Region Message - February 2012

It’s Region Conference time! Or very close to it. By now the brochure for the region conference should have worked its way to your inbox or mailbox. I hope you will be able to join us in Boise, Idaho for this fantastic educational opportunity. This is also a great opportunity for networking with fellow RIM professionals. Mingle with peers at the Welcome Party, talk cloud storage at dinner on Monday night or commiserate on your SharePoint implementation during the breaks! For more information please see the Great Northwest Region website at: http://www.armagreatnorthwest.org/. And if the conference isn’t enough reason to travel to Boise, visit http://www.boise.org/visitors/ and learn about some of the cool things to see and do in Boise (I adore zoos and aquariums so I think you’ll know where to find me during our off-time!).


ARMA has a lot going on right now; there are several webinars available at the webpage as well as whitepapers on Information Governance. If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to learn more about a specific RIM topic for use at your workplace, ARMA is a great place to start researching. One of our work plan items for the City Records Management Program is to review GARP and how our program stacks up to the principles. I’m hoping it will help show us where we should concentrate on improving services to City employees and educational opportunities for staff.

This February marks one year since I was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a fight I never thought I would be in. I’m happy to say that all recent blood work came back clear and all seems to be fine, so I’ll be around in ARMA for while more! My ARMA family was a big help and support to me and my family during the past year of chemo and radiation. From notes of support, to your donations to the Overlake Cancer Center, to the three wonderful gentlemen (Marc, Bruce and Dave) who offered up their heads to be shaved as a fundraiser, it truly meant a lot to me. I’m so glad to be a part of ARMA and a part of the greatest region: Great Northwest!

Hope to see all of you in Boise in March!

Sincerely,

Jennifer Winkler

Region Coordinator

Our Sister Chapter BEC (Bellevue Eastside) Presentation on January 12th!

January Meeting Reminder!

Hello RMA members and friends:

The BEC Meeting this month will be on Thursday, January 12th at Symetra from 5:00-7:00 pm. It is a Technology Spotlight on both Records Management and Sharepoint 2010, presented by Julian Soh from Microsoft.

Please see the attached poster for more program details!

Registration Fee: $15 (includes sandwiches and beverages from Jimmy Johns). Please contact me at Fran.Blaylock@bms.com to reserve your spot!

I hope you will be able to join us for this great meeting. I look forward to seeing you there,

Fran Blaylock, BEC Past President

Thanks!

ARMA Bellevue Eastside Chapter

Andrew J. SanAgustin
Greater Seattle Chapter President

ARMA Greater Seattle Chapter

ARMA North Program: Records Retention Schedules and Their Many Uses: Such as: Cleaning up Your File Room or Electronic Shared Drives, January 18 two sessions

Greater Seattle Chapter of

ARMA, International

 

Date:               Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Cost:              FREE ARMA Members, Non-members, and Students

Session 1:      Western Washington University-Northwest Regional Archives Branch, Corner of 25^th St. and Bill McDonald Parkway, noon to 1 p.m.

 

Session 2:      Snohomish County Main Campus, 3000 Rockefeller Ave. Everett WA 98201- New Administration Building AdminE, room 6A04, 3:00-4:00 p.m.   

 

 

Program:         Records Retention Schedules and Their Many Uses: Such as: Cleaning up Your File Room or Electronic Shared Drives

Program Description: This program will present the many uses of records retention schedules, such as assisting the process to clean up a file room or an electronic shared drive.  The tools presented in this course can be used in your organization to better manage records and information.

 

Speaker: Andrea Bettger, City of Seattle

 

Andrea Bettger has been in Records and Information Management for over twelve years. She began her career at Lummi Indian Business Council in Bellingham, Washington where she received her Master through Western Washington University.  Bettger has experience in archival records at Oregon Historical Society and City of Portland. She is a very active member of the ARMA, International and has served at many levels in the local chapter and the region level and serves as the president of the Seattle Opera’s BRAVO! Club.    

 

 

Register: This program is open to all Greater Seattle members and their guests. Please register online at http://www.armaseattle.org/events.htm#Registration_Form_  or email register@armaseattle.org by Monday, January 16. Include your name, organization, phone number and number of guests. 

 

Directions

 

Session 1: Northwest Regional Archives

• From I-5 southbound , take exit 252 (Samish Way), turn right at the stoplight, then left (almost immediately) at the next stoplight (this is an intersection with a Burger King and a Shell Station on the corners) onto Bill McDonald Parkway.
• From I-5 northbound, take exit 252 (Samish Way), turn left at the stop sign, turn left at the next light, cross over the freeway, turn left at the second light (this is an intersection with a Burger King and a Shell Station on the corners) onto Bill McDonald Parkway.
• Follow Bill McDonald Parkway up the hill and past the high school (on your left), turn left on first street past the school (25th Street), then immediately turn left into Lot 33G to park.  The Archives is across the street from the parking lot, located on the corner of 25th and Bill McDonald Parkway.

·         More directions at: http://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/archives_northwest.aspx

Session 2: Snohomish County Main Campus

·         From I-5 northbound take exit 192 (Broadway/41^st St), merge onto Broadway Ave, turn left onto Pacific Ave and right onto Oakes Ave. The Underground parking garage will be on your left. Free 90 minute street parking is located all around this neighborhood.

·         From I-5 southbound take exit 194 (Everett Ave), turn right onto Everett Ave, turn left onto Broadway, take right on Pacific Ave and right Oakes St. The Underground parking garage will be on your left.  Free 90 minute street parking is located all around this neighborhood.

·         More directions: http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/County_Information/countycampusmap.htm