Election results for the SIG for 2012 are in. Congratulations and welcome to the newly elected board members! The election winners include the following:

• Lori Meyer, Co-manager
• Dan Riechers, Treasurer
• Lara Tellis, Secretary
• Andrea Wenger, Membership manager

These four SIG leaders, together with returning co-manager Carol Lamarche, will work together with a group of talented SIG volunteers to guide and develop the SIG in the upcoming year.

Thanks to the new board members for their willingness to serve the SIG in 2012, and to everyone who voted and helped make it happen!

Here’s to the Technical Editing SIG in 2012!

Carol Lamarche and Jeff Japp
Co-managers 2011

Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 Diane Feldman Technical Editing SIG Scholarships!

Congratulations also to the winner of a special one-time scholarship offered by the Carolina Chapter in honor of Diane Feldman!

The Technical Editing SIG is proud to recognize one of its members with the Distinguished SIG Service Award, or DSSA. Started in 2002, this DSSA recognizes exemplary dedication of a member to a SIG and its activities. Three basic criteria are considered in identifying nominees for the DSSA: length of SIG membership, consistency of service over time, and the variety of service.

Looking for an editing job? In addition to the SIG's Employment page which provides member-to-member leads (SIG members only) and a collection of syndicated jobs from across the globe, the SIG Toolbar now delivers new job opportunities directly to your browser.

Select Resources > Employment to get a continually updated list of Editing jobs.

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The Technical Editing SIG was the focus of this week's SIG Spotlight, a weekly feature of the STC Blog that gives a closer look at one of STC's communities.

Read the article at http://notebook.stc.org/sig-spotlight-technical-editing-sig.

There are many definitions of a technical editor. We have created a wiki page that lists definitions as contributed by members of the profession. Click here to view the definitions and contribute your own definition.

We have also created a wiki page to collect the ways that technical editors provide value in organizations. Click here to view the page and to contribute to it.

The Technical Editing SIG renamed its scholarship as the Diane Feldman Technical Editing SIG Scholarship.

The scholarship is named in honor of a dear friend of the SIG, Diane Feldman. Diane Feldman is an Associate Fellow of STC and was the manager of the Technical Editing SIG for 7 years. Her exceptional leadership, selfless contributions, and enthusiasm for the SIG and the technical editing profession helped the SIG pull through society changes, managed to successfully re-charter and re-focus the SIG, and ultimately initiated a thriving and growing SIG. She mentored many of the SIG leaders throughout their tenures, leaving a lasting mark on those leaders and their careers.

Congratulations to the winners of the Scholarship 2009 Society for Technical Communication Technical Editing Special Interest Group scholarships!

This article was originally published in Technically Write, the newsletter of the Lonestar Community. It is reprinted here with permission.

The Technical Editing SIG has nominated and recognized one of its members with the Distinguished SIG Service Award, or DSSA. Started in 2002, this DSSA recognizes exemplary dedication of a member to a SIG and its activities. Three basic criteria are considered in identifying nominees for the DSSA: length of SIG membership, consistency of service over time, and the variety of service.