STC RMC
2007-2008 Year-End Review
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Year in Review
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Membership
Finances
Scholarships
Meetings
CIC SIG
Webinar
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Programs
Newsletter
Miscellaneous
Awards
Officers
Volunteers
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Special Award
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Martha Sippel
 Presented
by Mary Jo Stark
Membership
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Membership numbers
 May
2007 = 377
 June 2008 = 342
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Finances
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January 2007, new structure for refund.
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are approaching budgeting a little more
carefully.
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Improve income vs. expenses (in line with
goals from International).
 Income:
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Approximately $3,700.00
Includes $418.15 from our first webinar.
 Expense:
Approximately $3,950.00*
 Note: Some numbers (e.g., tonight’s take from
the door) are estimates.
*Not all expenses have been accounted for yet this year.
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George Hoerter Scholarships
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Mr. Phil Havlik
 2nd Year Masters Degree student in
Information and Learning Technologies eLearning
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Meetings
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Strategic Planning
Council
Northern Colorado satellite group in Fort Collins
Southern Colorado satellite group in Colorado
Springs
Consulting and Independent Contracting Special
Interest Group (CIC-SIG)
FrameMaker Webinars
Chapter programs in Denver
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Strategic Planning
Who: STC RMC Council
 When: July 2007
 Purpose:
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 Determine
focus for year
 Build short-term plan (chapter year)
 Align with long-term plan
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STC RMC Council
Who: Officers, managers, and members
who would like to attend
 When: Monthly, first Thursday
 Purpose:
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 Plan
monthly events
 Discuss finances
 Share committee reports
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Northern Colorado Satellite Group
Who: Anyone
 When: Monthly, Wednesday nights
 Where: Moxie Java, Fort Collins
 Manager: Carmen Carmack
 Purpose:
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 Provide
mentoring
 Provide supplement to Denver programs
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Southern Colorado Satellite Group
Who: Anyone
 When: Special Meetings as Announced
 Where: HP, Colorado Springs
 Co-Managers: Pat Waychoff and
Thomas L’Dara
 Purpose:
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 Provide
supplement to Denver programs for Southern
Colorado members
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CIC SIG
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Who: Anyone
What: Host CIC meetings
When:
 November
7, 2007, Understanding the Tax
Implications of Becoming an LLC or S Corporation
 April 17, 2007, Primer on Multimedia File Types
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Manager: Alida Franco
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FrameMaker Webinar
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Who: Anyone
What: Adobe’s FrameMaker 8 and Tech Comm
Suite
When:
23, 2008 – Presented by Bernard Aschwanden
using Genesys Conferencing Software
 April
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Chapter Meetings in Denver
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Who: Anyone
Where: Downtown Denver, usually at the Tivoli
When: Third Thursday of July, September,
October, November, January, February, March,
April, May, and June
Purpose
 Offer
professional development
 Foster networking and support
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July 2007
Speaker: Susan
Burton, Executive
Director, STC
 Topic: The New
World of STC
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September 2007
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Speaker: Pat Waychoff, Information
Management Planning Manager, HewlettPackard Company
Topic: CMS Solutions: Six Important How To’s
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October 2007
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Speakers: Marc Lee, Beth Meyer, Dan Price,
Dave Taylor, Don Zimmerman
Topic: Trends and Technology for Technical
Communicators - A panel discussion
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November 2007
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Topic: Networking
Two locations:
 Panera
Bread, Westminster
 Panera Bread, Denver Tech Center
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January 2008
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Speaker: Andrew VanConas
Topic: Multi-channel Publishing for XML
Content
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February 2008
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Speakers: Laurie Lamar and Cathy Barnes
Topic: A Whirlwind Tour of a UXD (User
Experience Design) Methodology
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March 2008
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Speakers: Mary Jo Stark, Deb Lockwood,
Tammy Van Boening and Marella Colyvas
Topic: Working on Virtual Teams – A Panel
Discussion
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April 2008
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Speaker: Patti Schank
Topic: What's It Good For? Exploiting the
Characteristics of Instructional Technologies
and Strategies to Improve Instruction
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May 2008
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Topic: Networking
Two locations:
 Panera
Bread, Westminster
 Panera Bread, Denver Tech Center
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June 2008
Speaker: Kit Brown
 Topic: Wikis, Blogs, and Podcasting Today's Collaboration Tools
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Newsletter
Published three issues
 Looking to move to a blog format next year
 Editors
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 Dana
Dutson
 Stephen Wertzbaugher
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Article Editors
 Bridget
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Julian, Jay Mead, Lynnette Reveling
Special thanks to
 Ben
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Cape, Claire Schram
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Miscellaneous
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Established Advisory Committee
 Martha
Sippel
 Mary Jo Stark
 Frank Tagader
Two Program Surveys
 Website Redesign Committee
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 Bill
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Thomas
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Awards
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Community Achievement Award
 Community
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of Excellence
Fellow
 Linda Gallagher
 Mary Jo Stark
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Distinguished Chapter Service Award
 Molly
Malsam
 Lynnette Reveling
 Don Zimmerman
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President’s Awards
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2007-2008 Officers
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Outgoing officers…
 President,
Ron Arner
 Vice President, John Endicott
 Secretary, Kathy Rechiutti
 Treasurer, Jessica Betterly
 Nominating Committee, Alida Franco and Frank
Tagader
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2008-2009 Officers
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Incoming officers…
 President,
John Endicott
 Vice President, Ruth Gaulke
 Secretary, Kathy Recchiuti
 Treasurer, Jessica Betterly
 Nominating Committee, Kristy Astry and Ben Cape
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2007-2008 Volunteers
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Thank you to…
 All
chapter volunteers who successfully lead
our chapter during the past year
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