QPI SIG news
Standards project
During 2005 many members of the QPI and other SIGs expressed interest in study of documentation standards, and joining in the work to develop standards. Anyone who would like to represent STC in standards development groups is welcome to contact Annette Reilly, chair of the STC Standards Council, a committee of the STC Board. You can find Annette's contact information on the STC website, http://www.stc.org.
There is a Standards forum on the STC Forum (http://stcforum.org) where you can post information about standards and questions you may have. Please register for the Forum if you haven't yet, and post information and questions in the Standards forum and any others that interest you.
Membership news
May 5, 2006. In April the Quality and Process Improvement SIG gained 62 members. As of April 30, the QPI SIG had 814 members, with 13370 members in STC.
At the beginning of the membership year (March 31, 2005) the QPI SIG had 414 members. The SIG nearly doubled in size this year, and retained 82% of its membership when the rolls were purged of non-renewing members. STC has a steady retention rate of 72%, which surpasses the common benchmark of 69 percent.
If you haven't renewed your membership yet, you can do so online on the STC website through the end of May.
April 11, 2006. In March the Quality and Process Improvement SIG gained 83 members. As of March 31, the QPI SIG had 932 members, with 18412 members in STC.
Former Quality SIG manager Ralph Robinson has been elected an Associate Fellow of STC. Washington DC chapter and QPI SIG member Doreen Mannion has been elected a Fellow, as has QPI SIG manager Ann L. Wiley.
March 3. The Quality and Process Improvement SIG gained 159 members in February and as of February 28, had 852 members with 17,895 members in STC.
February 6. The Quality and Process Improvement SIG has been STC's fastest growing SIG since June 30, 2005; we have increased membership by 54%. In January, 2006 we gained 108 members; we now have 702 members, with 17,521 in STC. In December we gained 55 members, for a total of 631 with 17,176 in STC.
In October 40 new members joined the Quality and Process Improvement SIG, and in November 67 new members joined. As of November 30, the SIG had 580 members and STC had 16,976 members.
In July, August, and September, 33 new members joined the Quality and Process Improvement SIG. As of July 31 the Quality SIG had 491 members.
In April, May, and June 2005, 42 new members joined the Quality SIG. As of June 30 the Quality SIG had 457 members.