Minutes of October's Council Meeting

by emily layng, Secretary/Recorder

Hi there, time again for the monthly update of the council meeting. It was my birthday too, such dedication!

Location, Location, Location

Once again Opal supplied an excellent repast. The meeting was held at CheckFree i-Solutions in Waterloo, and I was completely in awe of the surroundings. I work in a manufacturing environment, which is worlds apart from the software environment.

The cafeteria (our meeting room) at CheckFree is complete with leather sofas, pool and foosball tables, as many different types of coffee as you can imagine, and free beverages (YES, BEER!). Before the stampede begins, CheckFree is not accepting resumés this month—and STC folk don't get to drink the beer.

Enough rhapsodizing, down to business

It was a short meeting, but we covered a lot of ground.

Networking Night

Opal opened the meeting with a recap of networking night. The turnout was a little disappointing, five council members and one spouse, but it's in its early days and, with more advertising, it may improve. The norm is that the networking night is a week after the general meeting.

Therefore, the next networking meeting will be November 10th at the Duke of Wellington in Waterloo.

Possible venues future venues include Café Aquarius in Guelph.

Competition

In competition news, we have 30 judges recruited and we have 30 entries too. Minnesota has what they report as "similar numbers" so we're good to go, it seems.

Education Day

February 17th and 18th are the scheduled education days and we are booked at the Hilton Gardens on Hwy 24 in Cambridge, nicely located near the 401. Kim has booked Bernard to do a half-day follow up to his previous seminar and she is in negotiations with several other speakers.

Student Awards

We also debated whether or not to expand the Student Awards to include Guelph, and we unanimously voted to do so, pending the approval of Christy, who wasn't able to attend the meeting (aren't we sneaky?).

Anyone wishing to apply for an award, the criteria is: two examples, a cover letter, and a transcript of marks. The criteria is also posted on the Web site.

Program

Last, but not least, we had an interesting brainstorming session with Peter—he bounded up to the whiteboard with great alacrity.

We discussed possible venues for the wine and cheese soiree in March. Keep reading for updates; the possibilities are endless!

Wrap Up

We signed off at 7:48 and I went out to celebrate my 21st birthday. It was a wonderful affair, but, considering how many times I have celebrated my 21st birthday, it's no wonder!

About emily layng

emily is currently working at ATS, in Cambridge, and has recently been promoted to Team Leader of Systems 1. As part of a busy group, long days and short weekends are the norm. She has been a technical writer since 1996, and has created documentation for both hardware and software companies. Outside of ATS, she is involved with a local Astrology group that is putting together correspondence courses for learning Astrology.