Hear, Hear!  Well said, John.  While there is a certain amount of "book learning" involved in passing all the parts of the CRM, the certification process is essentially a measure of a person's *experience* in the range of activities that make up the discipline of records management.  The CRM designation tells the world that the person has "been there, done that", rather than just read about it or attended a workshop.  While all CRMs have an obligation to mentor and assist qualified candidates toward achieving the designation, the ICRM Regents should be careful not to dilute the high standards of qualification and testing that have been long established, and thereby diminish the value of the designation.

Greg Schildmeyer, CRM
RIM Consulting
Jefferson City, MO

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The ICRM is an independent testing agency that certifies a candidate tested
against a professionally vetted definition of the body of knowledge. 
Therein lies the value of the CRM.

Please do not encourage thinking that might build a critical mass of
pressure for the ICRM to educate towards certification.  This is not its
purpose.  Doing so would de-value certification and reduce it to any number
of course certificates, IMO.

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