All these comments are quite interesting and, to some extent,  disappointing. 
The ARMA competency study has been under way for some time now.  It would be 
expected that a definition of RM has been determined and that it  takes into 
account the historical fundamentals of our profession. These should  be true 
regardless of the size of an organization or how it is organized.  Competencies 
involve both operational and administrative know-how. In the 'birth  to death" 
concept of records, it starts when information comes in until its  
disposition or preservation. Technology has erased many of the traditional  formats and 
procedures, evident in the changes to correspondence management,  forms 
management, reprographics, reports management, library management and  the like. 
Records management advancement in an organization is dependent upon  ones 
abilities (competencies) to address all aspects of  information  and their 
relationships within the organization. 
Of course you are not expected to go out and buy stamps, but we must be  
careful not to dissect the information anatomy.
 
Bill Benedon

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