New Heights news
Mellissa Ruryk, New Heights Coordinator
New Heights will be held Friday April 17, 2009 at the Sheraton Cavalier hotel (32nd Ave. NE & Barlow Trail in Calgary – free parking!!) and will be open to STC-AB members only. We have a cap on attendees of 25 people and are confident we will have no problem filling the seminar in advance of the early bird deadline, February 27, 2009. The seminar title is Using Flare as a CMS to single source Help with DITA. This will be a hands-on, practical session with Neil Perlin of Hyperword Services, from Tewksbury, Massachusetts presenting. Read more ...

DITA users group off and running
Mellissa Ruryk, New Heights Coordinator
The Calgary DITA Users Group met for the first time on December 1 and has plans for our second meeting on Monday, January 12. Please contact Mellissa at mellissa.ruryk@entero.com for more information.

February program night – demonstration of ‘Dr. Explain’
Rosalinda Hernandez, Program Coordinator
Dr.Explain is an automated help authoring tool for creating RTF files, CHM files, HTML help, on-line manuals, printable documentation, and help files for software applications (including Java and Flash applications) almost automatically. Come to program night, February 18 to see Craig Prichard demonstrate how to utilize this product for your help-ware needs. Come and check out the tutorial. You may win a copy of the advanced license for a door prize. Read more ...

Salary survey complete!
Helen Landsell, Salary Survey Coordinator
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Annual Salary Survey. We received over one hundred and twenty responses. The results of the survey will be issued in January, 2009. Watch for it!

Free training webinars
Sharon Burton, former STC Chapter President
MadCap Software is offering free tool-independent webinars In this economy, everyone needs to make sure their skills are up to date and they're current on the latest topics. Read more ...

It’s time to renew your membership!
Susan Burton, CAE, STC Executive Director
Use the convenience of the STC website to renew your membership for 2009 any time between now and the end of December. Renewing online with your credit card is easy and fast. (Or, if you prefer, you can download a PDF invoice from the website and pay by check through the mail.) As you renew, please take a moment to review your member record to update your address or to adjust your preferences.

If it's been a while since you visited our website (www.stc.org), I invite you to stop by to learn more about the new benefits added this year and the numerous other advantages that come with membership, many of which are available only to members.

In tough economic times like these, it's good to know you can count on your association to continue to increase the value of your membership. We want you to consider STC your professional home.

Newsletter news
Our Vice President, Serene Cheung has graciously offered to take the SuperScript reins beginning with our next issue, which will come out in February. Please welcome Serene in this new (additional) role!

There is no January issue, so the next SuperScript deadline is February 13. Please send your submissions to newsletter@stc-alberta.org.