STC Canada West Coast Chapter Wins 2008/2009 Pacesetter Award

STC CWC is the proud recipient of the STC Pacesetter Award for 2008/2009. This award was presented at the closing reception and banquet at this year’s STC Technical Communication Summit. One of only three awards given out this year, the Pacesetter Award is presented to chapters for their contributions to furthering the STC’s goals through innovative programs or activities. Specifically, the STC CWC won this award for our use of technology to enhance all functions of the chapter.

This year, we’ve been transitioning to become a virtual chapter. Our kick-off meeting allowed people to participate from off-site. We have been working behind the scenes to make our meetings more accessible to people who can’t attend in person, seeding topics on the discussion forum, and continuing our efforts to bring added value to membership with the STC CWC.

We’re also participating in social media, whether it’s our LinkedIn group, the blog format of Coastlines, or Twitter.

We couldn’t have done this without the tireless efforts of our chapter volunteers, and the continued support of our members. Join us at the May 19 program meeting to celebrate this award, recognize our new Fellow of the STC, and congratulate the winner of the Julia Broderick Scholarship. I look forward to seeing you there!

Eagranie Yuh
Vice-president, STC CWC

Chapter Member Rahel Anne Bailie Awarded Distinction of STC Fellow

I am very pleased to announce that a member of our chapter, Rahel Anne Bailie, has been awarded the richly deserved designation of fellow of the STC. For 30 years, through her contributions to the field of technical communication, Rahel has been living our chapter’s current theme of making a difference.

The rank of fellow is conferred only upon associate fellows who have attained such eminence in the field of technical communication that the board of the STC deems them worthy of being singled out as one of the select few who have distinguished the Society and the profession. Only 1% of members of the STC hold a fellow designation.

The designation will be conferred upon Rahel at the STC summit in Atlanta in early May. Please join me in a short ceremony to celebrate with and honour Rahel at our chapter’s program meeting on May 19.

I also invite you to learn more about Rahel Anne Bailie’s contributions to the profession of technical communication.

With pride,
Karen Rempel
President, STC CWC