Tom Barnett

Contributions to STC

Society Level Activity Summary

STC International Competitions and Other Recognition Committees

• STC Community Recognition Committee, 2004 (chaired by Suzanna Laurent); focused on SIG recognition
• International Technical Writing Competition for College Students (through the Phoenix Chapter), creator and manager, 2005–present
• STC Newsletter Competition manager, 2000–2004
• International Technical Art Competition manager, 1999–2000
• International Technical Publications Competition local consensus judging event manager, 1995
• International Technical Art Competition local consensus judging event manager, 2000
• Newsletter Competition Committee member, 1995–98, 1999–present
• Newsletter Competition judge, 1999
• Informal committee member: Group was advocating the creation of online forms and databases for the STC competitions, about 2000–03

Non-Competition Activities

• Leadership Community Resource, Technology Team member
• Candidate for director-sponsor, 1998–99, 2001–2002
• Sister Chapters Program (through the Phoenix Chapter), creator and manager, 2005–present
• Society Board visit chapter coordinator (site selection, flyer, maps, Web site information), 2000
• Associate Fellow nominator five times for four members, all successful
• Annual Conference: Table topic host, 1997–99
• Annual Conference: Leadership day table host, 1999 and 2000 (see also presentations)
• Annual Conference exhibits setup helper, 1998 and 2000
• STC newsletter editors discussion list manager (2001–present)
• See also presentations and publications

Society SIGs

• Emerging Technology SIG newsletter editor, 2005–present (first issue due Feb. 2006)
• Member, Emerging Technology SIG, 1998–present
• Member, Illustrators and Visual Designers SIG, 1998–present
• Member, Information Design SIG, 1998–present
• Member, International Technical Communication SIG, 2005
• Member, Scientific Communication SIG, 2005

Regional Level Activity Summary

• Webmaster for the Region 5 Web site, 2005–present 
• Assistant presenter for the Southern Arizona Chapter leadership workshop, 1999
• Southwest Regional PAO Competitions Phoenix Chapter liaison, 2005–2006
• Southwest Regional PAO Competitions manager, 2002–2003
• Southwest Regional PAO Webmaster, 2002–2003; created a Web site to distribute all forms and information electronically;  created a depository for any STC competition with files to share

Region 5 Conference

• Web Site Committee, acquired and set up a separate site with its own URL and domain name; managed e-mail accounts and access; 2005
• Logo designer, 1993 and 1999
• Call for Presentations layout and design, 1999
• Preliminary program layout and design, 1999
• Final program layout and design, 1999
• Program Committee member, 1998–99
• R5C Hospitality Committee member, 1998–99
• R5C Web site pages research and design, 1999
• Planning Committee member, 1993
• Regional Conference attendee
  Region 5: 1993, 1999, and 2005
  Region 8: 1998
  Region 7&8: 2000 

Local Level Activity Summary

Chapter Administrative Council

• Chapter president, 1998–99
• Immediate past president, 1999–2001 (succeeding president repeated)
• External vice president, 1996–98
• Internal vice president, 1993–94

Committee Manager Positions and
Activity with a Title or Specific Name

• Achievement manager, 2005–present: Responsibilities include the chapter strategic plan, chapter calendar, Chapter Achievement Award criteria planning and tracking, and volunteerism tracking
• Arizona Technical Communication Week manager, 1996–present
• Bylaws Committee manager, 1999–present
• CARSEF (student writing competition) judge, 1991–94
• Chapter calendar manager (4 pages), 1998–99, 2001, 2004–05 (under Achievement 2005–present)
• Fern Rook Award writing competition manager, 1992–93, 1995–98
• Fun SIG Commander, (officially) 2005–present
• Hospitality co-manager: 1996–98
• Librarian, February–June 2002 (unofficially, still maintaining the files, newsletter issues, and copies of the journals: 2002–present)
• Mailbox manager for the chapter, 1998–2003
• Mailing List Coordinator for the chapter: Combined electronic files from the Society with our prospects list, some Society board members, some former chapter members who wanted to keep in touch, and the newsletter exchange list; sometimes special groups for special mailings), 1997–2000
• Newsletter editor (layout, design, graphics, production, etc.), 1991–93, 1994–95, and 1996–97
• Newsletter manager, 1997–2000
• Newsletter technical advisor, software trainer, and/or designer: 1993–94, 1995–96
• Newsletter copyeditor, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–99
• Nominations manager, 1995–97, 2000–01
• Newsletter production manager, 1991–94, 1994–2003
• Production Manager and Mailing List Coordinator (de facto): Managed the printing and/or mailing of monthly newsletters, newsletter shells, monthly postcards, special events flyers, AZ Technical Communication Week packets, 1999 Region 5 materials (call for proposals, preliminary programs, final programs), surveys, ballots, SIG brochures, meeting handouts, monthly calendars, pocket calendars), 1991–June 2003, many monthly, some occasionally.
• Publications, Art, and Online Communication (PAO) Competitions co-manager, 1997–98 (see also regional)
• Strategic Plan author/manager, 1998–99, 2004–05 (under Achievement 2005–present)
• Teleconference Committee manager and on-site host, 1995–97
• Webmaster (for much of the chapter’s site), 2001–present

Chapter Activity without a Title

    Committee Member

• Goals and Mission Statement Committee member, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2004–05
• Nominations Committee member, 1993, 1998–99, 2001–present
• Program Committee member, 1993–94, 1998–99, 2001–02
• Public Relations Committee member, 1991, 2004–05
• Publications, Art, and Online Communication (PAO) Competitions Committee member, 1997–99, 2002–03
• Scholarship Committee member (created and maintain the forms, printed and mailed material, participated in decisions and selections), 1995–98, 2001–present (mostly starts in January)
• Web Site Committee member (founding), 1996–97 (see also Webmaster)

    Host for STC Activities

• SIG host: Online Communication (13 meetings), about 1996–99
• SIG host: Trends in Tools and Technology (3 meetings), 1998–2000
• Chapter board of directors meetings (monthly meetings), 1993–96
• Chapter meetings (2 meetings), 1 in 1993, 1 in 1994
• STC Teleconference viewing on-site host (6–7 meetings), 1995–97
• STC Telephone Seminar (1 meeting), 2004

    Miscellaneous Chapter Activities and Creation

• Authored chapter newsletter articles (Rough Draft): from 1991 to 2000, about a hundred articles (most chapter writing is now directed to the chapter Web site)
• Created a brochure to promote our chapter SIGS, 1998, updated 2005
• Created a brochure to promote our Sister Chapters Program, 2005
• Enhanced the design of the newsletter logo, 1999
• Created maps to all chapter meeting locations, 1992–2000
• Monthly postcard creator, (21 months) 1993–94, 1998, 2000
• I’ve long been a provider of miscellaneous handouts for the chapter meeting attendees; these have included personally designed copies of our mission and vision statements, summaries of topic information that match the meeting topics, summarized activities sheets with chapter calendar information, pocket calendars of chapter program topics and traveling exhibits, program topic schedules, personally created flyers for events, and printouts requested by speakers or other board members
• Created specially designed Fun SIG documents (Flag Day: When to Fly the Flag pocket card, Anti-Boredom Month: Crabby’s 10 Tips to Relieve Boredom with MS-Office quick reference card, Smile Week: E-mail smileys and acronyms, Talk Like a Pirate Day: Glossary of pirate speak, Banned Book Month: List of books)
• Created new deluxe door prize certificates, 1999
• Created chapter’s first monthly chapter meeting feedback cards, 1993
• Designed flyers to promote chapter meetings (3)
• Designed flyer for educational seminars (6 before 2001, 2 between 2001–04)
• Created chapter board of directors Decision Record, 1999
• Created 12-month newsletter contribution and production schedules, 1997–98, 1998–99
• Created chapter bylaws quick reference guide, 1998
• Created a Positions Descriptions document that incorporated information from the chapter bylaws, the Chapter Handbook, and individual experience to provide a guide for individuals volunteering for positions in the chapter, 1998–99
• Created bitmap of the standard STC font for stationery and newsletter (Society for Technical Communication, Phoenix Chapter), 1992
• Created an STC icon typeface, 1994
• Created a vector graphic version of the STC logo, 1996; distributed these graphics and font to other chapter leaders who needed them in their communications
• Created PDF files of STC chapter board documents for distribution to the membership via e-mail and the Web 

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A volunteer site to help STC members and other technical communicators by Tom Barnett, Gilbert, AZ.
Launched on April 15, 2003. Launched on azsrp.com January 1, 2001 (01/01/01).
Last updated February 02, 2006.