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Subject:RE: Well, I Sure Won't Be in Chicago From:"DeGuzman, Kathi" <Kathi -dot- Deguzman -at- Nextel -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:14:03 -0400
** --- Andrew Plato wrote:
** > Maybe we need to form a new tech writer's society?
** > One where I wield tremendous amounts of power <snip>
AND
** Joy Brady REPLIED:
** I think it's called TECHWR-L. <g>
** <snip>
Actually I agree with Andrew, and no offense to the list, but I don't
think this list covers it. After reading Andrews post, I thought to myself
"maybe there needs to be another group/society." A society where the
information
that is passed along is about the technical aspects of writing, rather than
the writing tools, etc.
I recently rejoined STC, but only because my company paid for it. For the
last
2 or 3 years I did not renew my membership because I did not think getting
the
Intercom magazine was worth the membership fee. And I never attended a
conference
because I never thought the seminars were worth the cost of the
registration. If I am
going to attend a seminar about tools or writing tips, I would rather
pick and choose from seminars that are offered close to home by various
training groups.
(Bad, bad girl, wasting Nextel's money when she won't waste her own! <slap
hand>)
Anyway, I would not know where to begin starting a group like the one Andrew
joked
about, but I sure would join if one existed.
Kathi Jan DeGuzman
Technical Editor
Marketing - Customer Tools
kathi -dot- deguzman -at- nextel -dot- com
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and more about less and less
until he knows absolutely everything
about nothing."
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