Bruce Ashley: > As our 'representative' bodies, both ASTCs should not only be involved, but > should be driving this (they have tinkered with it many times in the past). > In theory, the TW community appoints the committee members of both societies > to act on their behalf so why (in theory) would we need to go outside the > societies? Perhaps it's worth remembering that -- in NSW, at least -- the ASTC was successful in getting a Code of Ethics defined and agreed. Whether it has made any perceptible difference to the lives of technical communicators is something I can't begin to guess. But it was a fairly tough problem that many thought was not solvable. Michael Lewis -------------------------------------- Brandle Pty Limited, Sydney, Australia www.brandle.com.au -------------------------------------- ************************************************** 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 **************************************************