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STC membership
As of January 31, 1999
Total members - 23,216

Members in Canada - 1,833
Members in the US - 20,539
Members elsewhere - 844
Members in our chapter - 298
Total chapters* - 111
Total student chapters - 30

* not including student chapters


Elections rescheduled for May 27

A combination of the flu and lack of resources forced us to cancel the March 25 meeting. The elections scheduled for the March meeting will be held May 27 at the AGM.


Announcing the Fourth Annual Technical Communication Institute - TCI 99

Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 2 to 5, 1999

TCI 99 will provide four consecutive days of intensive and interactive learning for technical communicators who want to hear about state-of-the-art communication technology from well-known experts.

The Technical Communication Institute was created four years ago to bring information on new technology to technical communicators in an annual forum at an attractive price within the reach of most practicing technical communicators. The prestigious faculty

for TCI 99 includes Marlana Coe, James Conklin, Patrick Hofmann, Rob Houser, Lori Lathrop, and Karin Spalink.

For more information visit the web site at www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/con_ed/partners/tci.



FrameMaker 5.5 training

This spring, Algonquin College is offering an evening course in basic skills for FrameMaker 5.5. This 21-hour course covers such topics as:

  • editing and formatting text

  • placing and annotating graphics

  • inserting and modifying tables

  • building books and generating tables of contents and indices

  • using the paragraph and character designers

  • working with master pages
Dates: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 until Tuesday, June 29, 1999
Times: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Place: Rideau Campus, 200 Lees Ave.
Cost: $694.99

Registration begins April 12, 1999.

To register by phone, call (613)727-9797 or toll free 1(888)305-3880, and quote Telephone Registration Number (TRN) 117291 and Section number 521. The course ID number is TWR8001.

For more information:

call Katherine Coleman at (613) 727-4723, ext. 5918,
or email Lynda Simons

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