Honors
Deadline: October 6, 2008
Email application to: Lloyd Tucker
Each fall, the Associate Fellows Nominating Committee invites STC communities and members to recommend senior members for the rank of STC Associate Fellow. This honor recognizes members’ achievements in technical communication fields, in contributions to STC, or both.
Any voting member of STC may submit a candidate’s nomination to the Society office. The office, in turn, sends the nominations to the Associate Fellows Nominating Committee. The committee reviews each candidate’s package carefully, contacts the identified references, and, based on the information collected, forwards the names of selected candidates to the STC Board of Directors for consideration.
Candidates must have been active in technical communication for at least fifteen (15) years and members of the Society for at least ten (10) years. The ten years do not necessarily have to be contiguous, as long as the candidate has “bridged” the years of membership and met the qualifications for a senior member.
To be considered for election as an Associate Fellow, a candidate must have attained distinction in the field of technical communication. The candidate must have accomplished one, two, or all three of the following:
- Been responsible for important work in the field of technical communication.
- Done notable original work that has contributed to the advancement of technical communication.
- Made a significant contribution to the Society and helped to tell STC’s powerful story.
If you are interested in recommending a senior member for associate fellow:
- Verify his or her eligibility in terms of years of STC membership and years of work in areas related to technical communication. To request a list of your community’s members who have been Society members for at least ten years, please contact Lloyd Tucker. Contact the candidate and inquire about his or her years of work in technical communication. Involve the candidate in gathering the information required on the application form.
- Refer to the Nomination for Associate Fellow application form. The form gives complete instructions and guidelines for each section. Also look at the three sample completed forms. The samples show information for candidates who are principally academics, corporate employees, and self-employed.
- E-mail the completed Nomination for Associate Fellow form to Lloyd Tucker at the Society office by midnight on October 6, 2008.
We offer the following suggestions about recommending candidates for Associate Fellow:
- Contact Society leaders you know for ideas about possible candidates.
- Consider members who have received the Distinguished Chapter Service Award or the Distinguished SIG Service Award.
- Consider qualified candidates who have transferred to another community. You can nominate the candidate yourself or encourage the new community to do so.
- Submit only one application per candidate. If there are two or more communities that want to recommend a candidate, the communities should work together, with the candidate, to submit a single application.
- Select references who know the candidate’s accomplishments and are willing to communicate with the Associate Fellows Nominating Committee about the candidate. Obtain permission to use the references’ names and contact information. Do not ask the references to submit information to the Associate Fellows Nominating Committee; a committee member will contact each of them to request information about the candidate. Try to include references from different areas of the candidate’s professional career.
- Do not ask candidates to prepare and submit their own nomination forms. However, involve the candidate in the collection of detailed information.
- Ask Associate Fellows, Fellows, or members who are experienced in submitting Associate Fellow applications to perform an early review of the candidate’s application and give you feedback.
- Do not embellish a candidate's credentials.
The following policies, set by the STC Board of Directors, apply to recommending Associate Fellows:
- A senior member, even if fully qualified, cannot be considered for the rank of Associate Fellow while serving as an elected member of the Board of Directors.
- Members of the Board of Directors may not nominate a candidate for the rank of Associate Fellow, but they may act as references for candidates and may recommend or endorse recommended candidates to the manager of the Associate Fellows Nominating Committee.
- The STC Board of Directors has sole authority to permit announcement of successful candidates.
- Recommendations of candidates sent to the Associate Fellows Nominating Committee and recommendations the committee makes to the Board of Directors are kept private.
For more information, contact the Associate Fellows Nominating Committee Chair, Nancy Hoffman, at E-mail
