The ASTC (Vic.) meeting for August is being held on Thursday 7th in South Melbourne - see below for location details Extraordinary General Meeting ********************************** Preceding our 7 August meeting we will be holding an Extraordinary General Meeting to discuss and vote on the motion that "The next Annual General Meeting be held in May 2004 and then annually in May thereafter". Note: This is permissible within our Constitution and the legal requirements of Incorporation. August Meeting ********************************** "Writing Outside the Box" - Presented by Gary Calwell These days, the box containing those golden technical writing positions seems to be getting smaller and smaller. Now, more than ever, we need to be aware of the value that we provide to organisations and then market ourselves accordingly. This interactive session uses Six Sigma quality tools and material from Gary's recent AODC presentation: "Taming the Big Project" to take a fresh look at some of the things we do as technical communicators. * Why do some tech. writers earn a fortune while others earn only peanuts? * How can we secure more interesting roles? * What influence can we have over the structure and strategy of documentation projects? ... and the biggest question of all ... * Why can't business analysts and programmers write (or can they)? ********************************** Bio Gary Calwell formed his own company in 1994 and since then has worked as a contractor for many organisations in the role of technical writer, instructional designer and trainer. Gary has facilitated many courses ranging from SAP procedures to business skills and is currently implementing a quality program at the ANZ. ********************************** Meeting Location: VTR Consulting's offices are in South Melbourne. The address is Roseneath Place, South Melbourne (near the corner of Market and Clarendon Streets). You can find the location in your Melways on map 2F - C12 or on the web at http://www.vtr.com.au/vtrmap.html Please note: The doors open at 6:20pm and the talk starts promptly at 6:40pm. Cost: ASTC (Vic) members free, Others $5 The ASTC (Vic) meets on the first Thursday of every month between 6:30p.m. and 8:30p.m. Regards, Fiona Gologranc ASTC Administrator ************************************************** 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.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************