Society Highlights

2002-2003 Society Leaders Announced

A Refocused Leadership Day Debuts

By Amy M. Anson

Welcome, 2002-2003 STC Officers and Leaders

In June, the STC announced the results of its election for 2002-2003:

• President: Edward J. See, a senior member with the New York Metro chapter who last year served as first vice president.
• First Vice President: Thea Teich, a senior member with the Southwestern Ohio chapter who last year served as second vice president.
• Second Vice President: Andrea L. Ames, an associate fellow with the Silicon Valley chapter.
• Secretary: Andrew Malcolm, a fellow with the Rochester chapter.

Also newly elected are the following director-sponsors: Jonathan W. Baker (Region 1), a senior member with the Boston chapter; Linda L. Oestreich (Region 5), a fellow with the Houston chapter; and Rahel Anne Bailie (Region 7), a senior member with the Canada West Coast chapter.

Newly elected to the Nominating Committee are: M. Katherine Brown, a senior member with the Snake River chapter; and Nan J. Fritz, an associate fellow with the Boston chapter. Both have been elected to two-year terms.

Congratulations to all the 2002-2003 STC officers and leaders!

Congrats, Boston Chapter

At its 49th Annual Conference, STC announced chapter achievement and chapter pacesetter awards to STC chapters that have distinguished themselves. Congratulations to the Boston Chapter for receiving the Chapter of Distinction award and the Chapter of Excellence award.

Strategic Planning Theme of the Refocused Leadership Day 2002

Thea Teich, Society first vice president, and Susan M Jensen, assistant to the president for leadership, organized this year's Leadership Day, held on May 5. Thea and Susan focused this year's Leadership Day on strategic planning—a theme they thought would appeal to a wider range of chapter and Society leaders. Leadership Day offered its traditional activities, such as networking sessions, chances for chapter and Society leaders to compare notes on chapter activities and issues, and the opportunity to hear outgoing president Judith L. Glick-Smith speak briefly and also introduce the 2002-2003 board of directors. Winners of STC's PR and newsletter competitions, as well as winners of the chapter achievement awards, were announced.

Some new offerings to Leadership Day also debuted. Edward J. See, incoming president, announced a new award: the Distinguished Special Interest Group award (DSSA). The DSSA will recognize exemplary dedication of an individual to a SIG. For DSSA information, download the guidelines from the STC Web site at http://www.stc.org/PDF_Files/Ad-106-02.pdf.

And for the first time ever, Leadership Day featured a keynote speaker. Mary V. Merrill of Merrill Associates in Columbus, Ohio, presented "Leading with a Plan: Strategic Planning for the Chapter Committee and SIG." Mary outlined challenges leaders will face in developing new strategic paradigms. After Mary's speech, Leadership Day attendees discussed strategic planning for their own chapters, SIGs, and committees. Issues they discussed ranged from strategies for recruiting and retaining members to efforts to develop corporate sponsorships and alliances with other organizations.

Spring 2002 Board Report

The following items of business were approved at the STC's board of directors spring 2002 board meeting held on May 5:

• An STC faculty internship for $2,000 was approved for Kathryn Rentz.
• The West Virginia chapter and the Hill Country and California State, University, Chico student chapters were dissolved.
• The formation of the Rose City student chapter (Portland, Oregon) was approved.
• The Formation of the Special Needs special interest group was approved.

Amy Anson, a former Boston Broadside managing editor, is a senior editor at Forrester Research in Cambridge, MA.