Greater Seattle Chapter President's Digest

Dear member,

The new 2009-2010 ARMA year will be starting in two weeks!! The Greater
Seattle board is energized to bring you engaging topics and programs at
a very low cost. My pitch for these meetings are--cheaper than your
local coffee shop. The board is committed to provide you all year long
low cost meetings to ensure you are receiving Records and Information
Management education. So, this year don't expect fancy dinners at
hotels, but breakfast and brown bags around downtown Seattle and
throughout our area. Dean Koga and Paul White are working furious
locating great speakers and great topics. I hope to send out a list of
the programs in the next few weeks.

Our next meeting will be on September 3, at Stoel Rives, 600 University
St., Suite 3600 in downtown Seattle. Our speakers will be Greg Trosset
and Patty Holmquist, who will share with the Greater Seattle Chapter
some of the successes and failures they've encountered in applying
technology to achieve an effective RIM Program in the last four years at
King County. To find out more details the meeting please go the Greater
Seattle Website.

I hope you plan on attending!

Andrea Bettger

ARMA International Education Foundation Raffle Tickets

The Greater Seattle chapter has ARMA International Education Foundation
Raffle Tickets. You may be asking yourself a few questions. So here are
some frequently asked questions.

What is ARMA International Education Foundation? They are an on-going
research entity of ARMA International. Funds are available for
continuing education, graduate students, and research on Records and
Information Management Topics.

What are the ARMA International Education Foundation Raffle Tickets?
They are raffle tickets for some great prizes. You can win a Wii,
Blackbarry, or FREE Registration to ARMA International in San Francisco,
California or the 2010 ARMA International conference.

How much are the raffle tickets? Raffle tickets are only $5.00!!!

How can I get a raffle ticket? Contact me, Andrea Bettger President
Greater Seattle Chapter.

How can I found out more about ARMA International Education Foundation?
Follow the link provided.

Do I need to be present to win? No, you don't need to be present to win.
Make sure to fill out the information correctly.
Good Luck!!!

Upcoming Webinars
As a member of ARMA you may go online at anytime and hear Podcast or
listen to previous Webinars. Or, schedule to attend a Webinar. The
following two are the upcoming courses:

• Seven Questions Guide Records Management Strategy and
Implementation, September 4,
• Keys to Effective Business Communication, September 18

To register for these Webinars go to the ARMA International Website.

Western Washington Student Master Thesis
Danelle Roath, student at Western Washington University and a chapter
member is working on her master thesis. You should have received the
request to complete her survey. Her thesis question is: how people are
implementing electronic records systems, which include but are not
limited to: electronic records management systems (ERMS); electronic
document management systems (EDMS); electronic content management
systems (ECMS) or e-mail archiving systems.

To take the survey go to:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=6fAvCIk_2bCf0YMOdmibRrmg_3d_3d

The survey will close Friday, August 28.

Andrea Bettger
City Records Management Program
City Clerk Office, City of Seattle
andrea.bettger@seattle.gov
206-615-1609

September 3, Applying Technology to Achieve an Effective RIM Program

Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009

Time: 8:00-8:45 networking and breakfast; 8:45-9:45 program

Cost: $5, less then that coffee store!

Location: Stoel Rives, 600 University St., Suite 3600 Seattle, WA 98101

Program: Applying Technology to Achieve an Effective RIM Program

Program Description: Over the last four years King County has been
planning and implementing an Electronic Records System. Greg Trosset
and Patty Holmquist will share with the Greater Seattle Chapter some of
the successes and failures they've encountered in applying technology to
achieve an effective RIM Program.

Speakers:

Patty Holmquist, CRM, joined King County Records Management in September
2004. Patty graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a degree
in Business Administration, specializing in Organizational Behavior.
She completed the Records and Information Management certificate program
at the University of Washington in 1997 and was awarded her CRM in 2002.
Her experience in records management covers a broad spectrum including
the business and public sectors. She is a member of the Puget Sound
Chapter of ARMA.

Greg Trosset joined King County in September 2004, and brings an IT
oriented background to the Records Management office. His previous
experience includes IT and management positions in both the private and
public sectors, including Swedish Medical Center and Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center. Greg is a retired Commander with the United
States navy, serving over 20 years in both an active and reserve
capacity. He holds an MBA with a major in information system and a
Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare Administration, both from the State
University of New York.

Register: This program is open to all Greater Seattle members and their
guests. Please register by Tuesday, September 1 by emailing
registration@armaseattle.org and include your name, organization, and
phone number and number of guests; or Sue Gunderson at
sgunderson@datasitenw.com

Directions: For directions to the office of Stoel Rives, please see
their Website at: http://www.stoel.com/showlocation.aspx?Show=203 The
office is located on the 36 floor of One Union Square. There is parking
garage available for paid parking.

Andrea Bettger
City Records Management Program
City Clerk Office, City of Seattle
andrea.bettger@seattle.gov
206-615-1609

Western Washington University-Master Thesis Survey

I have a request from a Western Washington Student and colleague,
Danelle Roath. Ms. Roath is needing your assisting with her Master
Thesis Survey. Please click onto the link provided by Ms. Roath and
assist her with the project.

Below is the correspondence from Ms. Roath:

Dear Colleague,

My name is Danelle Roath and I am a graduate student at Western
Washington University in the Archives and Records Management program
under the direction of Dr. Randall Jimerson.

As part of my master's thesis I am conducting a survey to determine how
people such as you have, will be or are implementing electronic records
systems, which include but are not limited to: electronic records
management systems (ERMS); electronic document management systems
(EDMS); electronic content management systems (ECMS) or e-mail archiving
systems.

The ultimate goal of this survey is to investigate current practices and
consequently to analyze the data to determine best practices for
implementing a sustainable electronic records management system.

The survey will only take approximately 10-15 minutes and I would be
grateful if you took the few minutes to fill this out for me. The survey
will close Friday, August 28.

ELECTRONIC RECORDS SYSTEMS SURVEY LINK:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=6fAvCIk_2bCf0YMOdmibRrmg_3d_3d

Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions, comments or
concerns at: roathd@students.wwu.edu. There is further contact
information on the consent form of the survey.

Thank you,

Danelle Roath

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I hope the Greater Seattle Chapter can convince her to present the
results and then we can all learn from current Records and Information
Management topics. Again, please click the above survey link!

Andrea Bettger
Greater Seattle Chapter President

Bellevue Eastside Chapter Program, September 15

Bellevue Eastside Chapter is inviting you to attend their workshop and program on September 15, 4:30 workshop; 5:30 dinner, 6:45 program.

The Speaker is Susan Cisco, Ph.D., CRM, FAI and the program is: Trimming Your Bucket List, Then What? Emerging Practices for Implementing Retention Schedules in ECM/RM Systems. This event will be located at West Coast Bellevue Hotel and the cost will be Workshop: $10; Presentation only: $10; Workshop, dinner/networking, presentation: $25. To Register Contact Grace Schaller: gkschaller25@msn.com, or call: 425-652-0799.

To see the complete flyer on this program, please go to program flyer on the Great Northwest Region Website at: http://www.armagreatnorthwest.org/images/SusanCiscoFlyer091509.pdf

Andrea Bettger
Greater Seattle President

ShopSavvy - Barcode Scanning Software for your Wireless

ShopSavvy is a new tool available for cell phones (currently available for the Google phone through T-Mobile) that can read barcodes and provide you with information about a product. You use the camera's built in camera to scan the barcode of an item. The free software will then search for related information about the product.

This technology could be adapted for Records Management in the very near future. Who knows, perhaps one day users and Records professionals can use their own mobile devices to manage records of an organization!!!!