Upcoming Chapter Meetings

May 2nd, 2006
Championing Standards in Technical Documentation

Ralph Robinson will discuss why standards are needed; how they are created; and what role the STC plays.

The STC has been actively involved with the development of international standards on many fronts. Through the STC Standards Committee, the Society is currently represented at both the W3C Consortium for WWW Standards and the ISO working group for Software and Systems Documentation standards. Ralph Robinson is one of two official delegates representing the STC on the ISO standards committee. The ISO committee has embarked on a major overhaul effort of current standards and guidelines to structure them in a more user-centered way and update them to account for new technologies in the field of technical communication.

Ralph Robinson is an active senior member of the STC Toronto chapter and a member of ASQ (American Society for Quality). He has been in the technical communication field for over 18 years, dealing exclusively with ISO matters for the last 13 years. He is an independent consultant and author of Documenting ISO 9000: Guidelines for Compliant Documentation.

June 9th, 2006
Annual Year-end Barbecue Networking Event and Summer Celebration

Come out to our annual chapter barbecue and enjoy some great food and a refreshing beverage on us!

See our article in The Quill for the details!