Newsletter of the East Bay Chapter of STC
January/February 2003

President's Message

by Melody Brumis
EBSTC President

Happy New Year! Can you believe it’s 2003? The Chinese calendar calls 2003 the year of the Ram, which is celebrated in Chinatown on February 21^st both in San Francisco and Oakland. You may want to check out your sign in the Chinese horoscope. Being a Delicate Rabbit (I won’t tell which year), I plan to have a great year.

My first resolution (a New Year’s tradition started over 4,000 years ago) is to begin anew, refresh myself for the new year. While my resolutions for 2002 are still good (many have not been touched for most of the year), I’m creating a simple template for—yes, creating resolutions. Feel free to use this template to help create your resolutions. And, send me any resolutions that I forgot.

New Year’s Resolutions for 200_ (redesign after 2009)
For Technical Communicators

1. Clear out the clutter in _________
   a. my office
   b. my car
   c. my life

2. Update my ________
   a. portfolio
   b. resume
   c. a and b
   d. hairdo

3. Learn ________
   a. Dreamweaver
   b. PhotoShop
   c. Flash
   d. InfoMapping
   e. Everything

4. Read my _______
   a. Intercom
   b. Technical Communication Journal
   c. Devil Mountain Views
   d. a–c
   e. People magazine

5. Attend ________
   a. an EBSTC meeting
   b. a Giant’s game
   c. Sail San Francisco

6. Take my ________ to lunch
   a. CEO
   b. SME
   c. Mom
   d. Dad
   e. EBSTC President

7. Have ___
   a. fun
   b. fun
   c. fun
   d. fun
   e. even more fun!

Check It Off

The chapter’s next meeting will be in the year 2003, Thursday, January 9th. While learning about indexing, you can also check off Resolution No. 5. Happy New Year!

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