Editor Corner
by Jackie Damrau, Managing Editor
May is a time to celebrate many things…LSC Officer installation, Mother’s Day, and Memorial Day. So to the 2008–2009 LSC Officers, welcome to serving your elected community, all mothers can enjoy a special day with their family, and all our valuable military (active and retired) deserve appreciation for the service they’ve given us.
As Susie mentions in her final Fox Tales column, the LSC members all deserve a big “thank you” for seeing another membership year come to a close. We’ve increased our membership, enjoyed many interesting programs, been enticed with great scholarship drawings, and the social networking that we all enjoy each month.
Many of us have found jobs from the networking that takes place at our meetings. You’ll read about how Jim Korth found his latest job by selling his technical communication skills. Imagine what happens when we mention the words, Society for Technical Communication, and show samples of our work. I’ve heard of others getting jobs through our ranks, so enjoy Jim’s story.
Our technical columnist, Louellen Coker shares her recent discovery about metadata and how it invades our Microsoft Word documents. She offers some tips on how to remove the pesky telltale signs of sending out more information than originally planned in your Word documents.
Of course, the LSC News and STC News columns provide the usual updates and interesting information from the local and international community perspective.
The biggest thank you that I want to let you all know about is that your participation, readership, and trust in the “Technically Write” staff has earned the LSC community the honor of having earned the
Award of Distinguished in the 2006–2007 STC Newsletter Competition |
Out of 25 communities, only two received awards of Distinguished (we share this honor with the Orange County Chapter’s “TechniScribe”), three Excellences, and 20 Merits.
You’ll now have one more “Technically Write” issue to enjoy, which is our summer edition. That issue will have reviews from all your LSC members and officers who are going to be at STC’s 55th Annual Technical Summit conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first week in June.
Until the summer issue, enjoy your time away from us, consider writing an article or reviewing your favorite book or software, or volunteering to help our community provide the services that YOU want.