Greater Seattle Chapter November Meeting

The Greater Seattle Chapter November meeting will be held on November 3 at the Best Western Executive Inn (200 Taylor Ave North Seattle, WA). Those important holidays are around the corner make sure to bring your check book or extra cash we will have a Silent Auction for the Greater Seattle scholarship fund. Unfortunately, we can’t accept debit/credits. All proceeds will be going to the Scholarship fund to assist our members continue with their professional education. To register for the November 3 meeting go to Greater Seattle Chapter website to register.


Program Information

Identity Theft-Its' Not just Financial- Reginald Reid has been involved with Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. for 3½ years. During this time he has traveled to cities in California, Arizona, Virginia, Florida, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington talking about the importance of two things: access to affordable legal services and the need for protection against the fastest growing crime in North America, identity theft.

His company has been working to help private individuals, as well as small and large companies, all over North America understand the importance of safeguarding themselves and those that are the most important to them from what many in the business world call ‘financial cancer.’ We hope you will join us for this important topic. You will be able to bring information back to your organization and apply this information at home.

Date:
November 3, 2005

Time:
5:30 Registration
6:00 Dinner
7:00 Program

Dinner: Mesquite Roasted Chicken Breast or Fettuccine Alfredo with Apple Pie for dessert.

Parking: Parking at the Best Western parking lot is located behind and underneath the hotel. You may either drive up to gate and ask to be let into the parking through the intercom or, if it’s open simply drive in. Pick up your free parking pass at the meeting registration desk and return to your car.

Silent Auction: Instead of having one large auction this year we will be having two small silent auctions. If you wish to donate an item please contact Susan Priebe or Andrea Bettger .

We hope to see you at this exciting program !
Andrea Bettger, Greater Seattle Secretary

Puget Sound Chapter Announces November 9 Meeting

November 2005 Chapter Meeting -- Puget Sound Chapter of ARMA International
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
La Quinta Inn, Tacoma, Washington

Registration: 6:00—6:30 pm
Dinner: 6:30 – 7:15 pm
Business Meeting: 7:15 - 7:30 pm
Program: 7:30 - 8:30 pm

Dinner: $20.00

“RM and its Role Responding to Public Records, Discovery & Subpoenas”

Program: Compliance with requests for information is important not only in governmental settings, but is also crucial to managing risk in a corporate environment. Policy and procedure for the collection, review and release of records is a necessity. Efficiently responding to these requests can be a challenge without proper Records Management. This is particularly true when it comes to electronic records. Our speakers will discuss the important role records management plays in this arena

Speakers: Barbara Benson, Director of Records Management Services, University of Washington since 1992. She earned a Graduate degree in History/Archival and Records Management from New York University. She has worked as either Archivist or Records Manager for such diverse organizations as Chemical Bank; Trinity Church; New York City Department of Records and Info Services; Seton Hall University and the Archdiocese of Newark; New York State Archives and Records Administration.

Eliza Saunders, Director of Public Records and Open Public Meetings at the University of Washington since 1998. She received her Bachelor’s degree in American History from University of California at Santa Barbara and her Master of Science in Public Relations from Boston University. Ms. Saunders worked for a number of years in the Mutual Fund industry however the thrust of her career has been in academia. Prior to joining the U of W she worked in student affairs; first for the Registrar at Boston University and later as the Administrator for Admissions at Harvard Medical School. Ms. Saunders is considered an expert on access to university records and has spoken to both the International Media Law Conference and the Meeting of International Commissioners of Access to Information at the invitation of the U.S. Department of State.

Make your reservations in several ways: Call Shirley Hines at: 253-653-9088, Fax: 253-627-6464, register on-line at pugetsoundarma.org, or e-mail Shirley at shirley.a.hines@boeing.com.

The Latest from Sue Lord

November Message from the Great Northwest Region Manager

Hello, everyone! I am still on a natural high from the ARMA Conference in Chicago. Gee, it was a great event in a very neat city. Kudos to all who were involved in producing this superb affair! If you have never been to an International Conference, you should begin working on your employer now to go to Conference next year in San Antonio. The International Conference and Expo simply offers the best in educational courses and vendor contacts for the Records and Information Management Professional. It is a wonderful thing to be able to meet people from all over the world in our profession at the Conference. I hope you will be able to “experience” an International Conference at least once in your career.

One of the annual events at the International Conference is the “Awards Banquet.” I am happy to report that one of GNW Region’s own, the Greater Anchorage Chapter of ARMA, won the medium-sized 2004-2005 Newsletter of the Year Award for their publication “Turnagain ARMA News.” Later in the evening we learned that the Boise Valley Chapter of ARMA, receive the medium-sized Chapter of the Year award for 2004-2005! How exciting! Please join me in congratulating each of these chapters from our Region for their accomplishments!

Please join me in welcoming two new members of the Great Northwest Region team. Marc Simpson of the Puget Sound Chapter has graciously agreed to serve as GNW Region Treasurer. Andrea Bettger of the Greater Seattle Chapter has offered her services to become webmaster for the GNW Region. We thank Marc and Andrea for their spirit of volunteerism. I would also like to thank Kevin Holfeld of Boise Valley and Toby Allen of Greater Anchorage Chapter for the service they each provided the Region during their terms.

I wish you well during this autumnal season and thank you for being a part of ARMA.

Very truly yours,

Susan M. Lord, Manager
Great Northwest Region of ARMA

Archives Expo

Seattle Area Archivists are celebrating Archives Week the week of October 10-15. There will be several activities sponsored by members of the Seattle Area Archivists.

October 11 King County Archives Open House 12- 3 p.m.
This is a perfect opportunity to tour the facility, view recent acquisitions and other material from the collections, and enjoy refreshments. For more information, please call 206-296-1538, email archives@metrokc.gov, or visit our website.
Location: King County Archives, Seattle

October 12 Archives Expo
Seattle area archives will display information about their holdings and services, and provide informative talks.
Location: Seattle Public Library, Central Branch, Level 4, Meeting Room 2

• 11 a.m. The Old Seattle Cemetery at Denny Park How to use archives and other repositories to trace the origins, lives and final resting places of early Seattle residents once buried at the Old Seattle Cemetery. Location: Seattle Public Library, Central Branch, Level 4, Meeting Room 2
• 1 p.m. Preserving your Family Photographs Presented by Nicolette Bromberg, Visual Materials Curator, UW Libraries. Location: Seattle Public Library, Central Branch, Level 4, Meeting Room 2

Thursday, October 13, 11:30 am Brick Wall Workshop
Bring your brown-bag lunch and your "impossible genealogy problem" and our knowledgeable staff will brainstorm possible solutions!
Location: National Archives & Records Administration, Seattle

There are several events at the Washington State Archives in Olympia for complete event listings please see Seattle Area Archivists website.

Personal Information Privacy Day

FREE RESIDENTIAL SHREDING
Personal Information Privacy (PIP) Day provides a day of FREE residential shredding. Protect you personal information from identity theft by bring your personal information and records for FREE SHREDDING. On Saturday October 8, 2005 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1202 Harrison St, Seattle WA (cross street Eastlake Avenue East). Restriction: residential shedding only; no business shredding; paper only; no binders; clips or electronic media accepted! For more information please contact Greater Seattle Chapter of ARMA or 206-628-7292.

PIP day is sponsored by Shred-It, Greater Seattle Chapter of ARMA, and PEMCO Insurance.

We hope to see you all drop your personal information!
Andrea Bettger, Greater Seattle ARMA Secretary