The definition of a vital record is any record that is essential to the
resumption of a business in the event of a disaster.

Are your reservoir studies essential to the resumption of business?  Are the
quarterly reports essential?  Are there ways to capture a summary of
information at year-end instead of each quarterly report?

Then again, there are varying levels of "vital".  Some things have to be
available immediately, while others can be made available over a scheduled
period of time but the records are still vital.

On 6/15/07, Joy Groves <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Good morning all
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> I am starting up a vital records program at the oil and gas company I
> work for. I have identified the broad categories of records which could
> be considered "vital records" but am having a heck of a time narrowing
> the field down to specific record types. For example, records with the
> function of Board Governance and Production Control are considered
> vital, but I have a tough time including every quarterly report or every
> little reservoir study done to gather data on production as vital to the
> continuation of business as usual.
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> There must be a way to narrow down the id of what is a vital record to
> make the program manageable.
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> Any thoughts or experience with this?
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> Joy Groves
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> Supervisor, Records Management
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> Daylight Energy Trust
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> Ste 2100, 144-4th Ave SW
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> Calgary, AB T2P 3N4
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> (403)232-4231 fax (403)266-6965
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