Aloha Larry,
It's pretty much a matter of perspective...Like yourself, I'm a long-term practitioner, whether you want to call me a records manager or information governance professional (the latest coin word), it only matters on how effective we are in working within our organizations in addressing the management of information/records. If you notice, I've slashed information/records purposely, as technology has made it such that storage of records is no longer "static" (e.g. paper, microfilm, etc.) but includes "dynamic" media (e.g. optical, virtual, cloud, etc.) to the point where we now intrude into the world formerly exclusive to IT professionals...
I'm not contesting your math, but if the records management community consists of 3 times the current membership of ARMA, then why (?) are they not members?
Everyone is entitled to their opinion...The use of "records" to describe our industry has been debated for years. Quite frankly, it is what it is...My job title includes records management, so if that's what they want to call it, sobeit. However, I believe that I "manage" beyond what most people would perceive as "records management" and that seems to expand further as new technology changes the lifecycle of information.
So, am I a records manager? Probably so, but definitely not in the traditional sense...
Mahalo,
Brian
Brian A. Moriki
Assistant Vice-President & Manager
OSD - Records Management Department
First Hawaiian Bank
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But there is a bigger picture to consider here Brian.
Records Management is performed by many times more people than ARMA has members. ARMA only accounts for fewer than 10k RM Professionals and Practitioners.
I'd venture to guess there are more than 3 times that many in local, State and Federal Government alone, which excludes all of those in private industry, higher education, medical and the remainder of RMs around the World. I'd even say that as many as half of those on this List are not members.
So the simple fact that ARMA has been discussing it doesn't necessarily mean that it's a central concern for the RM Profession and the professionals in the field.
Larry
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On Jun 5, 2013, at 6:43 PM, Records Management <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Shedding the "Records" stigma has been a discussion point for years within ARMA...Perhaps, it's one of the reasons why the acronym ARMA no longer means Association of Records Managers & Administrators anymore. The primary concern about using the term "records" is its close association with the management of "paper". I think the use of "information" (which is widely used in Canada for years versus records) is to assert that managing data/content is the focus and not "media" dependent.
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