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Case #2 Instructions Read the case below and then complete the assignment to demonstrate what you currently know about technical communication strategies. Parking at Alabama College At the commuter college you attend, Alabama College, parking lots are overflowing, except the parking lot for the Special Events Center, which is large but 1/2 of a mile from the closest classroom buildings and nearly a mile from the farthest classroom buildings. All of the lots are open and free to anyone; none are specially designated—except, of course, a few places near building entrances for handicapped people. Cars are commonly parked illegally, that is, an “extra” car at the end of a row, cars lining the yellow-painted curbs. It has become difficult at times to maneuver a car around some of these lots, and there have been several fender-benders. Since you are also employed at Alabama College as a student worker, you have been appointed to serve on an advisory committee tasked with coming up with a plan to address the problem. Your committee—made up of a faculty member, an administrator, a classified staff member, a non-employed commuter student, and you—has brainstormed the following possible solutions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Do nothing. Do nothing except issue warnings, and then start towing cars parked illegally and/or blocking traffic. Buy land and build more parking lots. Designate faculty parking in some lots close to buildings to placate irate faculty. Students would then be forced to park farther away (but hey, they need the exercise, right?). Designate faculty parking but charge faculty for their parking stickers. Charge everyone a single $100/year parking sticker, good anywhere, in the hopes that this will encourage more bicyclists and walkers. Start charging on a graduated scale: $100/year for parking stickers good for the closest lots, within 40 yards; $80/year for lots within 100 yards or so of classroom buildings; free parking for the Special Events Center lot. Force faculty to park only at the Special Events Center in the hopes of creating goodwill among students (and improving faculty health with the exercise?). Sell all parking stickers for $100/year, but give faculty and students choices for lots. That is, if a student wants to park near the Art building, the student requests a sticker for that lot. But there can’t be any guarantees that anyone gets exactly the lot asked for; a student or a faculty member may have to settle for a second choice. Assignment: Memo to Committee The college administration says that, for the time being, buying more land and building more lots is not feasible. At the next committee meeting, your team will look for consensus and try to prioritize solutions. You will not be able to attend the meeting and will send copies of a memo to each committee member arguing for your preferred solution. Your assignment is to write that memo. You will need to acknowledge any drawbacks in your choice. Be careful about offering up a brand new or a combined solution, something not on the committee’s brainstorm list. It would be difficult to get consensus on something new—especially since you will have to rely on your memo to speak for you at the meeting. Formatting the Memo Dr. Amare EH 372 How Do I Recognize Good Format? • Know your audience: try to think of what they expect • Look at existing company examples • Ask What is Good Memo Format? • • • • • • • Proper head White space Font style & size Paragraphs Bullets Contact info One page Head of Memo • • • • • • • Company “letterhead” is applicable Term “memo” or “memorandum” To From Date Subject Line White Space/Paragraphs • Use short & many paragraphs • Do not double space text but double space between paragraphs • Do not indent paragraph but instead use the spacing mentioned above and flush left all text margins. Font Style & Size • Headings (TO/FROM, etc.) should be in boldface, larger font, or ALL CAPS • Use simple, angular fonts like Arial or Times New Roman • “Memo” or “Memorandum” should not be ugly or too large (Word template) Contact Information • Use job titles when appropriate • “CC” to appropriate persons • Include your contact info in the closing paragraph, especially if it is not an interoffice memo Bullets • Keep brief but detailed • Use same verb tense or like term (parallelism) Bullets Since I was the last employee to leave the department last night, I performed the following duties: – – – – Checked storage facilities Locked all doors Erased voice mail messages Removed jam in fax machine Memorandum TO: Dr. Steve Trout, Chair FROM: Nicole Amare, Professor of Technical Communication DATE: September 30, 2025 RE: Results of Technical Writing Committee Meeting (Text goes here with bottom line first or early for a nonsensitive memo) Color and Text • Document should be clean & clear • Text should be easy to read • Approximately one-inch margins • Attachments Good Airline Products, Inc. 1385 Salmon Street San Francisco, CA 53478 Interoffice Memorandum To: From: Date: Re: (text here) Jim Jones, Director of Development Nancy Duncan, Development Officer September 30, 2025 September Progress Report
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MEMO
DATE:

Sep 27, 2017

TO:

Committee

FROM:
SUBJECT:

Parking at Alabama College

I am writing this memo in reference to our past committee meeting, where we deliberated on a
number of possible solutions in addressing the parking problems at Alabama College. I am aware
of our next meeting, ...


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