President Jean Fudge shares her vision for the Southwestern Ohio (SWO) community…

Q.  Where do you plan to lead the SWO community in 2007-08?

A.  Working together with the Administrative Council, we plan to encourage member participation in chapter activities. If we get enough people involved, we will be able to sustain career-enhancing activities and the chapter will get healthier and stronger.

Q.  What are the community's most pressing needs?

A. Here's the laundry list:

• We need a vice-president–someone to be president in 2008-09.
• We need somebody to handle membership. Our current interim membership lead is doing double-duty, tacking membership responsibilities onto another job, and I don't want to burn her out.
• We need a webmaster. I'm handling that job right now, but we may get help from one or more Cincinnati State students, with Pam Ecker's assistance.  I am very grateful for Pam's willingness to help us out.

Q. Tell me about next year's meeting programs.

 A. We are taking the top-ranking topics from the member survey and finding speakers to share their expertise on those topics. The theme for this year's programs is Thriving as a Technnical Communicator:  Knowledge, Skills, and Tools.  All our topics will address that theme. The program team is doing an awesome job coing up with really neat stuff, and I'm very pleased. Members can expect to benefit professionally and personally from the meeting discussions and the networking opportunities.

Q. Do you have a message for the members? What do you want them to know?

A. We really truly do need people to get involved, even with small tasks. I'd like to make our chapter stronger, and any help would be welcome. Showing up to enjoy the program is also important, and one of the most valuable parts of an STC-SWO membership.