Meetings
January Chapter Meeting
What: How to Build a Documentation Localization Effort Using Author-it
Who: F. Timothy Martin, OSIsoft, Inc.
When: Thursday, January 8th at 7:00 PM
Where: Holiday Inn Express, 3025 North Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, Florida 33607
Cost: Free to Suncoast chapter members; $10 for guests
Recent Posts
About the Chapter
The Suncoast Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication consists of approximately 130 technical writers, editors, illustrators, designers, managers, and others actively engaged in the field of technical communication in the Tampa Bay area.
The purpose of the chapter is to serve the needs of the members by furthering the technical communication profession in the Suncoast area. If you are a like-minded individual, you will find the Suncoast STC to be a tremendous resource in advancing your knowledge, experience, and perspective in the field. Additional information can be obtained from the About page.
Chapter Leadership
Current chapter leadership:
President: Open
Vice-President: Kristi Leach
Secretary: Open
Treasurer: Charles Arnold
Program Coordinator: Leila Woolheater
Past President: Tom Johnson
Jobs
Technical Writer II opportunity available at Raymond James in St. Petersburg.
Greetings, Happy Holidays! God bless you and your family. My Goal is to connect with Writers around the world who writes blog, ...
Job Type contract Job Title Freelance Technical Editors Required Company Cactus Communications
Job Type contract Job Title Freelance Technical Editors Required
Discussion
How many trees?My ½ dozen Help files and manuals are usually about 100 pages. Between initial and final drafts, each page may get printed 2-5 times (possibly 3,000 pages). We do not print the manuals for publication, just internal review. If a tree is 8,333 pages, I use less than one tree per year. As a Boy [...]
Planning
Admin/Leadership Council Minutes — Sep 9, 2006If you missed the administrative/leadership council meeting last Saturday and want to be kept in the loop of what’s going on, see these wonderful minutes that Kelly Schrank, our secretary, typed up.
News
Travel Writers Program OfferingThe Orlando Chapter is pleased to announce that this coming January 9-11 the 14th annual SATW Institute for Travel Writing & Photography (www.satwinstitute.org) will be held in Orlando, Florida. STC members are being offered a substantial discount for a group of 10 or more. The regular price is $395 for this 3-day event (lunches and [...]