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Being the leading professional organization in a field and being a
governing, licensing organization for a field are two entirely different
things. Why do you feel like you need to have some organization's
permission to do your job?
The only documents that matter should be the ones we are producing, not the
ones that hang on our walls.
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From: Scott Holstad [mailto:SHolstad -at- ci -dot- knoxville -dot- tn -dot- us]
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 9:15 AM
To: Westbrook, Bryan; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Subject: Re: RE: Not again: certification
However, is there any organization out there MORE qualified to offer
certification? I realize that not everyone likes or recognizes the STC (as
is pretty evident by the posts to this list), but if not the STC, then who?
IEEE? ACM? I think not. Like it or not, I would contend that the STC is
the leading professional organization in the technical communication field,
and as such, is most qualified to pursue certification issues.
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