President’s Message Continued...
are now booming and the
“Engaging our members.” We
successes, and seek
future of (Records and Infor-
understand that while we all
guidance.
mation Governance. Our goal
have extremely busy schedules,
is to quench that thirst for
it’s easy to just attend the
knowledge with our programs. monthly meetings, enjoy a
quick breakfast, listen, and plan
Summertime in Arizona brings
us the usual scorching heat,
mile-high dust storms, vacations (to escape the aforementioned), and the opportunity
for our Board to meet and
begin planning for the year’s
educational activities. Several
your escape back to work. We
take great pride in planning
engaging, educational opportunities for our members, but we
also want you to stick around
and have inspirational conversations with your fellow members. We have a plan for that.
of our Board members had the
We hope the experienced
veterans will reach out to the
“newbies” and welcome them
into our chapter with open
arms. We would also like
grow our membership base
so that you have the oppor-
“While we
tunity to learn from an even
prepare for
larger group of experienced
Records and Information
Governance practitioners.
We want to hear from you.
the faster
paced
business
wonderful opportunity to at-
While we prepare for the faster
We value your thoughts and
world, our
tend the ARMA International
paced business world, our
ideas and certainly
Chapter
Region Leadership Conference
Chapter Board will stay true to
encourage your participation.
in Portland, Oregon. These
what has made this chapter so
conferences allow our board
successful. In 2015-16, we will
members a chance to meet
continue to promote communi-
what has
with other board members in
ty service, work on organizing
made this
the Pacific and Great North-
study groups for the CRM and
west Regions. We shared suc-
IGP certifications, and lead
cesses and brought back some more productive networking
great ideas.
This Year’s Theme
Our focus this year will be on
Board will
stay true to
chapter so
successful.”
opportunities that will foster
Liz
relationships where our ARMA
Carrera,
Arizona Chapter members can
discover and share challenges,
President