STC Montreal

Poppy Quintal, President

Poppy Quintal is a technical editor and writer with 16 years of experience, mainly in the aerospace and medical fields. She has an Honours BA (double major in Classical Studies and English) and some of her friends often wonder how on earth she ended up working in aerospace technical documentation.

Since “doing whatever needs to get done” took priority during her tenure as VP, Poppy plans to catch up on her proposed goals from last year. Now that we once again have a growing and enthusiastic volunteer base thanks to the efforts of this year’s administrative council and volunteers, she also hopes the 2008-2009 team can take on a few additional goals.

• Draft the STC Montreal bylaws and, if time allows, have them approved by the STC and ratified by the STC Montreal Membership.
• Survey the members to find out how the chapter can best meet their needs. (Hopefully, the members will co-operate by participating, otherwise…)
• Continue to make sure that we (STC Montreal) do things “by the book” in accordance with the STC Bylaws.
• With our Membership Coordinator, work with STC head office to improve the way the chapter is notified when new members join the chapter. Currently, this can take months.
• Hold a Technical Publications Competition in 2008-2009 .
• Continue to build co-operative relationships with other professional communications organizations in the Montreal area.
• Begin a quest to find and document the history of the STC Montreal Chapter.

Everett Larsen, Treasurer

Everett Larsen is a technical writing and content managment generalist with extensive experience in developing documents for software systems, microelectronics, manufacturing and government contracting. He currently works as a documentation specialist for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals on the Quebec border in Rouses Point, New York.

He is a Senior Member of STC, and has been a member of Montreal STC since 1990. He also helped found the Vermont chapter of STC, and served as their Employment Information Coordinator for several years. During his current term of treasurer, the chapter’s finances have become superbly organized and Everett expects to continue to improve the chapter’s fiscal health in the 2008-2009 season.

Paul Giovannetti, Secretary

Paul has been working as a Technical Writer for 18 years. His first Technical Writing job was with Matrox Electronics, where he produced documentation for their Graphics display boards. Seven years later he moved to Ericsson Canada, where today he produces documentation on Cellular Multimedia applications and network software. Paul has been a member of the STC since 1998, and has held the position of Membership Coordinator for the last two years, as well as helping to organize the STC Banquets. As Secretary, he promises to record all the essential details, and nothing more. has been working as a Technical Writer for 19 years. His first Technical Writing job was with Matrox Electronics, where he produced documentation for their Graphics display boards. Seven years later he moved to Ericsson Canada, where today he produces documentation on Cellular Multimedia applications and network software. Paul has been a member of the STC since 1998. As Secretary, he promises to record all the essential details of chapter decisions.