Mary Wise, Chair of the STC Bylaws Committee, sends this message regarding the STC bylaws.

Dear STC Member,

Over the past eight months, the Bylaws Committee has been rewriting the Society Bylaws. We needed to bring the Bylaws into compliance with New York state law, make the different sections and articles of the Bylaws consistent, and streamline the Bylaws so that they have only the necessary information.

A draft of the proposed Bylaws was presented at the STC Forum at the Technical Communication Summit in Minneapolis. Members were able to give comments at that time.

In addition, the proposed Bylaws have been posted on the STC Web site and a number of members have sent the Bylaws Committee specific questions or concerns.

We have taken all your comments into consideration as we continued to refine the proposed Bylaws over this summer. Thank you to all who commented and asked questions.

The current Bylaws, the newest version of the proposed Bylaws, and a rationale document explaining the changes are all posted on the Society Web site at www.stc.org/stcmembers/bylaws01.asp so that you can familiarize yourself with the proposed new Bylaws.

This e-mail serves as your notice that you will be asked to vote to approve the proposed Bylaws in the middle of September. In the next few weeks, you will receive information on how to vote in this important referendum.