[astcq-discuss] Re: National ASTC
- From: geoff@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: Sue Woolley <sue.woolley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:54:25 +1100
Hi Sue,
Thanks for the info. Here in Queensland we are still an informal body, without
any incorporation, officers etc, so I'm not sure how much clout we can carry.
I've CC'd this to our discussion list for everyone to see.
As for accreditation, I agree with you in that it will only be worthwhile if it
is a national accreditation. Any claim by ASTC(NSW) that they provide a
national accrediation will only cause lots of controversy and fighting amongst
tech comms people all around Australia.
I like the idea of a national ASTC. I understand that it has been tried before
without much success, but perhaps this time things will work out better. In
the Australian tech comms market, a single body makes much more sense than a
series of unassociated state bodies. Do you know if the West Australians have
been contacted? They have a members only mailing list on Yahoo!
WAustechwriters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I don't know about Tas, SA, or NT
Cheers,
Geoff Purchase
Quoting Sue Woolley <sue.woolley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Geoff,
>
> My name is Sue Woolley, and I am the President of the ASTC (Vic). I am not
> sure if you are the right person to speak to, but I have a couple of issues
> I would like to talk about with the ASTC (Qld).
>
> I don't know if you are aware of the current push from the Western Sydney
> group of ASTC (NSW) to get an accreditation scheme for technical writers
> off the ground. It is a very simple scheme, and we have been looking at
> implementing it here with a view to it being a first step towards a proper
> skills based accreditation scheme.
>
> During the discussions, I have come to the conclusion that it won't work
> unless we have a single national ASTC body that we can administer the
> accreditation scheme through. It also make sense to me to combine forces so
> that we have a single newsletter, a single quarterly journal, a single web
> site, a single job referral service and a single conference with local
> branches to administer meetings etc.
>
> I suspect it won't be any easy task to convince ASTC (NSW), but my
> committee here are in favour of the idea, so I though I would float it with
> you to see if you and your members see any benefits. I think it would
> reduce the workload on the (few) volunteers and deliver benefits to
> technical writers in places other than Sydney and Melbourne.
>
> I appreciate any thoughts you have on the idea.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Sue
>
>
> Sue Woolley
> Monarch Computing Services
> Phone: (03) 9884 4343
> Fax: (03) 9884 5752
> Mob: 0417 139 590
> Web: www.monarchcomputing.com.au
>
>
>
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