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    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

    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

Technical Writer II opportunity available at Raymond James in St. Petersburg.

Blog, article and book authors

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Freelance Technical Editors Required

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Freelance Technical Editors for Physical Sciences Required

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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, 2006

If 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 Offering

The 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 [...]