ARMA Europe - member update

Dear ARMA colleagues,

As it has been a while since I wrote to you I wanted to take this opportunity to update you on a couple of exciting developments.

Sister agreement with Greater Washington DC Chapter
Today, we have signed an agreement with the Greater Washington DC Chapter of ARMA International (GWDC Chapter), establishing a Sister Chapter relationship with the aim to engage in mutually beneficial activities and to promote the exchange of ideas and friendship. This highly significant agreement connects the two regulatory capitals of the world: Washington DC, the home of the GWDC Chapter and ARMA Europe, with it’s secretariat in Brussels. In addition, it will allow our young organisation to benefit from the vast experience of the GWDC chapter. You can visit the GWDC chapter website here: http://www.armamar.org/GWDC/ . As DC will be the host of next year’s annual conference there will also be many opportunities for our members to get involved.

ARMA Europe joins DLM Forum

I am also happy to announce that ARMA Europe has joined the DLM Forum as a member. First established in 1996 by an initiative of the European Commission the DLM Forum is Europe’s foremost group in the field of archives, document, records and information lifecycle management. Members of the DLM Forum include national archives and many other government bodies and agencies; industry associations and regulators; private corporations, consultants and industry experts; academic and research institutions; suppliers, consumers and compliance bodies.

In 2010 the DLM Forum incorporated to become a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to furthering the aims and supporting the activities of a broad and expanding community drawn from many different disciplines, countries and sectors. The DLM Forum is the group behind Moreq. Please contact me directly if you would like to get involved in the activities of the DLM Forum on behalf of ARMA Europe. For more on the DLM forum, visit http://www.dlmforum.eu/ .


I attended the DLM Forum meeting in Madrid in May; the main topic for the meeting was moving forward with Moreq 2010 as well as much discussion on standards including the work of ICA and ISO. The DLM Forum meets twice a year (next meeting in Brussels in Autumn 2010) with a conference held every three years. I would strongly urge you to try to attend, the DLM serves as a thought leadership organisation on topics directly relevant to all of us. We are working closely with the DLM to get a webinar update on Moreq 2010 for our members ahead of the public consultation phase scheduled to start in a few weeks. For more information see http://moreq2.eu/component/content/article/31-faq/171-what-is-moreq2010 .


ARMA Europe Website
We are hoping to launch the ARMA Europe website very soon. This website will be hosted on www.arma.org. We would like to understand what you'd like to see on it - it is after all your resource so the content should reflect your needs as records professionals in Europe. There are already many chapter and region sites out there - you can get to these through http://www.arma.org/about/chapters/chapters.aspx. Take a look around and let us know what you would like on your site. Either post suggestions back on the ARMA Europe LinkedIn group (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=893797) so we can all discuss or send direct to me (gavin.siggers@healdan.co.uk).

We will also need some help in running the site - feel free to volunteer.


Membership recruitment

We are always looking for new members and would like to ask for your help to help ARMA Europe grow. We know that if you are satisfied with your membership in ARMA International, you will encourage other Records and Information Management professionals to join (after all, it is one of the best professional decisions they can make for their careers).

Recruiting a new member is easy when you find yourself interacting with colleagues or clients at meetings, online, on the job, or while networking. Simply tell them how you have benefited from your ARMA membership and suggest that they visit http://www.arma.org/join/benefits.cfm to learn more about membership and to join. Membership of ARMA only costs USD 175 and membership of ARMA Europe is free for now.

Other events

Following the successful co-operation between ARMA Europe and IQPC in arranging member discounts to their events we have now established a similar relationship with Informa for the Records Management Compliance event for Financial Services:

As a unique benefit related to your membership of ARMA Europe, we are happy to announce that you are entitled to a 15% discount on Record Management Compliance held in London on 15 July.

In just one day, find out how to leverage reporting, training & competence and risk management to raise the positive profile of records management:

Examine the latest developments in:
• FSA Expectations and Intentions
• Key Regulatory and Legal Document Risks
• Taping and Recording Mobile Phone Calls

Benchmark your approach to:
• Defining a Retention / Destruction policy
• Structuring and embedding a Comprehensive Control Framework
• Effectively Communicating the Records Management Message
• The Importance of Networks in records management

Gain practical insights into:
• Legal Requirements Across Key Jurisdictions
• Selective E-mail Risk Management and Compliance
• Challenges of Electronic Document Regulatory Compliance

To view the latest agenda or register please visit:
http://www.informaglobalevents.com/RecordsManagementAR

Please use the discount code KM6491AREM

We would really like to hear about other events that are relevant to you where you feel that we could perhaps leverage our membership power in negotiating savings.

Remember as a region, the more members we have the powerful the incentive is for organizations like IQPC and Informa to extend favourable member discounts to us.

Kind Regards

Gavin

Gavin Siggers

Director, ARMA Europe
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