Call for Judges: 2007-08 Northern California Technical Communication Competition
Competition Director, Northern California Technical Communication Competition
If you are interested in judging in the 2007-08 Northern California Technical Communication Competition, please send an email to:
xrm@pacbell.net
Please include the information described in the "About You" section below.
Judging in the competition entails the following commitments:
• Devoting
approximately 40 hours of time between September 28 and November 18 to
judging duties.
• Attending a meeting in Berkeley
the weekend of September 28. We will try to accommodate everyone by scheduling
one meeting on Saturday and another on Sunday. You can attend whichever
meeting is more convenient.
• Interacting with members
of your judging team by email and at least once face to face. The face
to face team meeting should be near the end of the process to enable you
to reach consensus on your award recommendations.
• Optionally attending a meeting
in Berkeley on November 17. At least one member from each team should
attend to return all of the team's entries and to help arrive at a consensus
about which entries we will submit to the international competitions.
• Submitting written judging
comments on your entries. We will provide guidance at the September 28
and 29 meetings about how to write comments and how to submit them in
the expected format.
Competition Information
If you are participating or just wish to follow progress of the competition,
you can subscribe to our Yahoo group at tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/STC_
Comp/join.
About You
Please supply the following information to enable us to manage the judging process efficiently. We do not use the information for any other purpose or make it available to any other group.
Name
Email address
Phone (at least one of work, home, mobile)
US mailing address
Prior judging experience
Potential conflicts of interest
Willingness to supervise or mentor other judges