Manager’s Report: Twenty-Four, Twenty-Four and More

By Raymond E. Urgo

Twenty-four is the magic number for us this quarter. It represents the number of countries in which our virtual community of 1,000 members now resides – the most ever! It also represents the percent of growth in our membership since this time last year. Compared to the other SIGs, our SIG’s growth is the second highest after the Quality & Process Improvement SIG at 47%. That growth is testimonial to the growing interest in and need for policies and procedures both in STC and globally.

Speaking of growth, this quarter we have grown and filled three new volunteer positions involving volunteer coordination, and information and research.

This year’s Annual Conference in Las Vegas held a big surprise during the honors banquet where we were honored and presented with the 2006 SIG Pacesetter Award. Here are some major highlights of our accomplishments this fiscal year which may help explain how we earned this fine honor:.

• The newsletter, Direction, was published on time each quarter and published in HTML.
• The Website was revamped by our target date of November.
• In November we sponsored the first P&P-themed edition in Intercom.
• All our volunteer positions are filled, including three new ones.
• We sponsored and coordinated more than 15 presentations related to P&P at the Annual Conference.
• Our SIG was consistently rated superior for achieving its quarterly goals.

As this fiscal year closes, we need to remember our volunteers for their efforts and time in achieving our successes and enabling us to be honored as the 2006 pacesetter SIG in STC!