STC WDC-MB Blog

TranslationThis is our first meeting for planning the next chapter year. We’ll have a follow-up conference call in July (TBD) and then another face-to-face planning meeting, tentatively set for August 11th. At this meeting, we will begin to discuss and plan chapter activities, such as chapter events, competition. We’ll also discuss integrating our chapter newsletter [...]

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TranslationFree Half-Day Event Will Precede ALA Conference in Washington DC – Friday, June 22, 2007 The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) will present a free, half-day forum in Washington, D.C., “The Changing Standards Landscape: Creative Solutions to Your Information Problems.” The forum, to be held at the [...]

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TranslationThis week we launched a survey of 133 former STC members from the Washington, DC chapter to try and find out why they did not renew their membership this year. We asked the following questions: What was the primary reason you chose not to renew your STC membership this year? Haven’t had time to complete [...]

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TranslationWelcome to the following new members of the STC Washington, DC chapter community: Karen Aued Barbara Dreon Marie Hensley Jeffrey Lavoie Matthew Mak (welcome back, Matt!) Holly Martin Heba Saleh Vishal Shah Beth Stinson We also thank the following members who recently renewed their memberships: Philippa Benson Laura Harley Marina Rota And for those stat [...]

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TranslationLast night’s CIC SIG event, Breaking Out of Solitary Confinement: Networking Tips for Freelancers, Work-at-Homers, and Other Professionals, was a hit. Forty-three area independent consultants and professionals that want to be independent turned out at NRECA in Arlington. The chapter provided a sumptuous spread of food from Whole Foods and chairs and tables were arranged [...]

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TranslationThe chips and salsa were tasty and the atmosphere was festive. The volunteers and chapter officers (past, present, and incoming) celebrated a successful chapter year at Guapo’s Mexican restaurant in Bethesda on Saturday. Some of the high points we shared included: celebrating the chapter’s Excellence award, honoring the chapter’s new Associate Fellow, David Dick and [...]

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