The San Antonio Alamo Chapter of the STC has voted “yes” to become a satellite of the Austin Chapter. Now it’s our turn to review what that means and vote on it. San Antonio would become a satellite committee of the Austin Chapter. San Antonio is asking for our help, and they are offering their help. We need your feedback over the next two weeks, and then we will all vote on it.

Read more: Potential San Antonio Merger with Austin Chapter

Each year, STC Austin conducts a survey to understand compensation and benefits in Austin. The survey is open to all technical communicators in the Austin area, whether current STC members or not.

On Tuesday, May 5, Pat Ko presented the survey results—with additional analysis—at the May STC Austin chapter meeting.

Read more: Salary Survey Results Available

On April 7th, Ryan Pollack shared his experiences about working as a tech writer in Shanghai. For more information about the program, see www.stcaustin.org/events-mainmenu-2/1-chapter-meetings/251-04-09.

You can find the presentation at www.stcaustin.org/images/stories/techwrinchina.pdf.