You are invited to participate in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC) 2013 conference, September 30th – October 1st, 2013 in Greenville, North Carolina.

SIGDOC focuses on the design of communication as it is taught, practiced, researched, and conceptualized. Members of SIGDOC are an interdisciplinary mix of professionals and academics in information architecture, experience design, user research, content strategy, technical communication, education, information science, and computer science.

This year’s conference theme is “simplifying complexity.”

The full conference website is http://sigdoc.acm.org/2013/.

Thanks to our sponsors!

ACM SIGCHI Boston chapter
Society for Technical Communication (STC) North Carolina chapter
STC Philadelphia chapter

This month’s topics include:

• Editorial: SIGDOC at the ATTW Conference
• Notes from the Chair
• ReaderCentric writing for Prosumer Content in the Complex and Complicated Systems
• Engaging Complexity in Usability Through Assemblage
• Researching and Communicating the Complexity of IT Image Management
• Visual Communication in Environment al Health
• Transforming Contracts from Legal Rules to User-centered Communication Tools
• Visualizing Complexity and Uncertainty about Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
• It’s Not About Usability
• Cargo Cults in Communicating Information

This month’s topics include:

• Editorial
• Notes from the Chair
• SIGDOC 2013 conference
• Uncovering Analogness and Digitalness in Interactive Media
• Development Framework Components as Commonplaces
• I See You’re Talking #HPV: Communication Patterns in the #HPV Stream on Twitter

Another successful SpeedCon Unconference is in the books!

On Saturday, November 17, 2012, the NC State University Student Chapter of ACM SIGDOC hosted our second SpeedCon: An Unconference on Communication.  We were able to offer 2 talks in each session during our free one-day conference for students and professionals.

The following sessions were well attended and universally praised:

Opening Keynote: MOOCs, Brad Mehlenbacher

Session 1
Digital Sources to Reconstruct My Day, John Martin
Wonder Drugs from Nature, David Kroll

Session 2
All About Infographics, Jen Riehle
Rhetoric of Amendment One, John Strange

Lunch

Session 3
How to Present Technical Information, Douglas Johnston
Flip Your Meetings, Dr. Barbi Honeycutt

Lightning Sessions!
Accessibility & Usability, Neal Timpe and Michelle Tompkins
Job Hunting, Desiree Burns
Non-verbal Communication: Sarah Egan Warren and Jen Riehle
WordPress Multisites, Jen Riehle

Session 4
Active Presentations, Sarah Glova
Online Education discussion, Sarah Egan Warren

Closing Session
Discussion of Our Concept of “Self” and Reflections of SpeedCon, Wade Newhouse

As you can see in our article Hosting an ACM SIGDOC Unconference available in the SIGDOC 2012 conference proceedings, we discussed the five lessons we learned from hosting our first Unconference in 2011.  Those five lessons learned were:

• Use one website
• Solicit vendor and sponsor support,
• Avoid “too many cooks in the kitchen”
• Publicize the event more effectively
• Include a closing event that would tie everything together or allow some final opportunities for networking..

We are happy to report that not only did we learn from 2011, but by implementing these changes, we had a better Unconference in 2012.

Website

We used one website (http://speedcon.wordpress.com) for 2012 for information, registration, and for submitting talks. This made the entire process easier to manage and less confusing for our participants.

Jen Riehle, our webmaster, published information regularly to keep the site dynamic and helpful. Participants could find all the information needed about the Unconference in one location.

Vendor/Sponsor support

Our major focus in August was to solicit sponsorship for SpeedCon. We are so thankful for our amazing sponsors for making it possible to keep SpeedCon a free event. ACM SIGDOC, NC State University English Department, STC, Lifetime Asset Management, Flip It Consulting, InnerSights Counseling, and John Martin provided us all the necessary funds to run the conference.  We were able to provide coffee and muffins in the morning and sandwiches and drinks for lunch.  In addition, the sponsors funded outstanding door prizes including Kindles, gift cards, and tablets.

Planning Committee

In order to avoid duplicating efforts, we kept this year’s Unconference planning committee to just five people. Volunteers not on the planning committee were able to assist with gathering volunteers, making announcements in classes, and sharing information on social media. We successfully avoided the “too many cooks in the kitchen” problem while still managing to plan and organize.

Publicizing

In 2011, we did not have much time for publicity. For 2012, we began sharing information about SpeedCon about 3 months prior to the event. We created a logo for this year and wrote a press release to help focus the message as we contacted various groups. We posted our first blog post about SpeedCon 2012 in August and began direct email advertising right away. We targeted current students, faculty, alumni, and area professionals. We also made a concerted effort to contact other colleges within our university and other institutions of higher education. Contacting local professional organizations also increased awareness of our event. In addition to email, we used social media to share announcements about registration, topics, and details.  Flyers were posted around campus and the community.  As a result, the attendees represented a much more academically and professionally diverse background than the attendees from 2011.  Our attendees were graduate students and faculty from three departments at NC State University, UNC Chapel Hill, Fayetteville State University, William Peace University, East Carolina University and professionals from IBM, Progress Software, Extreme Networks and Love Wins Ministries.

Closing Event

One of the suggestions from the 2011 evaluations was to wrap up the day with a closing session or event. Some of last year’s attendees felt that the day stopped abruptly and they wished they had some transition.  For 2012, we invited Dr. Wade Newhouse from William Peace University to speak. He prepared a presentation about different versions of “self” and how different documents and media allow us to reveal (or conceal) our “self.”  What made his presentation more than just another session was that he pulled information, quotes, comments, and ideas from the six presentations he attended throughout the Unconference.  This personalized (and very humorous) talk made for a fantastic end to the day. The attendees and presenters felt like they had been heard and Dr. Newhouse closed the day with some thought-provoking observations and reflections.

Lessons Learned for 2012

SpeedCon 2012 was a great success. But, as with any event, improvements can be made for SpeedCon 2013.  We were quite happy with the number of people who signed up to attend. However, the number of people who actually attended was significantly less (60 registered and 38 attended).  We hope to figure out why so many people did not attend after registering.

We did much better with our advertising, but we can continue our efforts next year to get the word out to more people—including colleges, universities, and local professionals.  We were happy to have a number of faculty from NC State University and we hope to encourage more participation by the faculty in the future.

Even with all our advertising and information available on the SpeedCon website, we heard from some participants that they thought that everyone had to give a presentation at the Unconference. We made a last minute push to explain that we need attendees/listeners too—but we may have lost some people because of this confusion. Our goal is to make sure that we are crystal clear that anyone can attend the conference without committing to present.

We sent an email thanking attendees and asking them to fill out a brief survey. Unfortunately, the email went out during the Thanksgiving holiday week and we have received only 3 responses, down from 12 last year. We hope that our follow-up posts with presentation information may drive more folks to fill out the survey.

All in all, SpeedCon 2012 was successful, engaging, challenging, and interesting. We had great speakers and great attendees. We look forward to SpeedCon 2013.

SIGDOC 2012 took place in scenic Seattle, Washington and included a day of workshops plus a day and a half of presentations, experience reports and posters. The content of the event was very diverse with many great opportunities for insightful conversation.

One of the high points was the special panel session celebrating the 30th edition of the ACM SIGDOC conference. The panelists and moderator were all SIGDOC Chairs representing different eras in SIGDOC’s rich history, from its humble beginnings in 1975 to the present. The panel session represented a unique opportunity to hear from experts who have the ability to place new developments in the design of communication in a historical context. The panel moderator was Scott Tilley (2003-2005). The panelists were Tom D’Auria (1977-1980), Diana Patterson (1980-1989), Nina Wishbow (1993-1997), Kathy Haramundanis (1997-2003), and Rob Pierce (2012-present). A copy of the audio from this panel is available online.

ACM SIGDOC (Special Interest Group Design of Communication) is releasing a new publication! Communication Design Quarterly (CDQ) seeks to be the premier information source for industry, management, and academia in the multidisciplinary field of the design and communication of information.  Edited by Michael Albers and Liza Potts, it contains a mix of peer-reviewed articles, columns, experience reports, and brief summaries of interesting research results. CDQ is in the ACM Digital Library. A printed version will be sent to SIGDOC members and to libraries with an ACM institutional subscription. You can also read the most recent issues on this site.

Want to be involved?

We invite you to contribute in any of the following areas:
Peer-reviewed articles. Articles that cross discipline boundaries as they focus on the effective and efficient methods of designing and communicating information; disciplines will include technical communication, information design, information architecture, interaction design, and human-computer interaction.

Experience reports. Experience reports present project- or workplace-focused summaries of important technologies, techniques, or product processes.

Interesting research results. Short reports on interesting research or usability results that lack the rigor for a full article. For example, pilot studies, graduate student projects, or corporate usability studies where full details can’t be released.

We are also interested in proposals for guest editing special issues. As a guest editor, you would be responsible for providing two peer reviewed articles on a specific topic and, potentially, coordinating with the column editors so their columns can complement the issue’s theme.

By submitting your article for distribution in this Special Interest Group publication, you hereby grant to ACM the following non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide rights:
• to publish in print on condition of acceptance by the editor
• to digitize and post your article in the electronic version of this publication
• to include the article in the ACM Digital Library and in any Digital Library related services
• to allow users to make a personal copy of the article for noncommercial, educational or research purposes

As a contributing author, you retain copyright to your article and ACM will refer requests for republication directly to you. Therefore, ACM is asking all authors to include their contact information in their submissions. Opinions expressed in articles and letters are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily express the opinions of the ACM or SIGDOC. Author(s) should be contacted for reprint authorization. For more information, please see the ACM notice to contributing authors.

CDQ Editors-in-Chief
Michael Albers
East Carolina University
albersm@ecu.edu

Liza Potts
Michigan State University
lpotts@msu.edu

This month’s topics include:

• What is Communication Design?
• Communication Design: The Value of Computing, Ambient Data, Ubiquitous Connectivity for Changing the Work of Communication Designers
• Telling the Future of Information Design
• Big Data, Situated People: Humane Approaches to Communication Design
• Design of Communication
• Visual Rhetoric and Big Data: Design of Future Communication

SIGDOC is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Egan Warren in the new position of Student Chapter Leader! Sarah has done an exceptional job of leading the NC State University SIGDOC chapter and is pleased to be able to share her experiences and ideas with a broader audience. Read more.

Check out the Summer 2012 SIGDOC newsletter!

Notes from the Chair

Dear ACM SIGDOC Members,

This is my first of what will be five editions of Notes from the Chair from me, as I act as interim Chair until the next election. Many new positive steps have been taken and more are underway as we make progress to driving SIGDOC to greater health and viability.

First, to address the concerns from ACM about a decreasing membership, we have offered former members a discount for a limited time to become members again. The list of former members is large – greater than 1000 people. So, that indicated that we have people who register but do not keep their memberships active from year to year. With our limited membership number at about 200, this email has already generated more than 20 new memberships. This number represents a greater than 10% membership for 2012 already.

I would like to see this offer be made each year for former members in the hopes of better retentions and ongoing membership stabilization and growth.

Concerns about more leadership and more volunteers have been addressed with several people offering their support.
Liza Potts is now acting as interim Vice Chair and Kathy Gossett from Iowa State is our secretary treasurer.

We also have made a new SIGDOC student chapter leader appointment to Sarah Egan Warren, Assistant Director Professional Writing Program at North Carolina State University.

Sarah is the faculty advisor for the NC State University student chapter of ACM SIGDOC. As you may know from Brad and Jen, the NC State chapter is extremely active and we have generated many new members to ACM SIGDOC. Sarah has many years of experience mentoring and advising student groups—including navigating the frustrating rules of getting recognized as an official chapter with ACM. As a student chapter leader, she will be available to share this information with ACM SIGDOC members and interested members as we try to grow our student chapters with the goal of doubling their number in 2013 and empower a new generation of SIGDOC members to join the conversation of “what is design of communication.”

Sarah has written an article for this newsletter. See this article from Sarah on starting a chapter in this month’s newsletter.

NCSU Student Chapter of ACM SIGDOC – http://ncsu.orgsync.com/org/sigdoc

In addition to the importance of student chapters are regional chapters. Based on the success of EuroSIGDOC which has now hosted workshops for the past three years, we are trying to promote additional new regional chapters. As such, Reiko Hishiyama, with the support of several other members, is in the process of creating an AsiaSIGDOC chapter. The goal is to have this chapter created in 2012 and then the Kyoto conference in 2013 will be the chapters’ first regional SIGDOC conference.

We believe that nurturing interest in and creation of SIGDOC chapters to be an important effort. As such, we believe both student chapters and regional chapters can be beneficial to our members and to our SIG as well.

Our European SIGDOC Chapter (http://eurosigdoc.acm.org/index.html) had its third annual workshops on information systems and design of communication (ISDOC 2012 at http://eurosigdoc.acm.org/isdoc2012/) and open source and design of communication (OSDOC at http://eurosigdoc.acm.org/osdoc2012/).

Meanwhile, plans for SIGDOC 2012 in Seattle are looking great! Submitted papers are in review this month and discussions and planning are in process for the program, panels, speakers, and other events during the conference.  See http://courses.washington.edu/commprac/sigdoc2012/

For 2013, there will be two SIGDOC conferences. This too is a decision based on requirements for ongoing viability and recognizing the necessity of having a domestic SIGDOC conference in addition to Kyoto. John Stamey at Coastal Carolina University will be chairing the event at his school next year and he is looking for people interested in volunteering to be program chair or co-chair.

Dates for these two conferences are as follows and more information is available in the Conferences section of this newsletter:
- CCU, Sept 17-19, 2013
- Kyoto, Oct 7-9, 2013

For enhancing our web presence, Jen Riehle is now ACM SIGDOC’s web-master and has completed her redesigning of the SIG’s official website. See http://sigdoc.acm.org/
This new site is significantly more usable and manageable and we look to your ongoing use of it and feedback on it.

Our visibility by providing a field of ACM research and industry members to design of communication papers is validated by these numbers which indicate that our “reach” is far greater than our small membership base:

• Publication years 1975-2011
• Publication count 2,085
• Citation Count 3,307
• Available for download 1,975
• Downloads (6 Weeks) 6,706
• Downloads (12 Months) 46,211
• Downloads (cumulative) 562,034
• Average downloads per article 284.57
• Average citations per article 1.59

So, there’s lots of steps already taken toward nurturing our SIG vitality and lots of great events and resources for 2012, 2013, and beyond! I hope to see you in Seattle!

Lastly, in addition to a new web site, new leaders, proposed chapters and new conference plans, we’ll be seeing a new and expanded newsletter format in the next edition of this newsletter.  The first edition of the new Communication Design Quarterly Review will be available in September (see http://www.sigdoc.org/publications/cdqr.html). Contact either of the co-editors, Michael Albers (albersm@ecu.edu) or Liza Potts (lpotts@msu.edu) for more information.

Note that this June newsletter edition is my last one as managing editor. I first became editor for this newsletter in 2001 and have now put together 39 quarterly issues for you, our wonderful members. I continue to enjoy this community that I am part of and I plan to help continuing to share with, learn from, and grow with you, as a SIGDOC member.

A list of all archived newsletters as pdf files is available by clicking the Table of Contents tab on this page:
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=J1351&CFID=91205737&CFTOKEN=12296648

Rob Pierce
Advisory information developer
Watson core technology
IBM Corporation
Littleton, MA
robertp@us.ibm.com (e-mail)

Starting a SIGDOC Student Chapter

Energizing and supporting the next generation of SIGDOC, the second item on the call to action in last month’s newsletter, is an issue that is near and dear to my heart. For about twenty years, I have been advising student groups (both undergraduate and graduate) and helping them build sustainable organizations.  SIGDOC hopes to grow student chapters in 2013 (currently there are two student chapters—one started at Old Dominion University and one active chapter at NC State University) and empower students to become valuable contributors to SIGDOC.

Starting a student organization can be overwhelming and keeping that organization going can be challenging. Below are six strategies for starting a successful SIGDOC student chapter.

S – Start by committing (or finding someone to commit) to be the Faculty Advisor
I – Identify resources and use them
G – Generate new membership and get official with SIGDOC
D – Decide on realistic and appropriate events and activities based on your audience
O – Offer opportunities to get involved
C – Communicate regularly and effectively

Start by committing (or finding someone to commit) to be the Faculty Advisor

Without a faculty advisor, a student chapter cannot exist. Not only do most schools require a faculty sponsor or advisor for a student group to become a recognized organization on campus, but a faculty advisor supplies that all-important institutional memory needed to sustain a student chapter.  Turn-over in academic settings can be even more problematic than in a volunteer organization composed of professionals because students are only available for a finite time—once graduation arrives, student volunteers are simply no longer available. While alumni can be extremely valuable resources (like they are in the NC State University chapter), their ability to fully participate is limited.  Faculty advisors provide consistency and continuity between academic years and ensure that the chapter survives those years when volunteers are lacking or when all officers graduate and move into their careers.

So what does a faculty advisor do? It can depend on the chapter and the school, but in general, faculty advisors should

• Be an active and informed member of SIGDOC
• Know the rules and policies of ACM and SIGDOC and ensure that they are followed
• Ensure rules/regulations are followed at the university level (registering student group, following university rules about meetings, programs, advertising, t-shirts, fund-raisers, etc)
• Act as the chapter’s cheer leader
• Support officers in completing tasks
• Oversee budget issues
• Oversee election process
• Encourage students to apply for awards
• Assist with annual activity and membership reports
• Recruit new members
• Encourage support from other faculty members, alumni, and local professionals

A good faculty advisor must be excited about working with students and SIGDOC.  The chapter needs someone who will be committed for the long term.

Identify resources and use them

Campus and ACM resources are available to help faculty advisors and student leaders—and should be used from the very beginning to avoid frustrations or mistakes.  Each campus will have specific student organization rules and regulations. In addition to those rules, each campus will have benefits of being a registered student group.  For instance, some schools offer funding for starting student groups or for attending conferences. Contact your student organization office or representative early in the process for the most useful support.  In addition, ACM offers many resources:

• Volunteer Resources: http://www.acm.org/sigs/panel?pageIndex=2
• Responsibilities of Chapter Officers: http://www.acm.org/chapters/professionals/toolkit/officers-resp
• ACM student chapters: http://www.acm.org/chapters/students
• Chapter FAQ: http://www.acm.org/chapters/faq
• Student Awards: http://sigdoc.acm.org/awards/

Beyond the resources that explain the rules and regulations necessary to running a student chapter, identifying “human resources” is key for starting a chapter. Identify students who have special skills or qualities (organization, leadership, followership, enthusiasm, presentation skills, design skills…), and recruit them directly.  Contact relevant local professional chapters, alumni, professionals, and other faculty who can speak at events or offer other services to the chapter.

Generate new membership and get official with SIGDOC

Generating membership and becoming an official chapter with SIGDOC feels a little like a “which came first, the chicken or the egg” situation.  To become an official SIGDOC chapter, three students must agree to serve as Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary/Treasurer.  In addition, a list of 10 members must agree to participate (see http://www.acm.org/chapters/sig/sigstart ).  So, there needs to be an established membership before applying to be a SIGDOC chapter. But, to generate enough interested members, they must know enough about SIGDOC to join.  See the challenge here?  Another challenge is that officers and the Faculty Advisor must also be ACM members.

NC State University’s SIGDOC chapter operated for a year as we transitioned from another organization to SIGDOC before completing the application process with ACM. So, after a year of recruiting, organizing, and offering programs each month, we had already established a healthy membership.

Finding the leaders needed to be an official SIGDOC chapter can be as easy as approaching an outgoing-student and sharing information about SIGDOC.  We have found that students are interested in meeting with other students, alumni, and professionals who share an interest in the design of communication.  Once a few people join the cause, recruiting more members becomes easier and easier.  Blanket calls for participation or mass emails rarely work. However, one-on-one conversations between the faculty advisor and a student are the most productive for recruiting. My own reputation for drawing people into our student chapter is well known. I sometimes warn students that if they talk to me too long that I will find a leadership position for them or some project to work on!

Decide on realistic and appropriate events and activities based on your audience

Student chapters don’t tend to work with a one-size-fits all model. Each year can be different because of the makeup of the leaders and the changing interests of the members.  During the summer, NC State University’s SIGDOC student chapter officers meet to brainstorm ideas, events, programs, and speakers for the year.  Some years, our focus has been on educational sessions. Other years, networking with professionals has been the emphasis.  Some groups of officers are comfortable with more free-flowing social events that have not worked during other years.  Being flexible and open to the organic changes of the group will allow the chapter to grow.

Two destructive responses that can surface when planning events are the “we’ve always done it that way” and the “we tried that last year and it didn’t work” attitudes.  Both stem from a good place—we want to learn from what we have done in the past. If we have “always done it” then it may seem to make sense that we should continue to do it.  If we “tried that and it didn’t work” then it may make sense to avoid repeating the mistake.  However, both can cause stagnation and frustration.  So, student chapters should work to establish traditions that can adapt and change with the officers and members. For example, we host Orientation for the new students to the MS in Technical Communication program.  Each year we adapt our presentation and social meet-and-greet time to the interests of our officers and the needs of our new students.

Surveying members to find out what kind of programs they would attend is one way to increase participation. The more you tailor your activities to their needs, the more likely it is that students will find time in their schedules to be involved with SIGDOC.  My students are master’s degree students, most with full time jobs and families.  Adding one more component to their already busy lives can cause stress. To limit the stress, we try to fit our programs and events into the students’ existing schedule (before or after class, or partner with a faculty member to use part or all of a class period).

Our focus is on educational, networking, and social events. Below is a list of some of our most successful programs:

• Orientation for new students (excellent opportunity for recruiting)
• Happy Hours/Networking
• Internship/mentoring events
• Roundtable discussions of current events/topics in communication
• UN-Conference with a local professional chapter
• University-specific information
• Community service: Toys for Tots, book drives, collect money for disaster victims, collect cell phones for military, 5K for cancer research, Stop Hunger Now
• Game nights
• Speakers
• Panel Discussions

Offer opportunities to get involved

Any time a student attends an event, I am always assessing for leadership or volunteer potential.  Identifying their talents or willingness to help is the first step in grooming students for future leadership positions.  As I confessed before, I am a bit ruthless in my approach to getting volunteers.  I tend to talk to a member and tell them I noticed that they have a particular skill and then I explain how we could use it in the student chapter. In addition to this approach, I can usually get a “yes” when I ask members to get involved by completing a (usually small) specific task.  For example, I have asked students to

• make announcements in their other classes about upcoming programs
• bring a friend or invite a newly admitted student to a program
• look up costs for printing T-shirts
• brainstorm design ideas for logos
• pick up refreshments for meetings.

These tasks require minimal time commitments and they are one-time events. Once students feel comfortable doing smaller tasks, it is time to swoop in for the kill… oh, I mean the recruiting to leadership roles. Providing “job descriptions” for each of the officer positions helps make the recruiting more transparent.  Details about many typical chapter positions can be found at http://www.acm.org/chapters/professionals/toolkit/officers-resp . For a new chapter, only three officers are needed and the job description can be customized for the specific school.

Not everyone will have the time, drive, talent, or commitment to be a leader in the student group—we need members too!  Active members are valued and we must try to show them the benefits of joining SIGDOC and participating in events. Being part of an international organization has a number of benefits (see http://sigdoc.acm.org/join/ and   http://sigdoc.acm.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/sigdocBrochure-press.pdf ).  We also must emphasize additional benefits that SIGDOC student chapters can offer such as:

• Developing skills that can be listed on a resume (leadership, collaboration, interpersonal communication, time management, presentation experience…)
• Networking with alumni, faculty, and professionals
• Being exposed to new/different ideas
• Complementing classroom learning
• Meeting and interacting with people who care about communication

Communicate regularly and effectively

In an effort to be true to our name—ACM’s Special Interest Group on the DESIGN OF COMMUNICATION—we must practice what we preach.  This means communicating with our members in a way that reflects positively on ACM SIGDOC and our chapter.  Committing to keeping members informed of events and programs in a timely manner helps increase participation.  Establishing a typical channel for communication allows members to rely on a specific way to get information about the chapter. That is not to say that we must put all our eggs in one basket—an appropriate mix of emails, advertisements, internet presence and social media is needed.

All messages that are shared with the membership must be clear. If our officers are putting out poorly written announcements, organizing irrelevant programs, creating unusable websites, posting poorly designed advertisements, or writing conflicting or error-filled messages, we risk alienating our current members and losing potential members.  If we can’t communicate clearly, how can we be a SIG about the design of communication?

Focusing on increasing student participation will grow overall membership numbers in the short term and hopefully encourage those students to remain a part of SIGDOC after graduation.  I hope this resource can be helpful for other universities and colleges interested in starting a SIGDOC chapter. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Sarah Egan Warren
Student Relations Officer
Faculty Advisor ACM SIGDOC
Assistant Director Professional Writing Program
NC State University
seegan@ncsu.edu