Sorry for not replying sooner Janet, but unfortunately I can't make the conference this year. It will seem strange after having become a regular attendee for the last few years and always enjoying it. Hope it all goes well (I'm sure it will), and see you next year. Regards Ted Briggs ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet Taylor <jtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 9:22 AM Subject: atw: ASTC(NSW) Conference, Sydney 7-8 November, 2003 > If you haven't already booked yet but plan to attend, note that early bird > bookings close this coming Friday, October 24. > If you don't attend, you'll be missing: > Irene Wong, the master of extremely entertaining presentations. Irene has > been cajoled into letting us into some of her secrets and an insiders tip is > that you'll learn, not only about presentations, but some ideas for > improving your technical communication skills as well. You simply must not > miss Irene's presentation! > > XML hasn't been forgotten. Greg Baker takes us on a journey that starts with > What does it mean to me? We cannot afford to ignore the advent of XML. It's > everywhere! > > Techwriter Placements staff will be on hand to discuss any issues you have > regarding employment - or lack of it, and Kathryn Knight will be visiting to > let us know how to acquire a Graduate Diploma of Technical Communication via > the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology's distance learning > program. > > Friday's lunch time session includes a demonstration, and more, of the > Mentor software. > > The Society's proposed Accreditation plan will be unveiled. This could > affect you, so come and see what you think! You will then have the > opportunity to comment and perhaps influence the final outcome. > And don't forget the great prizes: a Tactics Web course, a copy of Acrobat > Professional, the latest Jean Weber book and Mary Morel's book Promote Your > Business. There's also an Ark group magazine and a copy of MultiLingual > Computing & Technology for everyone. > > We'd love to see you at the conference! > > Please go to www.astcnsw.org.au for prices and details. > > Don't delay as there are very few places - or days - remaining. > > > ************************************************** > To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. > > To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. > > To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************