We as a fraternity should be presenting a united front to the outside world. If we want to work consistently in the future, we need to establish a system that raises our prominence, industry respect and reliability, and we need a measurable and consistent approach to any form of accreditation.
Technical communication or technical writing has not been seen as a value add to companies for far too long. I believe that technical communication places a significant value-add to products, and the value-add should be included into development costs of products, and amortised into the product life cycles projected returns.
The recruitment industry generally requires as much education about technical communication as industry who can potentially use our services. The recruitment industry could also learn more about courtesy, ethics and service, however that is something that a fraternity can create over time.
Since the end of 2000 we have been presented with an amazing opportunity and we can reconstruct our fraternity before a new boom occurs. The reconstruction could include an accreditation program that gives us greater industry cachet and recognition.