Larry:

I appreciate your experience and the perspectives it brings to you. We are all shaped by our individual experiences.  Being a senior board member of an internationally recognized business incubator, I know that different and innovated thinking often leads to better operations. A continuation of rote past practices normally does not bring innovation. Storing boxes differently from the norm does not make it wrong, just different, and in my case, I perceive it to be more efficient. Some will argue that, but it is the decision I will live with.

You no doubt are aware of the discussion on the NFPA fire-protection issue that was discussed in the past few years, and the concerns that many in the industry had not only of the costs, but that the recommendations that were being put forward were possibly harmful rather than helpful in the case of record storage. Again, my method of storing should minimize any potential fire problems. And again, yes, there are arguments, and I have presented mine, you have yours, and we will just have to agree to disagree on this one.

Yes, of course my contract has the standard limitation clause as far as value of contents is concerned. You know as well as I do that no vendor can know what is inside a box, or the value of it. That is what valuable papers insurance is for, that most businesses carry as a standard part of their business insurance coverage. And like most vendors, my clients have the ability to designate a higher value for their contents, which, of course, results in a higher storage charge to cover that potential liability.

Andy von Busse 

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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Larry Medina
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Subject: Re: [RM] Off-Site Storage Provider Reboxing Files


Also, having been a Principal Member of the NFPA 232 Standard Technical
Committee since 2000, I can tell you how the storage industry members of
that committee view their responsibilities when it comes to providing
protection for records and what they think of the value of the records in
storage, so I've got a decent idea of what I'm talking about.  

You mentioned that your boxes sell for $2.19 each... if your contract, like
those of many other providers, limits your liability for loss of a client's
box of records to $1.00, I think you may better understand why those of us
who have to select someone to protect our assets while in storage have concerns.

Again, I encourage anyone selecting a provider or considering renewing a
contract to take a look at the ARMA Guideline...

http://www.arma.org/bookstore/productdetail.cfm?ProductID=2220

and it's not a bad idea to look at the guideline when you run your own
storage facility to see if you may have some room for improvement.

Larry

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