Oh, come on, go to the blog <grin>. http://stcct.wordpress.com/
Your comment about adding the ability to change chapters is nice, but it's taken about 3 months and a fair bit of communication to get to this point. What I think is adding the functionality you want, and it makes sense to add something like that, would take a long time, and in the interim, the Connecticut Chapter (and possibly other STC members as well) continue to suffer "auto assign." Thus, my strong preference, for Connecticut, anyway, is to turn off this feature and put chapter affiliation in the hands of the members, now. If, at some point in the future, the STC comes up with a better way to do things, well, let's consider that when it happens. Cheers, Sean -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jones, Donna Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 10:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TCP] The STC and "Auto Assign" I posted on the Connecticut chapter's blog and e-mailed my suggestion to the STC person who had sent out the confusing message. It seems that there's a simple, automated solution to the problem. Here's what I wrote (for those of you who don't feel like going to the blog): ------------ My job is in the Chicago area, but I moved to Michigan. I choose to stay involved with the Chicago chapter because that's where I know people. As far as I know, the closest chapter to me is near Detroit, which is roughly 200 miles from where I live. I don't know anyone there, and I don't plan to attend anything there because I never go there. Why would I want to be affiliated with that chapter, particularly without being told? (Nothing against anyone in Detroit personally!) What should be automated when someone changes addresses is an offer from STC to switch that person's affiliation, not the actual switch. How hard would it be to set up an automated e-mail that instructs someone what to do if they want to make the switch? "If you would like to switch chapters, click this link and select your new chapter from the drop-down list of STC chapters. The closest one to your new address is ____." You would think that someone within STC would be able to handle that. DISCLAIMER: Important Notice ************************************************* This e-mail may contain information that is confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, do not duplicate or redistribute it by any means. Please delete it and any attachments and notify the sender that you have received it in error. Unintended recipients are prohibited from taking action on the basis of information in this e-mail.E-mail messages may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be intercepted, deleted or interfered with without the knowledge of the sender or the intended recipient. If you are not comfortable with the risks associated with e-mail messages, you may decide not to use e-mail to communicate with IPC. IPC reserves the right, to the extent and under circumstances permitted by applicable law, to retain, monitor and intercept e-mail messages to and from its systems. ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
