ARMA International made the SOC classification a clear priority.
Unfortunately, we were not been accepted for the 2010 edition, despite our
best efforts. 

As always, we continue to lobby on behalf of the membership in this very
important effort. A complete news posting on our efforts and initial
planning for the next round of consideration is posted at
http://www.arma.org. 

Only 19 of the 1200 SOC applicants under consideration were accepted -- and
many of those were simply reclassifications. When the Board of Directors
began placing emphasis on this classification, we knew it would be an uphill
battle -- and we will continue to battle on the member's behalf.

Most Sincerely,

John

John P. Frost, CRM
President/Chair of the Board
ARMA International

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Subject: [RM] NOW How to gain formal recognition of the profession

Since John Frost, President of ARMA International is not available at
the moment he asked that I respond to Larry Medina's note.  We'll have
more information tomorrow, I believe.

First, for those who have been involved in the effort to ensure that our
profession is recognized by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, thank
you!  As many of us know Larry Medina has been in the forefront of those
efforts, as well as having donated significant time to RIM standards
development, as a past Chapter President of ARMA and in the education of
those of us who participate here on the listserv.  

There have been efforts underway last year and this year to push for the
inclusion of RIM as a Standard Occupational Classification.  ARMA's HQ
Staff and a volunteer committee has been engaged in that effort (notably
Judy Tyler - thanks, Judy for your work!).  Inclusion of RIM is far from
a certainty, and the effort that has been underway is one that has an
open window only once every ten (10) years....with the work of ARMA
beginning two years prior to that time.  

There are some very specific challenges relating to the Department of
Labor's evaluation that we face.  Among the most notable is the lack of
a formalized education curriculum at the Undergraduate level in US
Universities and Colleges.  While there are some notable programs...we
are quite far from other professions - (e.g. accounting), where there is
a fairly consistent and available educational curriculum that is shared
by many, many Universities and Colleges.  

We have, in our application...included information pointing to the
status of RIM as a profession in Australia and elsewhere, so that may
help our cause.

In any event....there is work underway, there is no certainty of
success, and we have been made aware again of areas in which more work
needs to be done to ensure that we "get there" as a recognized
profession.

Larry, thanks for raising the topic, and stay tuned for any additional
information that John Frost may choose to add!

Doug Allen, CRM, CDIA+
President-Elect
ARMA International
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