The Trials and Tribulations of an STC Council

by emily layng, Recorder

We’re Ba-a-a-a-a-ak! Did you miss us?

had our first Council meeting of the year in the community room in the new Zehrs in Guelph. The room was really nice; it has a full kitchen, and lots of room to spread out. They supply the food and everything, so it looks like, depending on availability, that’s where you’ll find us on the third Tuesday of every month.

The first order of business was introducing ourselves and giving out one piece of information about ourselves that no one else knows.

Did you know that…

• Debbie is from Walkerton
• Peter is from Toronto
• Margie has two psycho cats
• Kim has a lovebird that does yoga

And that…

• Heidi has lived in three continents
• Leanne has had spaghetti come out her nose (is there no end to her talents?)
• emily (that’s me) hitchhiked across South America
• Opal is a 5’2” walking anomaly (and has no desire to meet an Australian shoe spider)
• Donald has a teenager who knows everything and a puppy who knows nothing.

Sorry, we couldn’t get anything out of Lori except that she read a newspaper article that says 4% of men are raising someone else’s children and don’t know it. Huh?

After that, we discussed our goals for the year, at the Chapter level and at the Portfolio level.

At the Chapter level:

We really want to increase awareness of the STC in the community, improve communication both inside and outside our chapter, and hopefully break even. Pretty down to earth goals. We discussed the possibilities of a few contests, fund-raising events, promotional giveaways, among other things.

At the Portfolio level:

The council members spoke about the goals they had set for their particular portfolio. Everyone is pretty enthusiastic about increasing membership, getting more people out to the meetings, providing new functionality on our website, getting really cool speakers…whew, it’s going to be a busy year…

So don’t be shy and come on out, the pizza’s great.

emily layng (Secretary/Recorder)

Emily is currently working at ATS, in Cambridge, and has recently been promoted to Team Leader of Systems 1. As part of a busy group, long days and short weekends are the norm. She has been a technical writer since 1996, and has created documentation for both hardware and software companies. Outside of ATS, she is involved with a local Astrology group that is putting together correspondence courses for learning Astrology.