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title: "Podcast with Alan Houser – Candidate for STC Vice President"
date: 2011-03-07
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# Podcast with Alan Houser – Candidate for STC Vice President

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![Alan Houser](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/alanhouser.jpg)

I recently interviewed Alan Houser, candidate for STC vice president, in a podcast about his perspectives and plans for the STC. Both Alan and Vici Koster-Lenhardt are running for this position. I asked each of them the following five questions:

- What's one of the greatest challenge STC members face right now. Any solutions?
- What would you like to see differently in the STC?
- Local chapters struggle to make their events relevant to members. How would you help fix this problem?
- How can you help you resolve the rift between academics and practitioners?
- Given the variety of job titles/specializations in the STC, how can you keep the magazines, conferences, webinars, etc. relevant?

For more information on Alan, see his [bio here](http://notebook.stc.org/election/alan-houser/) and his [blog post on the STC Notebook](http://notebook.stc.org/candidate-for-vice-president-alan-houser/). You can also listen to the [Scriptorium webinar forum](http://www.scriptorium.com/2011/03/webcast-discussion-forum-stc-vice-president-candidates/) with the two candidates.

The election runs from March 9 to March 30. You can ask the candidate questions [here](http://notebook.stc.org/election/).