atw: Re: Agencies, contractors and other gripes (another longish contribution)

I'm not knocking either society Michael. I have been on three previous
committees with the ASTC(Vic) (although the last one didn't last very long)
so I'm familiar with a lot that goes on in the background.
All I was saying is that accreditation should be ASTC led.
But having said that, I haven't seen the code of ethics either. :)

Cheers,
Bruce

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Subject: atw: Re: Agencies, contractors and other gripes (another longish
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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

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