STC Berkeley Board Meeting

June 12, 2006

Present: Joe Devney, Richard Mateosian, Eunice Malley, Mary Ann Campbell, Jessica Livingston, Deborah delMazo

Programs:

Joe reported that Aug. & Sept. have fallen through. We will look for a speaker on ergonomics, technical illustration (perhaps Mick Renner), or Flare. We can also ask Judith Herr to present.

We are set through Oct. to meet at the Hotel Shattuck, but the earlier we change this venue the better, since the members seem to want to meet at a different place.

Elections:

We still do not have a candidate for Treasurer.

Secretary Candidate Tony Rocco will be available for Monday board meetings.

Membership:

Jim has ordered a full list of our members from STC Int’l. He has not yet received a list of people who did not renew.

FrameMaker Class:

So far 9 people have signed up. Joe will mention that there are 3 slots available at Wednesday’s meeting.

Ragged Left:

Next edition is almost done. Jean Lundquist is having serious problems with her computer.

Chapter of Excellence Achievement Competition:

We would like to enter our chapter into this STC Int’l competition. We have been waiting for the eligibility criteria checklist to be updated, but has not been forthcoming so we will go ahead. Jessica wants to hold a brainstorming session to which she will invite past Presidents. She would like to have this take place before July 1.

Rechartering:

We were certified by STC International. Jim would like a copy of the certification to post on our website as a point of reference for going forward with plans for the Chapter. He would also like to create a blog as a way to get input from out members.

Increasing Participation of Members:

In addition to the blog, we talked about setting up a phone tree and calling people who made comments on the survey. Another idea is to ask on the meeting sign-in sheet if they want to be contacted by the Chapter. We should also continue to analyze the survey results and implement the members’ desires as much as possible. Jim is thinking of sending out a welcome packet to new members. Jim and Jessica will work on what should go into the packet. They will contact David McChord who did some work on this previously.

Website:

We are up to 400 hits a month, some of which of course are Internet crawlers/spiders. Jim requested that Joe write up a history of accomplishments for the year to post, and will request it from new presidents going forward.

Treasurers Report:

The year-end report is due soon, and we must complete it in order to receive funds from Int’l. Joe and Jim offered to help Deborah prepare this if she needs help so that it can get done in time.

Relationships with Other Organizations:

Richard is a member the IEEE (engineering) Professional Communication Society, and he thought we might consider establishing a reciprocal relationship with them at some point.

Touchstone:

A meeting will be set up to plan our local version of this competition soon.

Meeting Minutes:

The May minutes were approved. The April minutes need to be approved (Eunice received Jean’s notes and is writing them up.)

Respectfully submitted,

Eunice Malley