Towards a more international union: experience of establishing professional organizations for technical communicators in Europe and the Middle East

Author

Carliner, Saul

Author_Institution

Dept. of English, Bentley Coll., Waltham, MA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

159

Lastpage

163

Abstract

The article explores the challenges of establishing a chapter of a US based professional organization for technical communicators in an area outside of the United States. These challenges include: (1) registration of the profession; (2) registration of the organization; (3) delayed mail; (4) increased membership costs; (5) dollar-focused finances; (6) English-oriented activities; (7) limited support systems for technical communicators; (8) competition from other societies; and (9) US-centrism

Keywords

certification; costing; professional communication; societies; English-oriented activities; Europe; Middle East; US based professional organization; US-centrism; United States; competition; delayed mail; dollar-focused finances; international union; membership costs; registration; societies; support systems; technical communicators; Chapters; Costs; Delay; Educational institutions; Europe; Government; Meeting planning; North America; Postal services; Professional communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 1999. IPCC 99. Communication Jazz: Improvising the New International Communication Culture. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5709-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.1999.799116

Filename

799116