Amy writes: "As a graduate of University of Washington, Seattle, I would also like to know if anyone has spoken with "Uncle Bill", to quote Laurie. :) I know they just opened a brand new IT wing funded by his foundation, and it is beautiful. I wonder how many, if any, Records Management courses may be included in the IT curriculum. Are any Records Management professionals lecturing there?" Wish I could respond that there was a list of RM professionals 10 inches thick teaching at the UW. But there is nothing. UW used to have the best Records and Information Management Certificate Program. At one point area employers recruited from this program's graduates almost exclusively. But no more. Obviously I did not attend this program. I have an issue with brian and brain. Recently I have been working on a project team to tackle the management of our corporate entities. Through this experience, I am starting to learn more about the role of the corporate secretary. It seems that there are some very interesting organizations as in the American Society for Corporate Secretaries (http://www.ascs.org/duties/index.shtml) that are worth our exploration. Internal auditors are also often mentioned, but I wonder if through these other functions perhaps there is something we often overlook. I am one of those people too that could never decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. I started out to be a veterinarian, but I can't handle loosing the animals. Then I was going to be an attorney, but I can't stand gray flannel suites. I like to understand how things work, where things come from, and why we do what we do. Records management is that perfect joy - I get to help people, learn new things, and get paid for doing it. I don't have to grow up and that's perfect. As far as "Uncle Bill" seems like he wrote something fairly flattering about the records management profession in his last book "Business @ the Speed of Thought." Chapter 4 I think? Remember guys, I can't really say anything bad about MSFT. They paid our bills for a long time and when my partner was ill they took really good care of him. That is the human side we don't see until there is a tragedy. Rock on and happy Friday! Sharon Sharon Burnett Seattle Washington USA List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance