LETTER FROM REGION MANAGER SUE LORD -- PLEASE READ

Dear Great Northwest Region of ARMA Friends:

Welcome to the 2004-2005 ARMA year! I would like to begin this year by letting you know that it is both a pleasure and an honor to serve you and your chapters as Great Northwest Region Manager. My name is Sue Lord and my home chapter is Puget Sound - located in Tacoma, WA. You should know that the GNW Region Coordinators, Dean Koga of the Greater Seattle Chapter and Leslie Sturgeon of the Boise Valley Chapter are equally eager to serve you, the members, and our association in the coming year. Rounding out our Region Team is the very capable Great NW Region Treasurer, Fred Pauls, also of the Boise Valley Chapter.

One of our primary charges is to provide support to our chapters and members in meeting the objectives of our association and profession. We are responsible for assisting in facilitating communication between the members and chapters and ARMA International’s Board of Directors. The recent GNW Leadership Conference, which was held in beautiful Boise, Idaho, was the perfect venue for practicing the “communication thing.” Most of the attendees were comprised of your chapter officers and directors who took time out of their busy summer to attend this meeting. They had the opportunity to get to know and share information with Dave McDermott, ARMA International President; Anita Willis, ARMA International Member Services Director; and Cheryl Pederson, President-Elect from the International Board of Directors. What a terrific opportunity it was to meet all of these folks!

The GNW Region Team is hoping to have the opportunity to meet you in your own location during the upcoming year. ARMA International has provided our Region a travel fund so that we can visit your chapters. We will have information for you from ARMA International. In turn, we hope you will plan on bringing issues that are of concern to you and your chapter to our attention so we may convey them to ARMA on your behalf.

Certainly, you do not have to wait until a meeting in the event you wish to discuss something with any of us. Please feel free to contact us, should you so desire.

Sue Lord, Region Manager: 253-383-3791; slord@vjglaw.com
Dean Koga, Region Coordinator: 206-386-7508; dkoga@stoel.com
Leslie Sturgeon, Region Coordinator: 208-327-5915; lsturgeon@simplot.com

I hope you are able to attend the 49th Annual ARMA International Conference to be held in Long Beach in October. If you attend, keep your eyes open for us and please don’t hesitate to introduce yourself! In fact, be sure to check for an announcement on the message board (usually in the Registration area) as we will be planning to meet for a Region “social.” Typically it is a no-host luncheon at a restaurant near the conference venue. I think you will find it to be a fun way to get to meet each other and to visit with your ARMA friends from this GREAT northwest region!

Thanks for being a part of ARMA,

SUE LORD

Great Northwest Region Manager

ASSISTANCE REQUESTED - CAN YOU HELP?

If you can help with the request below, please contact Ms Barats directly. Tell her ARMA Seattle sent you!
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I am with Orcas Power & Light Coop on Orcas Island in the San Juans. We are a small rural utility cooperative that until now has had a less than satisfactory method for managing our records retention. We are trying to change that but need help. Are there any small utilities (or companies) out there that are pleased with their programs and might be willing to share information and ideas?

Thanks so much for your help.

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Orcas Power & Light Cooperative
183 Mt Baker Rd.
Eastsound, WA 98245
(360) 376-3537
bbarats@opalco.com