STC Rocky Mountain Chapter May 15, 2014

2013-2014 Year in Review

STC RMC Year in Review

President’s Goals Chapter

Membership Chapter Finances STC RMC Meetings Newsletter/Blog Social Media Website

Awards Programs Member

Recognition Incoming and

Outgoing Officers 2014 – 2015

Volunteer Needs

2013-2014President’s Goals

Initiatives1. Improve Service to Members Offer more webinars and networking opportunities, offer a variety of programs at different prices in various locations

2. Increase Online PresenceReach out to new groups and potential members through Meetup and compatible groups such as BWA and DMELD

3. Recruit More VolunteersRMC needs managers and committee members to fulfill its mission, offers Active Member Rewards Program (AMRP)

4. Continue Fiscal ResponsibilityEvaluate costs vs. value and spend money wisely

Chapter Membership

150 members as of May 10 Located in Arizona, California,

Colorado, Texas, and Utah (USA) plus Ontario, Canada

Welcomed former Intermountain Chapter members in early 2014

Chapter Finances

For the last several years, our financial goal has been to attain a zero-based budget

Expenses for the 2013-2014 year $3,212 (through May 11)

Income for the 2013-2014 year (to date) $3,234 (includes rebate) International rebate based on dues: $2,550

RMC has a healthy financial reserve thanks to the efforts of the late George Hoerter

STC RMC Meetings

Northern Colorado Satellite Chapter Meetings

Northern ColoradoSatellite

Who: Anyone When: 2nd Wednesdays, September-

June Where: Panera Bread, Front Range

Village, Fort Collins Manager: Carmen Carmack Purpose:

Mentoring Networking Supplement to Denver programs

Chapter Meetings

Who: Anyone When: 3rd Thursdays, September-May Where: Location varies per event Purpose

Professional development Networking and support ~80 unique attendees

over the 2013-2014 year

Programs Committee

No Programs Manager 2013-2014

2013-2014 Programs Committee: Joel Meier Debbie Peebles Martha Sippel Frank Tagader

Jennifer Voelker new manager 2014-2015

Chapter Programs

May 2014: Bill Horton, Doing More with Less, tips and tricks of the techcomm trade

March 2014: Jamy Jones, Signage & Wayfinding at Denver International Airport

Chapter Programs (Contd)

October 2013: 3D Printing mixer & demo at The 3D Printing Store, Denver

September 2013: Kit Brown-Hoekstra, Communication Catalysts, about how technical communicators can change the world

Webinars

February 2014: Maxwell Hoffman, Adobe Technical Communications Suite (TCS)

November 2013: Michael Hamilton of MadCap Software, Single-Sourcing Strategies for translation, graphics and multimedia

Ongoing: STC Leadership series (program planning, tools, etc.), open to all members

Networking

January and April 2014 at Panera Bread, E. Hampden Avenue, Denver

One location to concentrate contact

Over 20 attendees each session

RMC Blog/Newsletter

Technicalities – www.stcrmc.org/wordpress This year’s contributors:

Carmen Carmack Marie DesJardin Joel Meier Martha Sippel Frank Tagader Dave Wilks Marcia Wood

Everyone welcome to post articles or reviews related to technical communications field

Register for Technicalities or email your submission to news@stcrmc.org

Social Media

Social Media for RMC includes: Facebook LinkedIn Twitter (Hootsuite new this year) Meetup (new this year)

Managers include: Dave Wilks (transitioning to RMC VP) Anna Harvilla (Facebook)

Website and Web Team

The Web Team Integrated Google calendar into the site Implemented single username login for

RMC website and Technicalities blog to use one logical process and simplify maintenance

Enhanced repository of website procedures

Continued improving council access area and developing intuitive file structure

Maintained website accounts, Discussion list, and Jobs list

Performed ongoing maintenance and archiving

AMRP

Active Member Rewards Program (AMRP) rewards chapter members for participation

Various activities earn 1 or 2 points Earn 15+ points for a $25 Amazon gift card Earn 10 – 14 points for a $10 Amazon gift

card

7 members earned 15+ points in 2013 for effectively a free chapter membership 16 members on track for 2014 year

Blog, attend meetings, or volunteer to win!

Awards

Distinguished Chapter Service Award Michelle DesPres

President’s Awards Jessica Betterly Debbie Peebles Carmen Carmack Deanna Mosler Dave Wilks Joel Meier Martha Sippel Frank Tagader Marcia Wood

Council and CommitteeVolunteers

Jessica Betterly Carmen Carmack Marie DesJardin

Michelle DesPres John Endicott Anna Harvilla

Deb Lockwood Joel Meier Deanna Mosler

Debbie Peebles Martha Sippel Frank Tagader

Jennifer Voelker Dave Wilks Marcia Wood

2013-2014 Officers

Outgoing officers: President, Marie DesJardin Past President, Marcia Wood Vice President, Marie DesJardin (3

mos) Secretary, Debbie Peebles Treasurer, Jessica Betterly Nominating Committee, Carmen

Carmack

2014-2015 Officers

Incoming officers: President, Marie DesJardin Vice President, Dave Wilks Treasurer, Jessica Betterly Nominating Committee, Martha

Sippel

2014-2015 Volunteer Opportunities

Needed: Secretary Nominating Committee – 1 person Volunteer Coordinator Membership Manager Blog Contributors Meeting Greeters

Thank you to…

Our dedicated volunteers who contribute so much to our success.

You are Awesome!

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