Manager’s Report: P&P SIG Leadership — Transitions

By Raymond E. Urgo

During the next few months, I will officially be stepping aside as the manager of the P&P SIG.

As some of you know, in 1993, I spearheaded the founding of our SIG and served as manager until 1998. I stepped back in as manager from 2003 until now. It was always my intention to be manager for a few years.

I feel it is now time to let someone else take over, allowing for new ideas and opportunities to enrich our group and its volunteers.

Dawnell Claessen will be taking the lead with Lois Marsh closely assisting her. Many of you know Dawnell for her loyalty to the SIG and especially for coordinating our P&P sessions at the STC conferences for the past few years. Lois has dedicated her service to the SIG as newsletter editor since 2003, bringing our newsletter to new heights with a new name and an electronic format. Dawnell and Lois are motivated and team-spirited members who have and welcome fresh ideas.

I will remain a member of the SIG and will serve as a mentor and advisor to our leadership team. I plan to devote more time to my policies and procedures consulting practice in researching, publishing, and serving clients, both organizations and individuals.

As this is my last message as manager, I am proud to say that our SIG remains the world’s only not-for-profit organization of professionals dedicated to advancing policies and procedures as a technical communication specialty.

Our members are in 24 countries. Our newsletter has continued to be published four times a year for nearly 13 years.

Our Web site has plentiful, up-to-date information, including the recent addition of an extensive collection of summaries of published articles on P&P.

We continue to sponsor educational programs at the Annual Conference. Our members have a listserv to quickly network on P&P issues. We have members who generously volunteer, filling all our positions.

And the STC board recently honored us with the SIG Pacesetter award, which says a lot about our leadership contributions not only to our members, but also to STC at large.

Thank you for the opportunity to lead this group and for the kind support you have given me these past few years.

Should you have a question about the transition or merely want to stay in contact with me in the future, you can reach me via email.