Have You Submitted Your Jaffe Award Nomination Yet?

Less than a month left to be nominated for this outstanding Central Florida business recognition

It's approaching. The deadline for companies and individuals to be nominated for the Gloria Jaffe Outstanding Technical Communicator Award is November 4. The award recognizes Central Florida businesses that have significantly benefited from insightful employment of technical communicators, along with the individual communicators themselves.

As the award process moves forward, four exceptional leaders within the Orlando Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication have formed the inaugural Jaffe Award Judging Committee. Alicia Fellure, Lead Judge, is a Distinguished Chapter Service Award winner (Jacksonville) and currently serves the Society as Manager for the International Online Technical Communication Competition. She is joined by three current/former chapter officers. Bruce Cone is a senior member of the Society and served as Orlando Chapter President in the early 1990s. He was one of the driving forces behind the successful proposal to locate the Annual Conference in Orlando in 2000. Bill Paskert is a senior member of the Society and served as Orlando Chapter President in the mid-1990s and continued as Bylaws Chairman for several additional years. Richard Phipps, a professional recruiter with CIBER, is the Orlando Chapter’s Employment Manager and contributes a unique ability to assess job demands in the modern workplace.

Also a member of the Jaffe Award team is Barbara Odom, who canvassed Central Florida hotels and restaurants and negotiated the presentation dinner at Maison & Jardin.

The Jaffe Award is named for Orlando Chapter founder and retired University of Central Florida Technical Communication professor Gloria Jaffe. Her leadership is reflected in the enduring communication values prized by the Orlando Chapter and in the professionalism of UCF graduates who had the opportunity to study with her.

Applications for consideration by the Jaffe Award Judging Committee must be received by November 4, 2002, and are available on the Orlando Chapter STC website. Award winners will be recognized in January at a ceremony at the Maison & Jardin Restaurant in Altamonte Springs. For further information, contact Competition Manager W.C. Wiese at william.c.wiese@meadsintl.com.

The Society for Technical Communication is the world's largest professional organization in its field with over 20,000 members in 152 chapters worldwide. STC members work as technical writers, editors, illustrators, managers, educators, translators, and other communicators who make technical information understandable and available to those who need it. Information about STC can be found at its website at www.stc.org.