EBSTC Wins STC Awards!

Our chapter volunteers have been busy this year:

The Devil Mountain Views just won a Merit Award in this year's STC Newsletter Competition. Thanks, Dave Eicher, our editor, and his dedicated staff for all your hard work. It shows.

We're back from the Annual Conference in Minneapolis, and we are thrilled to announce that our chapter won a Community of Merit Achievement Award. The citation reads, "For your initiatives to provide value to your members through increased public relations and participation within the academic community." They noted our revitalized newsletter, our podcasts, and our College Connection efforts. Thanks to all of our volunteers who have worked so hard to make this achievement possible. Come to our June 7th meeting and say Thanks to all our volunteers, especially our dedicated President, Joe Humbert!

Jeanie Egbert
VP of Arrangements

STC Board to Honor Bay Area with Important Visit

Patrick Lufkin alerts us to an upcoming visit to the Bay Area by the STC Board of Directors on August 18. The Board is the body that provides the leadership needed to address both the internal and external issues facing the Society and the profession.

Volunteers Needed for the 2007 Bay Area Networking Guide (BANG)

This article by Andrew Davis, president of Synergistech Communications, Inc., proposes resurrecting the Bay Area Networking Guide (BANG), a directory of local companies that need the services of technical communicators. Several previous editions of this guide were published by the San Francisco chapter of STC, but the last one appeared in 1994.

Technical Writing Returns to Oakland's Media Academy

T.R. Girill discusses the return of the EBSTC/LLNL literacy outreach project to Oakland's Media Academy High School, in its seventh year since our first collaboration in 1999.

Interview Tips — DOs and DON'Ts

Andrew Davis, president of Synergistech Communications, Inc., shares tips on what to do and what not to do regarding interviews.