Membership

The MBSTC Membership Committee is responsible for all aspects of local chapter membership.

Membership Committee Goals:

1. To keep our current members satisfied with their membership in STC and the chapter
   
2. To encourage our members to grow personally and professionally by taking an active part in chapter activites
   
3. To encourage all technical communicators in the Baltimore metropolitan area to “look STC over” and to join the Society through our chapter

If you are new to the chapter, you should expect the following:

• A welcoming letter, e-mail, or phone call from the committee within a month after you join or transfer into the chapter
  
• That information about you (your name, address, phone, email address, and date you joined STC) is entered correctly in our member database (for newsletter and event mailings, election ballots, etc), and is kept up to date when your information changes
  
• That any information you wish to keep private will not be given out to members (in our Membership Directory) or to nonmembers (in mailing lists)

• Publishes a membership directory, updated once a year (usually in July)
  
• Writes an article in each issue of the Chesapeake bayline listing new chapter members and telling about members’ personal or professional achievements
  
• Writes "meet-a-member" articles for the Chesapeake bayline several times a year
  
• Greets all ‘first-timers’ at our meetings and tries to introduce them to some of our other members and guests