stc rocky mountain chapter may 16, 2013 2012-2013 year-end review
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Year-end Review
President’s Goals Chapter
Membership Chapter Finances STC RMC Meetings Newsletter/Blog Social Media Website
Awards and Recognition
Incoming and Outgoing Officers
2013-2014 Volunteer Opportunities
2012-2013President’s Goals
Initiatives1. Improve Service to Members Offer more webinars and networking opportunities with varied venues, and continue the Active Member Rewards Program
2. Apply for AwardsOur Awards committee submitted members for DCSA and Associate Fellow, one member applied for Fellow, and the Chapter applied for the STC Pacesetter Award
3. Increase Student ParticipationConnect with college students and offer scholarships
4. Continue Fiscal ResponsibilityLook for opportunities to cut costs and to spend money wisely
Chapter Membership
153 members as of May 13, 2013 – 98% retention rate
Updated New Member Guide for 2012-2013
Promoted STC RMC membership benefits on social media
Chapter Finances
Estimated overage for the 2012-2013 year (expenses vs. receivables, excluding rebate):
~$1,000
The executive council voted to end the scholarship program Funds came out of the chapter’s reserves,
which was an unsustainable approach. Annual savings: $2,000
STC gave our chapter a rebate on member dues this year Rebate amount: $2,700
Chapter Finances (cont’d)
Financial Goals For the last several years, our overriding
financial goal has been to attain a zero-based budget
Courtesy of the late George Hoerter, STC RMC had a large financial reserve that allowed us to spend more than we received for many years
In recent years, the council made the specific decision to control our costs
Northern ColoradoSatellite
Who: Anyone When: 2nd Wednesdays, September-
May Where: Truman's, Fort Collins Manager: Carmen Carmack Purpose:
Mentoring Networking Supplement to Denver programs
Chapter Meetings
Who: Anyone When: 3rd Thursdays, September-May Where: Corporate Sponsors
Lakewood, NASDAQ Offices Greenwood Village, Truven Health Analytics Denver, Jackson National Life Insurance
Purpose Offer professional development Foster networking and support Approx. 160 attendees at our meetings this
year
September 2012
Topic: Resumé Magic Speaker: Traci Laswell 20 Attendees Spawned two follow-
on resumé review sessions
November 2012
Topic: Networking Two locations:
Panera Bread, Westminster
Panera Bread, Denver Tech Center
14 Attendees
January 2013
Webinar Topic: Writing for Touch,
Voice, and Gestures Speaker: Joe Welinske 25 Attendees
March 2013
Topic: Networking Three locations:
Panera Bread, Westminster
Panera Bread, Denver Tech Center
Panera Bread, Golden
9 Attendees
April 2013
Topic: Alternate Career Paths for Technical Communicators
Speaker: Jack Molisani 28 Attendees
May 2013
Topic: Strategies for Building Local Online Visibility
Speaker: Monica Valdez
15-20 Attendees
Newsletter/Blog
Technicalities newsletter = Technicalities blog (www.stcrmc.org/wordpress)
60 contributions! This year’s contributors:
Deb Lockwood Lacey Taplin Carmen Carmack Jim Hess Joel Meier Martha Sippel Frank Tagader Marcia Wood Jessica Betterly
Anyone can write a post or comment; just register or email your submission to rmcnews@stcrmc.org
Social Media
The Social Media Manager Regularly posts updates from the President Manages
Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Blog Adding new members to LinkedIn and Blog
May also post about New blogs Salutations General announcements by request
Website and Web Team
The Web Team Upgraded the Content Management System Updated the file structure so it’s more
intuitive Continued to develop a repository of website
procedures and processes Initiated a simplified login process to make
STC RMC website and Technicalities blog usernames match so they are more logical for our members
Evaluated delivering new member information via the website
Website and Web Team (cont’d)
The Web Team Improved council access area of the website Scanned and linked all chapter awards Removed nonmembers from website
accounts, Discussion list, and Job list Further integrated Eventbrite into the website Performed regular maintenance and archiving
Awards and Recognition
Active Member Rewards Program Successful in 2012-2013
Eight members earned 15 or more points The reward for achieving 15 points is a $25
gift card to Amazon or an STC RMC polo shirt Four other members earned 10 – 15 points
The program continues in 2013 Pacesetter Award Special Recognition
Kit Brown-Hoekstra, incoming VP STC 2013
Awards and Recognition(cont’d)
Fellow Honor Kit Brown-Hoekstra
Associate Fellow Honor Joel Meier
Distinguished Chapter Service Award Joel Meier
President’s Awards Deb Lockwood Stacey Whala Joel Meier
Council and CommitteeVolunteers
Becky Williams Carmen Carmack Claire Schram
Deb Lockwood Debbie Peebles Deanna Mosler
Frank Tagader John Endicott Lacey Taplin
Jessica Betterly Joel Meier Marcia Wood
Martha Sippel Robin Kring Stacey Whala
2012-2013 Officers
Outgoing officers President, Marcia Wood Past President, Joel Meier Vice President, Stacey Whala Secretary, Debbie Peebles Treasurer, Jessica Betterly Nominating Committee, Deb Lockwood
and Claire Schram
2013-2014 Officers
Incoming officers President, Stacey Whala Vice President, Marie DesJardin Past President, Marcia Wood Secretary, Debbie Peebles Treasurer, Jessica Betterly Nominating Committee, Carmen Carmack
and Cynthia Reading
2013-2014 Volunteer Opportunities
We need: Programs Manager Volunteer Coordinator Membership Manager Blog Contributors Meeting Greeters
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