A suggestion: technical communicators are already represented (to the extent that they know about the possibility and choose to take advantage of it!) by at least two state societies and "the American society". Those societies have some resources (financial and other), contacts, and a measure of credibility. It seems to me that it would be wasteful to try to make this initiative happen without giving them a chance to get involved. (Yes, I know that a message went out asking whether the NSW pres was online; the lack of a reply suggests not.) That's not to say that a group of volunteers won't achieve a lot -- they wil probably achieve more than anything that's actually initiated by the societies. But the societies should be involved simply so that their size and resources -- and even their names -- can be used in any publicity or other activities. - Michael Lewis ************************************************** 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 **************************************************