2012-2013 Year-end Review STC Rocky Mountain Chapter May 16, 2013
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
2012-2013 President s Goals Initiatives 1. Improve Service to Members Offer more webinars and networking opportunities with varied venues, and continue the Active Member Rewards Program 2. Apply for Awards Our 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 Participation Connect with college students and offer scholarships 4. Continue Fiscal Responsibility Look 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
STC RMC Meetings Northern Colorado Satellite Chapter Meetings
Northern Colorado Satellite 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
October 2012 Science Lounge at Denver Museum of Nature and Science Super Heroes, Unite 8 Attendees
November 2012 History Colorado Center Behind-the-Scenes Tour 10 Attendees
November 2012 Topic: Networking Two locations: Panera Bread, Westminster Panera Bread, Denver Tech Center 14 Attendees
January 2013 Holiday party hosted by Stacey Whala, Chapter VP 11 Attendees
January 2013 Webinar Topic: Writing for Touch, Voice, and Gestures Speaker: Joe Welinske 25 Attendees
February 2013 Webinar Topic: Marketing Bingo Speaker: Bette Frick 18 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 Carmen Carmack Joel Meier Frank Tagader Jessica Betterly Lacey Taplin Jim Hess Martha Sippel Marcia Wood 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 Committee Volunteers 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
Thank you to All who contributed so much to our success Rock on!
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