06/19/2008© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 1 STC RMC 2007-2008 Year-End Review.

06/19/2008 © STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 1

STC RMC

2007-2008 Year-End Review

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 206/19/2008

Year in Review

Membership Finances Scholarships Meetings CIC SIG Webinar

Programs Newsletter Miscellaneous Awards Officers Volunteers

Special Award

Martha SippelPresented by Mary Jo Stark


Membership

Membership numbersMay 2007 = 377June 2008 = 342


Finances January 2007, new structure for refund.

We are approaching budgeting a little more carefully.

Improve income vs. expenses (in line with goals from International). Income: Approximately $3,700.00

Includes $418.15 from our first webinar.

Expense: Approximately $3,950.00* Note: Some numbers (e.g., tonight’s take from

the door) are estimates.*Not all expenses have been accounted for yet this year.


George Hoerter Scholarships

Mr. Phil Havlik2nd Year Masters Degree student in

Information and Learning Technologies - eLearning


Meetings

Strategic Planning Council Northern Colorado satellite group in Fort Collins Southern Colorado satellite group in Colorado

Springs Consulting and Independent Contracting Special

Interest Group (CIC-SIG) FrameMaker Webinars Chapter programs in Denver


Strategic Planning

Who: STC RMC Council When: July 2007 Purpose:

Determine focus for year Build short-term plan (chapter year) Align with long-term plan


STC RMC Council

Who: Officers, managers, and members who would like to attend

When: Monthly, first Thursday Purpose:

Plan monthly events Discuss finances Share committee reports


Northern Colorado Satellite Group

Who: Anyone When: Monthly, Wednesday nights Where: Moxie Java, Fort Collins Manager: Carmen Carmack Purpose:

Provide mentoring Provide supplement to Denver programs


Southern Colorado Satellite Group Who: Anyone When: Special Meetings as Announced Where: HP, Colorado Springs Co-Managers: Pat Waychoff and

Thomas L’Dara Purpose:

Provide supplement to Denver programs for Southern Colorado members


CIC SIG

Who: Anyone What: Host CIC meetings When:

November 7, 2007, Understanding the Tax Implications of Becoming an LLC or S Corporation

April 17, 2007, Primer on Multimedia File Types

Manager: Alida Franco


FrameMaker Webinar

Who: Anyone What: Adobe’s FrameMaker 8 and Tech Comm

Suite When:

April 23, 2008 – Presented by Bernard Aschwanden using Genesys Conferencing Software


Chapter Meetings in Denver

Who: Anyone Where: Downtown Denver, usually at the Tivoli When: Third Thursday of July, September,

October, November, January, February, March, April, May, and June

Purpose Offer professional development Foster networking and support

July 2007

Speaker: Susan Burton, Executive Director, STC

Topic: The New World of STC

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September 2007

Speaker: Pat Waychoff, Information Management Planning Manager, Hewlett-Packard Company

Topic: CMS Solutions: Six Important How To’s


October 2007

Speakers: Marc Lee, Beth Meyer, Dan Price, Dave Taylor, Don Zimmerman

Topic: Trends and Technology for Technical Communicators - A panel discussion


November 2007

Topic: Networking Two locations:

Panera Bread, Westminster Panera Bread, Denver Tech Center


January 2008

Speaker: Andrew VanConas Topic: Multi-channel Publishing for XML

Content


February 2008

Speakers: Laurie Lamar and Cathy Barnes Topic: A Whirlwind Tour of a UXD (User

Experience Design) Methodology


March 2008

Speakers: Mary Jo Stark, Deb Lockwood, Tammy Van Boening and Marella Colyvas

Topic: Working on Virtual Teams – A Panel Discussion


April 2008

Speaker: Patti Schank Topic: What's It Good For? Exploiting the

Characteristics of Instructional Technologies and Strategies to Improve Instruction


May 2008

Topic: Networking Two locations:

Panera Bread, Westminster Panera Bread, Denver Tech Center

June 2008

Speaker: Kit Brown Topic: Wikis, Blogs, and Podcasting -

Today's Collaboration Tools



Newsletter Published three issues Looking to move to a blog format next year Editors

Dana Dutson Stephen Wertzbaugher

Article EditorsBridget Julian, Jay Mead, Lynnette Reveling

Special thanks toBen Cape, Claire Schram


Miscellaneous

Established Advisory CommitteeMartha SippelMary Jo StarkFrank Tagader

Two Program Surveys Website Redesign Committee

Bill Thomas


Awards Community Achievement Award

Community of Excellence Fellow

Linda Gallagher Mary Jo Stark

Distinguished Chapter Service Award Molly Malsam Lynnette Reveling Don Zimmerman

President’s Awards


2007-2008 Officers

Outgoing officers… President, Ron Arner Vice President, John Endicott Secretary, Kathy Rechiutti Treasurer, Jessica Betterly Nominating Committee, Alida Franco and Frank

Tagader


2008-2009 Officers

Incoming officers… President, John Endicott Vice President, Ruth Gaulke Secretary, Kathy Recchiuti Treasurer, Jessica Betterly Nominating Committee, Kristy Astry and Ben Cape


2007-2008 Volunteers

Thank you to…All chapter volunteers who successfully lead

our chapter during the past year

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