Dear All,
Here's a bit more detail to clarify the Content Strategy Task Force posting on 
the ARMA website. 

What will the task force do?  The volunteers will (1) help identify current and 
future educational needs for RIM professionals, (2) identify RIM-related issues 
and needs in the business community, (3) identify sources of new expertise 
that we can draw on to help RIM professionals, and (4) help analyze gaps 
between educational needs and the current offerings from ARMA. The task 
force will work in conjunction with ARMA staff so that new publications, 
standards and education programming reflect the needs that the task force 
identifies. Volunteers will do some research, some analysis and make 
recommendations. As the task force makes its content recommendations, the 
current processes for developing books, standards, conference programming 
and education will take over. The key thing to keep in mind is that this task 
force is not developing products like some of the past committees have done. 
The task force is helping ARMA *identify the areas which need to be 
addressed.* 

Time commitment/Meetings: Though the task force is chartered for 3 years, 
we expect to review the membership on an annual basis. This will allow us to 
bring new people onto the task force as trends in the business environment 
change. We could also re-appoint some individuals if their expertise continues 
to be relevant and they remain available. 

We *might* have a face-to-face meeting of task force members who are 
already attending the annual ARMA conference. But, we don’t expect to ask 
for any separate travel commitments. We will use email, hold meetings via 
conference calls, and use ARMA’s collaboration site for other work. I am not 
sure how frequently we will hold virtual meetings – probably more often at the 
beginning as we are putting our work agenda into place; and less frequently 
over time.

We don’t have a set number of people – there are, however, a number of 
subject areas we are eager to have represented on the task force. If one 
person has multiple areas of expertise, that’s great. I sort of expect we will 
have 8-10 volunteers on the task force, but we don’t know for sure at this 
point.

I hope this helps – I am encouraged that a number of individuals have 
expressed interest already!

Best regards,
Diane
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Diane Carlisle, CRM
Director, Professional Resources
ARMA International

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