How timely that the question of international records retention law should
come up - ARMA International is having a webinar on the very topic May 31,
followed by live chat with the presenter, a famous records retention
consultant. : )  Such a deal!

John Montaña
General Counsel
Cunningham & Montaña, Inc.
29 Parsons Road
Landenberg PA 19350
610-255-1588
610-255-1558 fax
484-832-3260 mobile


-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Terri Scovill
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 4:38 PM
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Subject: [RM] Records Retention Laws

I have been watching the e-mails since I have joined the group and now 
realize how naive I am.  I work for a world-wide manufacturing corporation 
and got handed the job of Records and Information about 9 years ago for the 
divisions in North America, Canada and Mexico.  The job was a side thing to 
start. (Crazy - I know) Then a couple of years ago I got the job of being 
the person to gather all information for litigation.  Since then, I have 
tried to get a better understanding and I have made some great improvements 
to it.  I am now listed as the RIM Supervisor but have now realized I'm 
still far from what a true Records Manager should be.   For example, all of 
my retention schedules are in place from what was previously decided before 
I joined.  If a change is needed, it is authorized through our legal 
department who,in my opinion, (sorry if this comes out wrong) do not really 
know where to get the information themselves on how long something should 
be retained.  I think they just make a decision on how long they feel it 
will be valuable.  I know that we are in complaince with documents 
pertaining to HR, Finance-GA, etc. but what about other documents?

It seems I am able to find plenty of documentation to support government 
agencies, but does anyone have good suggestions for me on where to get 
valuable insight for retention schedules in a manufacturing organization?

One problem that I have is that our corporate offices are in Stockholm 
Sweden and I'm sure many of you know that the laws are very different over 
there.  So getting the buy-in to do what is necessary always takes 
documentation.

Any ideas?

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