This is a good lesson for all of us.  It reinforces the concept of each
organization looking at the various potential disasters that could
befall us and deciding what we will do in each case.

It seems that too many of us take the attitude that it won't happen to
us.  Well guess what!

How many RIM staff have been involved in the Disaster Recovery Plan or
how many have been shuffled to the back while IT took over?  We all know
that this should be a team effort.

Disasters go all the way from nuclear explosions to a document
mistakenly being attached to the back of a paper clipped bundle of other
documents.  What is your plan?

GT

Graham Kitchen
Corporate Records Manager
Unified Western Grocers
5200 Sheila Street
Commerce, California 90040
Telephone:  (323)264-5200 Extension 4560
Cell:  (323)243-1865
email:  [log in to unmask]  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Records Management Program 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of mwhaider
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:09 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Lost data and retention implications
> 
> Hi Cheryl,
> Only your organization can decide if it is necessary to spend money to
> restore the records and information lost due to your power 
> outage. This is a
> risk management decision:  the cost of the restoration vs the cost of
> potential loss for not having the information for operational or legal
> purposes.
> 
> This is not unlike any other disaster - ie. hurricane, 
> tornado, flood etc.
> Disasters will happen that supersede our best plans for 
> protection.  It
> sounds as though you may have a good inventory of the records and
> information still residing in your old system.  If you decide 
> against the
> restoration effort, I suggest you document/inventory the records and
> information lost and identify the cause and date of the loss.  This
> information should be retained in the same way you retain 
> your disposal
> information.
> Thanks Mary
> 
> Mary W. Haider, CRM
> Records & Information Manager
> 
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