They could advertise "Over 40 billion arteries clogged"

I certainly hope that when my lawfirm hits 50 we will have finally implemented the RM policy that we've thus been sitting on for 5 years.  Or at least have made a move toward implementing a destruction schedule.

Beau B. Avery
Records Information Manager
Givens Pursley LLP
PO Box 2720
Boise, ID 83701
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--- Original Message---
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 From: Tim Barnard <[log in to unmask]>
 Sent:  4/15/2005 10:49AM
 Subject: McDonald's & RM

>> Here's something besides taxes to ponder on a Friday.
>>
>> I heard on the radio this morning that McDonald's is celebrating their 50th birthday.  Did
>> you know about this?  There's only a small bit of info on the McDonald's website.  It
>> seems to me, having seen Disney's 50th birthday commercials for the past year, that
>> McDonald's would want to advertise this milestone.  They could run old commercials -
>> "McDonald's is my kind of place," "Ronald McDonald & His Flying Hamburger" and of
>> course "You Deserve a Break Today."  Have a Ronald McDonald reunion.  Things
>> like that.  But other than the news article this morning, I haven't heard anything!
>>
>> Maybe they don't need the publicity.  Maybe someone dropped the ball in promoting
>> this.  Or maybe they didn't preserve enough records to document their history.  This is
>> just speculation, but I wonder how good their RM program is...
>>
>> So, let me ask you, fellow RM's.  When YOUR company (or government agency) hits
>> a milestone such as this, will you have preserved the records that can document its
>> history?  Yet, how do you recognize in a fledgling company that your first purchase of
>> Item X will be a historical record someday?
>>
>> Has Larry M been rubbing off on me?
>>
>> Tim Barnard, Records Management Clerk
>> Harrison County, Mississippi
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