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| September 2010 | Volume VI, Issue 1 |
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More About Us
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 Upcoming Educational Session will feature
John Jablonski Legal Holds and E-Discovery
 We're trying a new venue!
Baci Grill
134 Berlin Road
Cromwell, CT
Tuesday - September 28, 2010
5:30pm to 8:00pm
Meal Choices:
-Pistachio Encrusted Salmon
-Chicken Marsala
-Baci Penne (sausage & chicken)
-Vegetarian
Cost to Register:
$35.00 Chapter Members
$45.00 Non-Chapter Members
$25.00 Chapter Member Retiree
$25.00 Student
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 BOOK AVAILABLE AT MEETING - DISCOUNT PRICING FOR ARMA CT CHAPTER MEMBERS
Editor's note: ARMA International, the authority on managing records and information, has released 7 Steps for Legal Holds of ESI and Other Documents, a book to help law firms develop strategies for preserving information. The book, by John Isaza, a lawyer at Howett Isaza Law Group, and John Jablonski, a partner at Goldberg Segalla, (and one of our EDDUpdate authors) describes best practices for identifying trigger events and initiating litigation holds. ARMA Member discount pricing on arma.org is $75.00. We are making this book is available to you for $50.00. For your convenience, you may include payment with registration. Please remember to add $50.00 to registration cost. You may also purchase this book at the meeting at the discounted price (cash or check only).
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CRM PRACTICE QUESTION
The management concept that integrates strategic planning, total management, setting of objectives, individual motivation, measurements of results, and time is:
a. management by authority b. management by expertise c. quality management d. management by walking around e. management by objectives
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 MESSAGE FROM BRIAN ...
Board Annual Planning Meeting
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Hello ARMA Connecticut and Welcome,
I am honored to serve as the Chapter President and very excited about our upcoming year. The entire Board of Directors has been working very hard with one common goal in mind: Provide the most beneficial and enjoyable events possible.
As you will see from the onset, we are looking to expand our horizons this year by adding new meeting locations, offering incentivized pricing to our membership, and delivering the most relevant topics in RIM today. The Connecticut Chapter is 100 members strong and we hope to grow in not only size but in stature within the ARMA community.
I thank you all for your continued interest and dedication to ARMA Connecticut and I look forward to serving the Chapter to the fullest.
With Regards,
Brian F. Paul
President, ARMA Connecticut Chapter
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Introducing New Board of Directors for 2010-2012!
Smiling for the phantom picture taker! |
From (L) to (R): Ray Siggia, Director-Programs; Christina Doyle, Vice President-Secretary; Tom Cichon, Director-Membership; Anita Castora, CRM - Immediate Past President; Matt Fisher, Vice President-Treasurer; Doreen Smith, Director-Awards and Special Events; Ray Jansak, Director-Publications; Jim Merrifield, Executive Vice President; and Brian Paul, President.
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Eunice DiBella, CRM | Celebrating 25 Years!
Eunice DiBella, CRM, joined our chapter July 1, 1985. Things were very different back then. It is amazing how much has changed. To put things in perspective, here are a few historical events that occurred in 1985: Postage Stamps cost 22 cents; the first Internet domain name symbolics.com was registered (there are now over 200 million!); Dell Computer released the "Turbo PC"; Microsoft Windows 1.0 was introduced; Ronald Reagan started his 2nd term as President; the Titanic was discovered; the Record of the Year was "We are the World" and the top non-fiction book was Iacocca: An Autobiography by Lee Iacocca.
Eunice has been instrumental throughout the past 25 years, always being the advocate for good records management practices. She served in many board positions including President in 1989-90. The Association has meant a lot to her both personally and professionally. She was a frequent speaker on a wide range of archives and records management topics at local, regional and nation venues including ARMA International's annual conferences. She attended 15 international conferences! She is a member of the Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM) and was awarded the designation of Certified Records Manager in 1993. Eunice was appointed Public Records Administrator in 1989 and retired from the Connecticut State Library in 2009 after 37 years of state service.
Please join the Board of Directors in congratulating Eunice on her 25 years with our chapter. We thank her for the many contributions she has made to our chapter and wish her the best as she enters the very special "retirement" stage of her life. We will be acknowledging her special 25th service anniversary during our September meeting.
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 A new CRM is in town ....
Congratulations to Ron Ellis!
Ron is the Records Manager at Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals. He recently celebrated his 10 year service anniversary with the Connecticut Chapter. Ron's CRM was effective May 2010.
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The only weekly talk show dedicated to the promotion and education of Records Management.
It's about boxes ... It's about files ... It's about people ... It's about you!
Join us ... Inside The Records Room™
Hosted by Ray Davis, Vice President of the Liberty Bell Chapter of ARMA based in Philadelphia, PA.
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Double Dipping - Are we still in a recession?
Editor's Note: While many news sources believe the recession is over, many others do not. Some believe we're in a double dip recession. As professionals in Records and Information Management, we know that companies are continually looking at streamlining costs up to and including savings by outsourcing. The article link below is is an excellent read from one of our members, Linda Mosier, CRM. She is the Conflicts & Records Manager for the law firm of Robinson & Cole LLP. She is a past Board of Directors member, holding the position of Vice President-Secretary of our chapter. Click the following link for article.
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 June Meeting
Recap
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Chapter Donates $50 to The Mark Twain House & Museum
As reported by our former Vice President-Treasurer, Ray Jansak, our chapter received an acknowledgement of a gift made to the Mark Twain House & Museum. Actually, due to a sequence of events, we prepaid for 35 tour participants when only 30 were accounted for. Therefore, there turned out to be a $50 overpayment and we agreed to make that a donation.
For more information on how you can help The Mark Twain House & Museum organization,
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Announcing 2010-2011 Advertising/Sponsorship Program
 Jim Merrifield, Executive Vice President, is pleased to announce the advertising/sponsorship program for the ARMA CT Chapter for the 2010-2011 year. Check out our new rate structure and new features of the program.
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 ARMA International 55th Conference & Expo
Put San Francisco in your plans. Attend ARMA International's 55th Conference & Expo, which will be held November 7-10, 2010, at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco. It's never too early to start planning for the 2010 ARMA International Conference & Expo, which delivers the resources and tools you need to better govern your information.
The 2010 ARMA International Conference & Expo is located in the heart of downtown San Francisco, at Moscone Center West. Close to Union Square, you can hop on a trolley to take in the breath-taking sights on the way to Pier 39 and Alcatraz. Chinatown, historic North Beach, and the Embarcadero are just a few blocks away.
Look for information at: http://www.arma.org/conference/2010/SanFrancisco.aspx
Editor's Note: In these tough economic times, more than ever you and your company need to stay on top of the latest in information management issues. To give you a little help in presenting your case to management, I have re-created an article from an un-known editor of an un-remembered newsletter that was printed prior to the 1991 conference held in Orlando. (I would love to give the credit to the appropriate person, so if you know it please send me the information.) Anyway, please click here to read the article "TIPS TO SECURE ATTENDANCE APPROVAL FOR THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF ARMA INTERNATIONAL," which is posted on the bottom of the Links and Archive Page of the ARMA Connecticut website, under the heading "Chapter Document Archive". Special thanks to Carolyn Mariani, CRM for this information.
Raymond J. Jansak
Director, Publications
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 Membership ReportBy Tom Cichon, Director - Membership
Welcome to the 2010-2011 ARMA CT Chapter year. I am honored to serve as our Chapter's Director of Membership. I have lived in CT my entire life and am very much looking forward to supporting our chapter the best way I can.
This year, your Board of Directors is committed to providing the most interesting and value added calendar of events we have ever had as well as incentives for increased participation in our events and more members! Our commitment to these goals will be evident by the following:
- An exciting roster of educational topics and speakers
- Reduced cost of regular meeting registration for members - only $35
- New meeting venues, starting with Baci Grill in Cromwell, CT for our upcoming September meeting
The Board of Directors has made these changes in order to provide each member, as well as prospective members, with additional value. Your attendance and participation in this year's calendar of events will validate our goals and will make our chapter bigger and better than ever.
I am pleased to report that our current membership count stands at a solid 100.
Please join me in welcoming our newest chapter members:
· Kendra Braxton - Lincoln Financial Group
· Mary Guerre - Purdue Pharma.
Finally, I hope that you all participate in our events this year and that I have an opportunity to meet and chat with each of you. In the meantime, if you have any thoughts or ideas about our programs, or increasing membership, please contact me anytime at 860-338-1867. Thank you.
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Monthly Financial Report
 End of Fiscal Year 2010 - July 1, 2009 thru June 30, 2010
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BEGINNING BALANCE 07-01-2009 |
$ 14,641.30 | |
YTD INCOME |
16,610.54 | |
YTD EXPENSE |
17,133.07 | |
ENDING BALANCE 06-30-2010 |
$14,118.77 |
Respectfully submitted by Matt Fisher, Treasurer
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 Editor's Message
I look forward to serving as your Director, Publications. As Editor and Webmaster I have responsibility for the content in our monthly newsletter and chapter website. I welcome your comments and suggestions. I consider these valuable avenues of information that exist as a member benefit. Please send me any articles or related links that you would like made available. I look forward to our upcoming year of growth and opportunity and I hope to see you at our next meeting.
Raymond J. Jansak
Director, Publications
CRM PRACTICE QUESTION ANSWER IS: e. management by objectives
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