I thought the conference, attendees trade show and location was excellent.
Can't wait for the next one!
Kathy Land
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Smooth Solutions, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Forbes, Cherise
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 2:13 AM
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Subject: Re: How was Long Beach?
Just want to let ya'll know I'm enjoying reading all the feedback from the
conference. Maybe next year our budgets will be loosened and I can attend.
Thanks!
-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Lawrence Medina
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:35 PM
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Subject: Re: How was Long Beach?
--- John Annunziello <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sorry to be the wet blanket on this one, but I was
> disappointed in this
> years conference. Currently, we're in the stages of
> implementing an EDRMS
> and I was hoping to hear some case studies.......not
> one.
Too Bad, John. In past years there have been many
presentations dealing specifically with what you were
looking for, but I think it may be a case of "been
there, done that" and ARMA decided to go in a diffeent
direction this year.
Sounds like what would be of great value to you is to
hook up with a User's Group for the system you're
implementing and/or to get some "lessons learned"
experiences from others in similar organizations to
yours who have dome the same thing in the not too
distant past. In all honesty, EVERY installation is
different... sometimes it's because of the operating
systems, or the configuration, or the "organizational
culture", or many other reasons... but no two
installations are EVER the same!
> Yes, I did hear
> some very good sessions but on several occasions
> could not get into the
> one I wanted as there was insufficient space.
I had a similar experience, but my biggest problem was
the conflicting sessions that I was interested in
seeing/attending... and the fact that many presenters
didn't provide their handouts in advance, so you
couldn't determine if it was really what the session
title said it was. That's not to say that presenters
are "deceptive" in their advance info, just that it
might not be heading the way you expected it to, so
another session may be more appropriate for your
limited time.
> There were also many
> sessions on Sarbanes-Oxley which is very big in the
> US, but not terribly applicable to us in Canada.
I think a lot of what SOX is really all about is
applicable to any RIM program, it's basically just
good business practices, and following them puts you
in compliance with certain regulations. Even though
the base case is to retain specified financial and
audit information for specified periods of time and in
specified formats, the gist of it is to develop sound
practices, ensure they're communicated throughout the
organization and followed uniformly... and that's
really what GOOD RIM is all about.
> It was nice to see
> Alice from Orlando though.
I'm sorry I didn't run into either you or Alice... I
spent a lot of time focussing on badges as I roamed
the halls between sessions looking for names of folks
I "know" from here, and ran into quite a few of them,
but sorry I missed you.
> And guess what....Long beach is not a beach but a
> harbour.....definately a misnomer.
No way, Dude! (he says in his best CA accent) There
IS a beach... it was South-Southwest of the Conference
hotel and it's about a mile or so long. But you're
right it's mainly a harbor, and it's an old Navy
Town... you just couldn't tell that anymore.
> With this being my first visit to
> California,I I had
> expectations of what LA and Hollywood would look
> like. If I didn't know
> better, I could have been in parts of Toronto.
Although they aren't far apart, Long Beach and
LA/Hollywood are about as different as Toronto and
Vancouver. You need to "get into LA" to find the LA
you were expecting to see, it's there but you need to
look for it.
> Well so much for
> complaining.....guess I'll just climb back on my
> dog sled team and head back to my igloo.
Hey, it's not complaining... it's "one Man's view",
eh??
Larry
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