I'm pleased to announce that the State of Missouri is beginning a significant part of its 2-year Missouri Electronic Records Education and Training Initiative (MERETI). On March 24th, the Secretary of State's Records Services Division will present the first of a series of seven workshops to state and local government officials in Missouri on issues related to the long-term accessibility and preservation of electronic records. The workshops form a key element of the MERETI project, which is funded in part by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Workshops will cover a range of topics, from basic to advanced. A team of excellent instructors from eVisory in Richmond, VA includes John Breeden, CRM, Virginia Jones, CRM, and Dr. Charles Dollar. Any Missouri state or local government manager, records manager, archivist, or information technology specialist is eligible to attend. Workshop information and registration forms can be found at the MERETI website: http://www.sos.mo.gov/records/mereti/ <http://www.sos.mo.gov/records/mereti/> . Earlier activities under the MERETI initiative included two targeted presentations on electronic records issues: - to the state government's Information Technology Advisory Board (ITAB) featuring Bob Horton, Minnesota State Archivist, - and to attorneys from the Missouri State Bar and state and local government activities by Barclay T. Blair, Director of the Technology Practice at Kahn Consulting, Inc. and co-author of Information Nation. Project staff has also developed an extensive glossary of archival, records management, and information technology terms designed to facilitate communication and collaboration on electronic records issues among specialists from all areas. The glossary is available for use at: http://www.sos.mo.gov/records/mereti/glossary.asp <http://www.sos.mo.gov/records/mereti/glossary.asp> . Greg Schildmeyer, CRM Director of Records Management Missouri Secretary of State 600 W. Main St Jefferson City, MO 65101 List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance