Re: "The World of Technical Communication and Writing"

[Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>]

Some local STC chapters are reportedly still useful to their members,
but I don't think the national organization justifies its ever-steeper
dues or the compensation it pays the people who run it. Facts I came
up with last November:

http://pdfs.citizenaudit.org/2013_12_EO/31-4424296_990_201212.pdf

membership dues $1.3 million
conference income $930K
advertising income $195K
other income ~$100K
number of voting members 9
$2.76 million in expenses including
- $431K compensation for three directors
- $663K for other salaries and wages

I don't find the Schedule O that's supposed to detail $757K of the spending.

More docs here: https://www.citizenaudit.org/314424296/

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Mike Starr <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com> wrote:
> I complained loudly when STC expunged the terms "technical writer" and
> "technical writing" from its website in favor of "technical communicator"
> and "technical communication".
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