Chapter Events

Scheduled Events

June 14: End of the Year Picnic

Time: 2:00-5:00 PM
Place: Settler's Cabin Park, Apache Shelter, Oakdale (Robinson Twp.)
Cost: Free (bring a covered dish)

STC Pittsburgh wants to celebrate the end of the year with a family-friendly picnic at Settler's Cabin Park. We will be at the Apache Shelter, #11 on the park map.

Family-friendly games and activities are being planned, so let us know if you have any suggestions, or are willing to help. STC Pittsburgh will provide the hamburgers and hot dogs. Please bring a covered dish and tell us what you will bring with your RSVP.

The shelter is convenient to tennis courts, a wave pool, and hiking trails. Further details to come.

RSVP with your name, phone number, email address, and covered dish details to José Amayo at vicepresident@stcpgh.org or P.412.606.3924.

Map directions to this event, here.

April 14, 2009: Open Forum Meeting and Elections

Have suggestions for making STC Pittsburgh better? Want to learn more about STC Pittsburgh? Want to meet our officer candidates or volunteer for a position?

STC Pittsburgh wants to hear from you! At our Open Forum, you can talk to your STC Pittsburgh Board and each other to make next year even better! We'll provide an agenda at the meeting.

It's also our Election Day! We're looking for a Treasurer for the next event year, so let us know if you're interested.

Join us for free hot h'oeuvres and homemade desserts and help make the 2009-2010 Pittsburgh chapter year one you can be proud of.

Time: 6:30-8:00 PM
Place: First Unitarian Church, 605 Morewood Avenue, Shadyside (corner of Ellsworth and Morewood)
Enter on the Ellsworth Avenue side of the building. Parking is free on the street. Get Directions
Cost: Free
RSVP by Friday, April 10, with your name, phone number and email address to Kathee Kuvinka at katkuvinka@hotmail.com or P.412.365.1063.

Here are our candidates for the 2009-2010 event year:

Bryce Walat, President

Bryce has been a member of STC for the past eight years. He has served as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Central PA Chapter and Secretary and Vice President, and President of the Pittsburgh Chapter. Bryce has more than nine years' experience in technical writing, instructional design, and research. Bryce has lent his skills to Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, UPMC, Five Star Development, RAM Software Systems, and IMPAQT. He has presented "Making a Corporate Style Guide With Style" at the September 2007 meeting of the Pittsburgh Chapter and co-authored an article of the same name, which was published in the April 2005 issue of Intercom.

Jose Amayo, Vice President

Jose has been active in STC Pittsburgh for almost four years, and a member for two, attending most monthly meetings. As a long-time web designer and technical communicator for several years, and a technical writer at Applied Systems Associates, Jose's goals are for our chapter to build a tighter connection with the student community, and he has already discussed this with Bob Perkoski, the chair of the undergraduate IS program at the University of Pittsburgh.

Eleanor Mayfield, Secretary

Eleanor Mayfield has been a member of STC and of the Pittsburgh chapter since 2004. She is an independent technical writer specializing in medical communication. This is her first time seeking elected office in STC. Eleanor is an active member of the American Medical Writers Association and is a past president of both the AMWA Midatlantic Chapter and of Women Business Owners of Montgomery County, Maryland. Eleanor is also a member of the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences.