David Weller
7955 Thirty-first Avenue Southwest * Seattle, WA 98126 * 206.932.7096
Experience
Writer, Editor -California Update, Human Services Money Source, Residential Care Today, Year in Review,
Sacramento, CA
March 1996-April 1999
*Wrote four state-wide newsletters addressing social service issues. California Update tracks state
legislation, regulations, court decisions and news affecting residential care administrators and social service
professionals. Human Services Money Source provides information on grants and contracts available to social
service organizations. Residential Care Today is a quarterly which includes longer articles and news digests.
Year in Review summarizes all the social service legislation we covered during the year.
*I was involved in many parts of the publishing process, including research, writing, layout, paste-up, shopping
for printing prices and mailing. Wrote about fifty headlines per issue.
*Researched human service grants and contracts offered by governmental agencies and private foundations.
Wrote summaries and put them into Human Services Money Source.
*Used Microsoft Publisher and Word to layout the publications.
*During 1997 I managed advertising accounts for Residential Care Today.
*From January to April 1999 I edited the publications while training a new publisher and a new writer.
Newspaper Reporter-News Ledger, West Sacramento.
December 1993-October 1994
February 1995-November 1995
*Covered issues important to the growth, development and character of West Sacramento. Also did human
interest stories when I got the opportunity.
*Interviewed politicians, government officials and residents who do interesting things.
*Occasionally took pictures.
Newspaper Reporter-Lake County Record Bee, Lakeport, CA.
November 1994-February 1995
*Wrote articles for a local daily newspaper.
*Beat included courts, city government, schools and anything of interest happening in the city of Lakeport.
Microcomputer Network Operator-Poage Center Insurance Services, Sacramento, CA
February 1988-October 1994.
*Scanned documents and filed them electronically into an optical disk storage and retrieval system.
*Transferred data from an IBM AS400 mainframe into a Novell network database.
*Wrote documentation of software procedures.
*Kept current backups of several hard disks on the network.
*Assisted network engineers when modifications were made to network.
*Helped employees when they had trouble using the network.
*Created macros, batch files, & custom boot disks to solve problems specific to individual users.
Technical Training
Currently taking online courses in C Programming and Web Design.
Volunteer Work
Currently working as a volunteer secretary and classroom aide for Arbor Heights Cooperative Preschool. Duties include
taking minutes of business meetings and playing with children
Education
California State University, Sacramento.
*Master of Arts, English Literature, 1994.
*Bachelor of Arts. 1986.
*Member, International English Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta.
*Graduate level GPA, 3.75.