Comments on: Why I joined the ISTC

By: Vidya

Vidya — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:46:14 +0000

I am an Individual Tech writer working for IT Infrastructure management Company(UCB). I liked the article. Thanks for the information.

Regards
Vidya

By: Gordon McLean

Gordon McLean — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:32:30 +0000

Cecily, I agree and have stated so to both the webmaster (the current design and information architecture could be improved in my opinion) and various other members. There is a separate initiative looking at the benefits of the ISTC, and for me the website COULD be a benefit.

And no, raising it doesn’t mean you are volunteering to improve things, although you’d probably need to be prepared to provide some thoughts to the topic I’d imagine.

By: Cecily

Cecily — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:09:30 +0000

I’ve only recently joined, but whilst the magazine is good, I find the website and associated Yahoo newsgroup very disappointing in terms of content, usability, and presentation, i.e. poor examples of technical communication.

I can’t be the only member to think this, but why is it not addressed? And if I raise it, will I be deemed to have volunteered to improve things?

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By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:07:37 +0000

Hey Gordon,

I’m actually running for our chapter’s president position, and I’m going to be looking for ways to help the members get more out of membership. But “you get out what you put in” has been on my mind as well. I found it was true in my college education, and it’s definitely true in this context.

Maybe we’ll run into each other at the conference.