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Subject:Re: Who are we? From:Joanne Greene <joanne -dot- greene -at- JACOBUS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 22 May 1997 14:08:30 -0400
At 09:45 AM 5/22/97 -0700, Elna Tymes wrote:
>
>By 1970, IBM, Control Data, and others were producing large computer
>systems, and they recognized that most programmers didn't want to be
>bothered with writing English. I don't believe STC was around then, but
>there were informal groups, especially in Silicon Valley, of technical
>writers who got together for lunch now and then (anybody else remember
>the Tech. Writer lunches at the Sunnyvale Elk's Club?) and shared job
>leads and war stories.
>
STC has been around under one name or another since the 1950's. This
history is copied from their web page.
History:
In 1953, two organizations concerned with improving the practice of
technical communication were founded on the East
Coast: the Society of Technical Writers, and the Association of Technical
Writers and Editors. These organizations merged
in 1957 to form the Society of Technical Writers and Editors.
In 1960, STWE merged with the Technical Publishing Society, which had been
founded in 1954 on the West Coast. The
merger produced the Society of Technical Writers and Publishers.
In 1971, the organization's name was changed to the Society for Technical
Communication. Today, STC is the largest
professional society in the world dedicated to the advancement of the theory
and practice of technical communication.
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