Re: STC Membership

Subject: Re: STC Membership
From: "Karen E. Black" <kblack_text -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 20:56:22 -0500

I've been a member for a number of years, and have never been to a meeting (but if I decided to go, I COULD; 'course, I live in a major centre). I really like the quarterly and monthly publications, however, and I find that having STC membership on my resume is more valuable than, say, do-it-yourself plumbing (love that Teflon tape!). I was also asked to judge my chapter's online competition, which gave me an opportunity to give my opinion without having to do any actual writing. And I enjoyed the experience!

Fortunately, my company now pays my "professional" fees. I was able to tax-deduct the previous 2 years' fees because I was independent.

Karen E. Black
www.dhltd.com

From: "bgoett" <rbg -at- silk -dot- net>>
I'm trying to decide if the benefits of joining STC are worth the $200.00
CDN annual fees. There seems to be a wealth of information about technical
writing free for the asking on web sites like TECHWR-L. I haven't noticed a
huge number of job postings on the main STC site or the Canadian chapter
sites. If I lived in a major center like Vancouver or Calgary, I'm sure it
would be beneficial to attend meetings and network with other tech writers.
Any opinions?
Thanks
Bruce Goett
Kelowna, B.C.


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