I can trump that tweet:
"Immigrant takes jobs from hard working Australians. Then when told by
Christine to overhaul organisation she's not a member of, refuses. Poor
work ethic!"
There was a time when a tech industry professional society was a good
place to act as a clearing-house for resources, but that time was
probably about 1995-2010. Before then, there was very little useful
information on the web for working tech writers, indexers, usability
folk, etc. Since then, a vast amount of material has made available
online by companies and individuals, and modern search tools make it
very easy to find information quickly. Self-education for working TWs
becomes less a matter of scheduled courses and a centralised library or
curated 'body of knowledge' and more a case of becoming skilled at
searching, skimming and bullshit detecting.
Perhaps professional societies such as STC made sense in the 20th
century but are less relevant now? No offence to anyone who's involved
in a society now and is trying to make it work; I wish you well.
Julia, how is TCANZ going? Is it active, useful, mix of age groups,
known to employers?
Stuart
On 3/12/2016 2:04 PM, Julia Williams wrote:
Well I dunno … could you maybe try laying it on a bit thicker?
Or maybe you could try tweeting it?
“Pathetic! Crooked Julia lambasts the hard workers. SAD!”
*From:*austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Christine Kent
*Sent:* Saturday, 3 December 2016 4:25 PM
*To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* atw: Re: An ASTC training library
Julia, are you starting to get the message?
You don't get to lambast the hard workers and regukar cotributors if you contribute nothing.
Find a way of adding value, any way of adding value. There are many ways you can do that. Use you creativity and find your own. Ask yourself what you can contribute? That is what professional associatios are about. Generosity!
Then your opinions will matter.
