14.6.2011  Board meeting

Location: Tampere University

Time: 18.00-19.00

Attendees:                                
Mary Nurminen (chair)                                         
Anu Sandqvist       
Ryan Gold                                                             
Anne Karppinen (sec)                   
Tytti Suojanen                                 

Absent:
Hanna Utriainen
Terhi Sipilä

1.Action points - OK

2.Reports from local events

• Vaasa: Ryan
• 12 – 15 people (3 of which were members), Connie Kampf talked about new trends in tech comms + open discussion
• Ad for joining the society, even the pensioners!
   
• Oulu: Mary
• ~15, cooperation with the university in organizing the thing.
• Part 1: for students. 3 old U. of Oulu students talked about their work in tech comms
• Part 2: society event: Connie Kampf talked about trends in tech comms and Nick Hill about developer documentation
• Evening part with food and drinks
   
• Tampere: Mary
• 9 people, food and drinks served
• Terhi & Eeva talked about the TCEurope thing
   
• Helsinki event in the fall, Jyväskylä under consideration.

3.Budget update – Anu

• Membership payments reminder email should be sent.

4.Local events in the fall

• Helsinki / Jyväskylä – to be defined in the fall.
• Theme ideas: Legal thing, graphics, ideas based on training questionnaire results.  

5.Training questionnaire

• Review of results presented by Tytti (separate print-out)
• Tampere U. plans:
  • Short studies (koulutustarjotin) to be offered at the University: Rich media/visualisation, Usability, Simplified English, DITA/Structured documentation, Dokumentin suunnittelu, Effects of the machine directive
  • More info: http://www.stvy.fi/node/468
• How to move forward: AP: board members to read materials.
• DITA requested several times => Pool forces with JoAnn Hackos or Finnish DITA trainers. Minimalism: Again JoAnn stuff. Eeva on machine directive.
• Local event thing, one-day training, maybe 1 thing in the fall

6.Travel policy

• AP: Anne & Anu write up a formal travel policy for STVY.
• No allowances. Always compensate according to the cheapest option (car vs train).

7.TCeurope

• Colloquium 2012: should we aim to sponsor a member participant on a regular basis?
• Colloquium theme: Terhi has requested that Portugal reserve the theme we presented for us for 2013.
  • AP Mary to talk to Terhi about potentially splitting the event.
• Participating in TCeurope WGs, and TCE Award committee
  • STVY board members have very little time.
  • STVY award to be considered, limit to professionals in Finland.

8.AOB

• Näkymä ideas: New media & Tech comms
• August meeting: 17.8. Wednesday, 1800 hrs