time |
12:00
PM - 1:30 PM |
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Host |
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RSVP
Deadline |
Thursday,
August 13, 2009 |
Location
Information |
Blackfinn
Restaurant & Saloon
530 South Main St.
Royal Oak, MI 48067
Phone: (248) 582-9461
Website:
< http://blackfinnroyaloak.com
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| Directions |
The
restaurant is located in downtown Royal Oak, to the
south of a Barnes and Noble. It is just south of 11
Mile Rd, north of I-696, and also near I-75.
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| Dedicated
to the advancement of technical communication within
Southeastern Michigan...
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© 2010 by STC/SM
Last update:
March 20, 2010
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STC/SM
— PO BOX 1289 — Ann Arbor, MI 48106
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