Montreal Techwriter Forum Posting Rules ======================================= Greetings! This is your monthly reminder of the posting rules on this list. If...
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Jun 1, 2003 7:36 am
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Anna: You mentioned FrameMaker trainers needed. I have teaching experience, and I do know how to use FrameMaker and have used it for several projects; but I am...
Hi all, Apologies for the misdirected post. -Susan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to...
Greetings! I tried bidding on this job as a contractor, but they really want a full-timer. If anyone has thoughts of moving to Quebec city (or already live in...
David Hickey
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Jun 2, 2003 5:20 pm
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Hi all, I'm rather new to the list, and new to the community, and thought that I would introduce myself. My name is Rich Baldwin, and I am working right now ...
Hello Rich, I am a Canadian who has been working in Boston, as a technical writer for several years now. I am currently on a TN visa, and I know the ...
Greetings! Just a friendly reminder that the STC Spring Banquet is fast approaching, so if you haven't reserved your seat yet, please do (jdave@...)! ...
David Hickey
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Jun 3, 2003 11:01 pm
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I have been pondering lately. I went into techwriting because I had good core skills - information gathering and organization, layout and writing, etc. These...
Bill S. Guttman
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Jun 5, 2003 5:50 pm
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Bill Guttman is <<... feeling the need to add some structured knowledge to my current, purely intuitive, skill set.>> You're never too yellow in the brain to...
Hart, Geoff
geoff-h@...
Jun 5, 2003 7:36 pm
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... Just one thing in addition to what Geoff said about the whole post, remember that you don't need to know it all, so to speak. Good SME's are what you need....
Geoff; Thanks as always for sharing the contents of your brain with us. I still have some unanswered questions though... I said I wanted personal references...
Bill S. Guttman
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Jun 6, 2003 6:53 pm
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Greetings! I was looking up a possible contract in the states (thanks Monica) and I thought there might be the possibility of using the TN Status as a ...
But Dave, you *will* be rendering a service to a company which you don't own - the people who are paying you. Are you assuming that Documentia will be...
Greetings! ... If Documentia gets the contract and then pays me (the prez) for the work, then I would be considered self-employed because I am the sole-owner...
David Hickey
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Jun 9, 2003 2:50 pm
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... You are self-employed, yes but Documentia Inc. is headquartered here in Canada. My understanding of the situation is that you can't create your own company...
Hello. I don't see why you would even consider TN status, unless you were planning on taking up residence and moving your company to the United States for the...
Greetings! ... No... But I thought the TN status thing might also apply to contract work. Are you saying that it doesn't? -- John David Hickey Mtl_techwriter...
David Hickey
david.hickey@...
Jun 9, 2003 5:05 pm
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I am currently working as a technical writer in Boston on a TN visa. My understanding is that TN status is issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service...
Greetings! Here's an interesting article on new hiring trends in the techwriting industry: http://www.winwriters.com/mixedbag.htm An exerpt: "A general...
David Hickey
david.hickey@...
Jun 10, 2003 5:47 pm
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Interfacing Technologies Corporation Junior Technical Writer Job Description Interfacing Technologies Corporation, based in Montreal, Canada, develops business...
Here's another question about contracting to a client in the States... What about taxes? If I'm doing work here in Montreal, and the client is in Seattle, do I...
Hi all; Has anyone on the list ever taken any of the Polar Bear courses (www.polarbear.com) ? What did you think of them? Many thanks, Bill S. Guttman ...
Bill S. Guttman
sguttman@...
Jun 12, 2003 3:18 pm
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Jim, I think you pay tax where you live. For example, I live in France and work for clients off site who are based in the UK. If I was to be physically present...
If I'm doing work here in Montreal, and the client is in Seattle, do I charge GST but not PST? Neither? Both? My understanding is that you don't charge GST or...
Howard Kiewe
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Jun 13, 2003 1:30 am
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Hello, Need some expert advise. One of our software (a drawing tool) has a feature that uses another software's engine. This software (Trix) is fully ...
Hi Patricia, How well is Trix (is for kids! Sorry, couldn't resist.) documented? Is their documentation sufficient for users of your product? In various jobs,...
Patricia Kack reports: <<One of our software (a drawing tool) has a feature that uses another software's engine. This software (Trix) is fully documented. My...
Hart, Geoff
geoff-h@...
Jun 17, 2003 1:56 pm
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Can you use / appropriate their existing documentation but re-brand it under freeborders (logos, publishing standards, etc.)? This might mean you wouldn't have...
Alice Jane Emanuel
jane@...
Jun 17, 2003 1:57 pm
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I'm not sure exactly how it works, but in other fields you are supposed to pay the taxes for the country (or province) in which the work is physically done....
<you are required to pay American taxes for that job, and not include it on a Canadian income tax form.> All the other stuff looks right (pay GST, etc.),...
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