Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Great Northwest Leadership Conference

Join us for the ...
2006 Great Northwest Region of ARMA Leadership Conference
Friday & Saturday, June 23-24, 2006
Paramount Hotel, Portland, OR
Hosted by the Oregon Chapter of ARMA

The Leadership Conference is especially designed for chapter leaders or the member who is considering a chapter leadership role. However, all chapter members are welcome to attend as ARMA governance - both at the International and chapter levels - and leadership training will be the featured topics.

More information in the coming weeks.

Sue Lord, Great Northwest Region Manager
March 22, 2006

Message from Sue Lord, March 2006

Dear ARMA friends,

Please join me in congratulating Roger Winters and the Greater Seattle Chapter of ARMA for hosting the most excellent 2006 Great NW Region Conference held recently in Seattle, WA. There were a total of approximately 165 people at the conference including attendees, speakers, and vendors. One vendor, Tim from Stellent, told me it was the best organized event that he had ever been involved in! Orchids to Conference Chairs Susan Priebe and Jennifer Winkler!

The Conference was a wonderful educational experience and was attended by Records Managers from all over our Region. We even had one attendee from California, and another from Canada! It was a GREAT event! The next GNW Region Conference will be held in the Spring of 2008 in Portland and will be hosted by the Oregon Chapter of ARMA.

Spring has sprung and that means it is time for our chapters to begin the nomination and election process in planning for the next “chapter year”. ARMA is a volunteer-based organization and your chapter needs you! I want you to seriously consider how you can help your chapter as a volunteer. How much time can you donate to your chapter and our profession? Can you donate one hour per month? If so, perhaps you can write a monthly article for your chapter publication or serve on a chapter committee. Can you give an hour or two per week? Maybe you can be a member of your chapter’s Program committee or serve on your chapter’s board of directors.

The benefits of volunteering are many! You will expand your network of colleagues and friends and you will gain interpersonal, leadership, and professional skills (Heck, I didn’t know a thing about Publisher until I began writing my chapter’s newsletter!). As BOD members you will have experiences and develop skills that can be beneficial in running a small business. All of which, by the way, are skills that are also transferable to the workplace and home. Whatever time and effort you give, it will come back and benefit you in many, many ways!

Cheryl Pedersen, CRM, President of ARMA International said, “Volunteering also provides the opportunity and ability to influence the profession in a very positive way and to make a difference for the future of the profession and the new individuals coming into it.”

So, during the next month or two, I hope you will say “Yes” when nominated for a chapter Board position or speak up and put your own name in for a chapter committee. How much time can you volunteer? What skills can you bring to your chapter, and what skills can you develop in return? How can you help?

Very truly yours,
Susan M. Lord, Manager
Great NW Region of ARMA

Friday, March 17, 2006

Puget Sound Chapter to Meet April 12

"Washington State’s Public Records Act”

  • April 2006 Chapter Meeting
    Puget Sound Chapter of ARMA International
    Wednesday, April 12, 2006
    La Quinta Inn, Tacoma, Washington

    PLEASE NOTE new meeting time below:
    Registration/Social: 5:30 - 6:00 pm
    Dinner: 6:00 – 6:45 pm
    Business Meeting: 6:45 - 7:00 pm
    Program: 7:00 - 8:00 pm

    Dinner: $20.00 (if reserved by 04/07/06)
    $23.00 (if reserved after 04/07/06)

    Dinner Menu
    Caesar Salad
    Chicken Parmesan
    Roasted Red Potatoes; Vegetable Medley
    Rolls & Butter
    Frosted Brownie/Ice Cream
    Coffee & Iced Tea

    ALTERNATE – Chef’s Salad w/Cup of Soup

    "Washington State’s Public Records Act”

    Program: Join us at the April program where our guest speaker will provide an update on the 2005 amendments to the Public Records Act and an analysis of the Attorney General's 2006 Model Rules on Public Records.

    Speaker: Greg Overstreet is Rob McKenna’s Special Assistant Attorney General for Government Accountability. He coordinates Public Records Act and other open-government policy, legislation, and training. Greg serves as an “ombudsman” to the public to resolve open-government issues with state agencies and, when appropriate, local governments. He also assists state agencies with PRA advice and, on occasion, litigation. He drafted the Attorney General’s 2006 Model Rules on Public Records and spearheaded the effort to pass the 2005 amendments to the PRA.

    Greg joined the AG’s Office in January, 2005. Prior to that, he was an attorney in the Olympia office of the Seattle-based law firm of Perkins Coie where he practiced PRA and regulatory litigation. In private practice, Greg represented mostly business-community trade associations but also represented the Senate and House of Representatives on specific matters. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Washington State Bar Association’s forthcoming 22-chapter Public Records Act Deskbook, which is scheduled for publication in September, 2006. Greg graduated from the University of Puget Sound School of Law. While at UPS, he served as an editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. He earned an undergraduate degree in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Washington. Greg is a native of Mt. Vernon, Washington.

    Make your reservations in several ways: Call Shirley Hines at: 253-653-9088, e-mail Shirley at shirley.a.hines@boeing.com, or register on-line at pugetsoundarma.org.
    Registration Deadline: Friday, April 7, 2006. “No-Shows” will be billed.

Monday, March 06, 2006

Seattle Area Archivists Meet March 9th

Seattle Area Archivists Meeting March 9, 2-4 p.m.

Location: University of Washington, Suzzalo Library Basement, Room B69

Speaker: Nicolette Bromberg

Topic: Washington Film Preservation Project

Learn about a consortium of institutions with a common goal of caring for film collections. Learn about film preservation and film holdings of nearby institutions. Leave more excited about YOUR film holdings and more comfortable handling film!

Directions: Go to the lobby of the Allen Library North where the information desk is located. You will see crows hanging from the ceiling. Take the elevator in that lobby to the basement. When you get off the elevator, turn to your right. The classroom is the first door on your right.

--Information provided to Greater Seattle ARMA by Lisa Sanders [lisa.sanders@lakesideschool.org]