STC Chapters and SIGs Online
The chapter web and newsletter links on this page were originally compiled by Tom Barnett, STC Fellow, Phonenix Chapter and are posted with details about the newsletters on http://stc-annex.com/Newsletters/NLsOfSTC.htm. The links were updated and information about Chapter SIGs was added for posting here in 2005. Tom Barnett's page was updated in February 2007.
STC provides a Chapter Search with contact information at http://www.stc.org/chapter_search.asp. The STC website also lists all Society level SIGs with links to contact information at http://www.stc.org/sig_links.asp.
There is also an update to date list of chapters and SIGs with links to sites and newsletters on the STC Wiki: http://stc-on.org/wiki/STC_Community_Data.
This introduction was updated April 15, 2007. The listing below was updated May 10, 2005.
STC SIGs online
STC chapters outside the US online
| Chapters outside the US | Location | Newsletter | Local SIGs |
| Australia | Sydney, Australia | ||
| TransAlpine (Austria) | Vienna, Austria | The TransAlpiner | Local Interest Groups |
| Belgium | Mechelen, Belgium | ||
| CANADA | |||
| Alberta | Calgary, Alberta | Superscript | |
| Canada West Coast | Vancouver, B.C. | Coastlines | Contractors Group |
| Eastern Ontario | Ottawa, Ontario | Stimulus | |
| London Ontario (ST) | London, Ontario | ||
| Manitoba | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Manuscript | |
| Montreal | Montreal, Quebec | Connections | |
| Southwestern Ontario | Waterloo, Ontario | The Quill | http://www.stc-soc.org/sigs.php Consulting and Independent Contracting Management Online Information |
| Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | communication TIMES | STC Toronto Online STC Toronto Contractors STC Toronto Single Sourcing |
| EUROPE through UK | |||
| STC Europe | |||
| France | Paris | L'Antenne (registration required) | |
| India | Mumbai/Bangalore, India | Indus | |
| Israel | Israel | i-Contact | |
| Netherlands | Randstad | News | |
| Tokyo | Tokyo | Tokyo Crosspoint | |
| New Zealand | Auckland | Chatterbox | |
| Singapore | Singapore | ||
| Nordic (Sweden) | Stockholm | ||
| Republic of China | Taipei | Circuit | |
| United Kingdom | London | Forward | Local Interest Groups |
STC chapters in the US online
| Chapters in the US | City, State | Newsletter | Local SIGs |
| Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | Technically Speaking | |
| Huntsville/ North Alabama | Huntsville, AL | Pen & Brush | |
| Alaska | Anchorage, AK | What's New | |
| Arizona State (ST) | Mesa, AZ | ||
| Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ | Rough Draft | Fun SIG FrameMaker User Network Adobe Acrobat SIG |
| Southern Arizona | Tucson, AZ | The Border Line | |
| Arkansas | Little Rock, AR | Technically Speaking | |
| Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | Ragged Left | |
| Cal Poly (ST) | San Luis Obispo, CA | ||
| East Bay | Oakland, CA | Devil Mountain News | |
| Inland Empire | Riverside, CA | Ruff Draft | |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | Technograph | |
| NorthBay | Santa Rosa, CA | northbay news | |
| Orange County | Anaheim, CA | TechniScribe | |
| Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | The Capital Letter | |
| San Diego | San Diego, CA | Signature | |
| San Fernando Valley | San Fernando Valley, CA | Viewpoint | |
| San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | Active Voice | |
| San Gabriel Valley | Pasadena, CA | Quill & Disk archive |
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| San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo, CA | ||
| Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | The Shell | |
| Sierra-Panamint | Ridgecrest, CA | the Petroglyph | |
| Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | Connection | General Information Consulting and Independent Contracting Job Hunting MedWriters Networking Publications Management Technical/API Tools Writing The following are not active: |
| Rocky Mountain | Denver, CO | Technicalities | Consulting and Independent Contractors Information Design and Usability (both active in past years) |
| Southern Colorado | Colorado Springs, CO | http://www.stc-soco.org/sigs.htm Single Sourcing Multimedia/Visual Information |
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| Central Connecticut | Hartford, CT | Imprints | |
| Washington, DC | Washington, DC | Capital Letter | http://www.stcwdc.org/sigs.shtml Consulting and Independent Contracting Usability |
| First Coast | Jacksonville, FL | Newsletter | |
| Orlando | Orlando, FL | ||
| Palm Beaches | Boca Raton, FL | The Wave | |
| Space Tech | Melbourne, FL | TechLines | |
| Suncoast | Tampa Bay, FL | WriteUp | |
| Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | CommLink | http://www.stcatlanta.org/sigs.htm FrameMaker Management New Writers Online Usability Writing and Editing |
| Mercer U. (ST) | Macon, GA | Connections | |
| Aloha | Honolulu, HI | Pacific Communicator | SIGs are being formed. |
| Snake River | Boise, ID | The Sidebar | |
| Central Illinois | Urbana, IL | ||
| Chicago | Chicago, IL | byline (requires registration) | Independent Consulting Global Communication |
| Illinois Heartland | Bloomington/ Normal, IL | Heartline | |
| Quad Cities | Moline, IL | The Bridge | |
| Rock Valley | Rockford, IL | Tech COMMonalities | |
| Hoosier | Indianapolis, IN | Interface | |
| Des Moines | Des Moines, IA | Perspectives | |
| Eastern Iowa | Cedar Rapids, IA | Lines | |
| Iowa St. U. (ST) | Ames, IA | Documentia | |
| Air Capital/ Wichita | Wichita, KA | Air Capital Journal | |
| Kentuckiana | Louisville, KY | Techniques | |
| Louisiana Gulf Coast Satellite | Louisiana (host: Houston, TX) |
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| Metro Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | Chesapeake bayline | |
| Boston | Boston, MA | Broadside Archives |
http://www.stc-boston.org/sigs/sigs.shtml Consulting and Independent Contracting International Online Information AccessAbility Technical Editing Idea Watch |
| Southeastern Michigan | Detroit, MI | Tech Comments | |
| St. Joseph Valley | Benton Harbor, MI | The Watermark | |
| West Michigan Shores | Grand Rapids, MI | Shorelines | |
| Minn. St. U., Mankato (ST) | Mankato, MN | Techniques | |
| Twin Cities | Mpls./St. Paul, MN | TechTalk | http://www.stctc.org/sigs/international.htm http://www.stctc.org/sigs/idl.htm http://www.stctc.org/sigs/medwriters.htm http://www.stctc.org/sigs/usability.htm |
| Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | Heartland Tech News | |
| Missouri Western St. U. (ST) | St. Joseph, MO | The Network | |
| S.W. Missouri St. U. (ST) | Springfield, MO | The Buzz Word | |
| St. Louis | St. Louis, MO | Archetype News archive |
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| Montana | Butte, MT | Cyber Lines | |
| Heartland | Omaha, NE | Plain Talk | |
| Southern Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | The Silver Scribe | |
| Northern New England | Nashua, NH | Nor'Easter | |
| New Jersey | Plainsboro, NJ | The Information Turnpike | |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology (ST) | Newark, NJ | ||
| New Mexico Kachina | Albuquerque, NM | Tecolote | |
| New Mexico Tech. (ST) | Socorro, NM | Technikos | |
| Central New York | Syracuse, NY | Print Queue | |
| Long Island | Melville, NY | ||
| Tech Valley | Albany, NY | Mohawk Monitor | |
| New York Metro | New York, NY | MetroVoice | |
| Niagara Frontier | Buffalo, NY | HyperChat | |
| Rochester | Rochester, NY | Proof Sheet | |
| RPI/Jay R. Gould (ST) | Troy, NY | ||
| Carolina | Raleigh, NC | Carolina Communiqué | STC Carolina Management SIG STC Carolina Technical Editing SIG STC Carolina Online Communication SIG STC Carolina Consulting and Independent Contracting (CIC) SIG North Carolina FrameMaker User's Network (NC-FUN) SIG STC Career Quest SIG |
| East Carolina U. (ST) | Greenville, NC | ||
| Metrolina | Charlotte, NC | The Front Page | |
| U. North Carolina (ST) | Charlotte, NC | ||
| North Carolina St. (ST) | Raleigh, NC | Technically Speaking | |
| Piedmont (Triad) | Winston-Salem, NC | The Piedmont Press | |
| Bowling Green St. (ST) | Bowling Green, OH | TBA | |
| Cedarville U. (ST) | Cedarville, OH | Communicator | |
| Central Ohio | Columbus, OH | Techniquill | |
| Miami U. (ST) | Oxford, OH | ||
| Northeast Ohio | Cleveland, OH | Lines and Letters | Consulting and Independent Contracting |
| Southwestern Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | Between the Lines | http://www.stc-swo.org/special-interest-groups-sigs/ Consultants and Independent Contractors Creative Writing Education & Research and Management (combined) Emerging Technologies and Online Information (combined) Illustrators & Visual Designers and Marketing Communications (combined) Information Design and Indexing (combined) Instructional Design & Learning International Technical Communication and Scientific Communication and Environment, Safety, Health (combined) Lone Writer and Usability (combined) Policies & Procedures and Quality (combined) Technical Editing and Single Sourcing (combined) |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | Dialog | |
| Oklahoma St. U. (ST) | Stillwater, OK | The Spur | |
| Mid-Valley | Corvallis, OR | ||
| Oregon Institute of Technology (ST) | Klamath Falls, OR | ||
| Rose City (ST) | Portland, OR | ||
| Willamette Valley | Portland, OR | Willamette Galley | Consulting and Independent Contracting |
| Central Pennsylvania | Jamestown/State College, PA | Center View | |
| Philadelphia Metro | Philadelphia, PA | News & Views | Montco Support Group (Montgomery County Technical Writers) Technical Writers Support Group |
| Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | Blue Pencil | Consulting and Independent Contracting |
| Susquehanna Valley | Harrisburg, PA | http://www.stc-svc.org/sig.htm FrameMaker Content Management |
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| South Carolina Foothills | Greenville, SC | Carolina FootNotes | |
| South Carolina Lowcountry | Charleston, SC | Tech Talk | |
| South Carolina Midlands | Aiken, SC | VERBATIM | |
| Dakota St. U. (ST) | Madison, SD | ||
| Austin Peay St. U. (ST) | Clarksville, TN | ||
| East Tennessee | Oak Ridge, TN | transcript | |
| Mid-South | Memphis, TN | Newsbrief | |
| Middle Tennessee | Nashville, TN | Communiqué | |
| Tennessee Tech. (ST) | Cookville, TN | ||
| Alamo | San Antonio, TX | Tech Line | |
| Austin | Austin, TX | Austin Communicator | |
| Houston | Houston, TX | Dateline Houston | http://www.stc-houston.org/sigs.html Consultants and Independent Contractors Online Documentation |
| Lone Star | Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX | Technically Write | Consulting and Independent |
| College Station (ST) | College Station, TX | ||
| Texas Tech. U. (ST) | Lubbock, TX | Plainly Stated | |
| Brigham Young U. (ST) | Provo, UT | ||
| Intermountain | Salt Lake City, UT | Intermountain Update | |
| Utah St. U. (ST) | Logan, UT | ||
| Vermont | Burlington, VT | The Communicator | |
| James Madison U. (ST) | Harrisonburg, VA | ||
| James River | Richmond, VA | The Watershed | |
| Inland Northwest | Spokane, WA | Passages | |
| Puget Sound | Seattle, WA | SoundOff | http://www.stc-psc.org/stc-psc.org-asp//sigs.asp Idea Watch |
| U. of Washington (ST) | Seattle, WA | ||
| Four Lakes | Madison, WI | 4 Lakes Technicalities | |
| U. of WI, Stout (ST) | Menomonie, WI | ||
| Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | Lakeshore Connection |