Newsletter of the East Bay Chapter of STC
May/June 2003

Editor's Message

by Ashwini Tharval
Managing Editor

Hello Readers!

Welcome back to Devil Mountain Views. We are a bit late with this issue and I apologize for the delay. But we have some great news.

Best of Show

Our newsletter won an award for the second year in a row! And it’s not an ordinary win either: we are the Best of Show in the International Newsletter Competition for the year 2002–2003. You can see the results for yourself on the STC web site. Thank you everyone for your support and feedback. I would personally like to thank the newsletter team and the contributing writers for their hard work and dedication.

Becky Rude, our newsletter designer, has been highly elemental in our current win. She does a great job with the design (as you can see) and the delightful graphics. Kudos Becky! We look forward to your leadership. For those of you who are not aware, Becky is the President-Elect for the coming year. The board will change hands this summer with Susan Harlan as the new President and Becky as the President-Elect.

Farewell

It is also time for me to bid goodbye. This is my last issue as the Managing Editor. I thoroughly enjoyed this job for the past 2 years, first as the co-Editor with Becky and then as the Editor. I am proud to be associated with Devil Mountain Views and two amazing awards. I feel it’s now time for someone else to benefit from this opportunity. The new Editor has not been named yet, so keep your eyes on the EBSTC web site.

Thank you to the excellent newsletter team: Becky Rude, Hasmig Vasgerdsian, Elaine Parrish, Angelina Nachimuthu, and Don Huntington. I had a great time working with you and learning from you. Thank you also to Margie McCutcheon, Melody Brumis, and Susan Harlan for supporting me. Special thanks to Gwaltney Mountford for all her feedback. Thank you Janet Bran for all your web help. Thank you June Schaefer for your help with the archives. I am sorry I haven’t returned those old newsletters yet! I also appreciate all the help and feedback from newsletter editors of other STC chapters.

In Store

For this issue, we have gathered interesting articles from our sister chapters. Read about XML and single sourcing from the San Francisco Chapter and about error messages from the North Bay Chapter. Rahel Bailie, Director-Sponsor of STC Region 7, talks about the shifts in the TechComm job market in Employment News. We also have Part 2 of Don Huntington’s article on reporting project status.

Hope you enjoy reading this issue. I will see you sometime within these pages as a contributing writer. And I hope you will extend the same goodwill and cooperation to the new editor as you have to me. Devil Mountain Views will be taking its customary summer break and will return in September.

Thank you,
Ashwini

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