Message from the President-Greater Seattle

Message from the President
The Greater Seattle Chapter will be starting the 2009 year of right. On January 8, Doug Jordan from DataSite with be speaking about data warehousing, records and media storage, and mobile shredding. Jordan has been a member of the Greater Seattle Chapter for many years; it will be great to have him speak about his business--data warehousing. I am looking forward to hearing about Data warehousing and the important details that all records managers need to know about these important topics. I have noticed an interesting trend in IT group. I have been asked by IT professionals how long data tapes need to be retained. Of course, when I tell them it depends on the data the get annoyed because its not a clear one or zero answer.

In February, we will hear from Stephanie Wade from Boeing about how Boeing makes decisions on imaging and scanning. It will be great to hear how a large corporation manages their small, medium and large scanning projects. Imaging and scanning projects are also playing a more important role in records management. I have recently had several questions regarding imaging projects and I am looking forward to hear about scanning at Boeing. I hope to see you at one of the next meetings!


After the last breakfast meeting on December 4, the board made a decision to reduce breakfast meeting costs to $15. Looking at the numbers it would save us money if we had 20 breakfast attendees versus 15 breakfast attendees and five members to join the program only. I hope you will consider joining us a half hour early for breakfast. This is a great price for: networking, learning and technology information. I hope to see you at one of the breakfast meetings, January or February. You can meet and chat with other area ARMA members and learning more about records and information management while munching on pasteries.

I want to wish you a very happy holiday season and a happy new year!
Andrea Bettger, Greater Seattle President