06/19/2008© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 1 STC RMC Year-End Review

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 2 06/19/2008 Year in Review Membership Finances Scholarships Meetings CIC SIG Webinar Programs Newsletter Miscellaneous Awards Officers Volunteers

Special Award Martha Sippel  Presented by Mary Jo Stark

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 4 06/19/2008 Membership Membership numbers  May 2007 = 377  June 2008 = 342

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 5 06/19/2008 Finances January 2007, new structure for refund.  We are approaching budgeting a little more carefully. Improve income vs. expenses (in line with goals from International).  Income: Approximately $3, Includes $ from our first webinar.  Expense: Approximately $3,950.00*  Note: Some numbers (e.g., tonight’s take from the door) are estimates. *Not all expenses have been accounted for yet this year.

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 6 06/19/2008 George Hoerter Scholarships Mr. Phil Havlik  2 nd Year Masters Degree student in Information and Learning Technologies - eLearning

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 7 06/19/2008 Meetings Strategic Planning Council Northern Colorado satellite group in Fort Collins Southern Colorado satellite group in Colorado Springs Consulting and Independent Contracting Special Interest Group (CIC-SIG) FrameMaker Webinars Chapter programs in Denver

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 8 06/19/2008 Strategic Planning Who: STC RMC Council When: July 2007 Purpose:  Determine focus for year  Build short-term plan (chapter year)  Align with long-term plan

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 9 06/19/2008 STC RMC Council Who: Officers, managers, and members who would like to attend When: Monthly, first Thursday Purpose:  Plan monthly events  Discuss finances  Share committee reports

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 10 06/19/2008 Northern Colorado Satellite Group Who: Anyone When: Monthly, Wednesday nights Where: Moxie Java, Fort Collins Manager: Carmen Carmack Purpose:  Provide mentoring  Provide supplement to Denver programs

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 11 06/19/2008 Southern Colorado Satellite Group Who: Anyone When: Special Meetings as Announced Where: HP, Colorado Springs Co-Managers: Pat Waychoff and Thomas L’Dara Purpose:  Provide supplement to Denver programs for Southern Colorado members

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 12 06/19/2008 CIC SIG Who: Anyone What: Host CIC meetings When:  November 7, 2007, Understanding the Tax Implications of Becoming an LLC or S Corporation  April 17, 2007, Primer on Multimedia File Types Manager: Alida Franco

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 13 06/19/2008 FrameMaker Webinar Who: Anyone What: Adobe’s FrameMaker 8 and Tech Comm Suite When:  April 23, 2008 – Presented by Bernard Aschwanden using Genesys Conferencing Software

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 14 06/19/2008 Chapter Meetings in Denver Who: Anyone Where: Downtown Denver, usually at the Tivoli When: Third Thursday of July, September, October, November, January, February, March, April, May, and June Purpose  Offer professional development  Foster networking and support

July 2007 Speaker: Susan Burton, Executive Director, STC Topic: The New World of STC © STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 06/18/

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 16 06/19/2008 September 2007 Speaker: Pat Waychoff, Information Management Planning Manager, Hewlett- Packard Company Topic: CMS Solutions: Six Important How To’s

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 17 06/19/2008 October 2007 Speakers: Marc Lee, Beth Meyer, Dan Price, Dave Taylor, Don Zimmerman Topic: Trends and Technology for Technical Communicators - A panel discussion

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 18 06/19/2008 November 2007 Topic: Networking Two locations:  Panera Bread, Westminster  Panera Bread, Denver Tech Center

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 19 06/19/2008 January 2008 Speaker: Andrew VanConas Topic: Multi-channel Publishing for XML Content

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 20 06/19/2008 February 2008 Speakers: Laurie Lamar and Cathy Barnes Topic: A Whirlwind Tour of a UXD (User Experience Design) Methodology

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 21 06/19/2008 March 2008 Speakers: Mary Jo Stark, Deb Lockwood, Tammy Van Boening and Marella Colyvas Topic: Working on Virtual Teams – A Panel Discussion

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 22 06/19/2008 April 2008 Speaker: Patti Schank Topic: What's It Good For? Exploiting the Characteristics of Instructional Technologies and Strategies to Improve Instruction

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 23 06/19/2008 May 2008 Topic: Networking Two locations:  Panera Bread, Westminster  Panera Bread, Denver Tech Center

June 2008 Speaker: Kit Brown Topic: Wikis, Blogs, and Podcasting - Today's Collaboration Tools © STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 24 06/18/2008

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 25 06/19/2008 Newsletter Published three issues Looking to move to a blog format next year Editors  Dana Dutson  Stephen Wertzbaugher Article Editors  Bridget Julian, Jay Mead, Lynnette Reveling Special thanks to  Ben Cape, Claire Schram

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 26 06/19/2008 Miscellaneous Established Advisory Committee  Martha Sippel  Mary Jo Stark  Frank Tagader Two Program Surveys Website Redesign Committee  Bill Thomas

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 27 06/19/2008 Awards Community Achievement Award  Community of Excellence Fellow  Linda Gallagher  Mary Jo Stark Distinguished Chapter Service Award  Molly Malsam  Lynnette Reveling  Don Zimmerman President’s Awards

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 28 06/19/ Officers Outgoing officers…  President, Ron Arner  Vice President, John Endicott  Secretary, Kathy Rechiutti  Treasurer, Jessica Betterly  Nominating Committee, Alida Franco and Frank Tagader

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 29 06/19/ Officers Incoming officers…  President, John Endicott  Vice President, Ruth Gaulke  Secretary, Kathy Recchiuti  Treasurer, Jessica Betterly  Nominating Committee, Kristy Astry and Ben Cape

© STC Rocky Mountain Chapter 30 06/19/ Volunteers Thank you to…  All chapter volunteers who successfully lead our chapter during the past year