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Newsletter of the Wyoming Chapter of ARMA International, May 2017 Board Nominees ...…..………………….2 May Meeting Announcement ...............3 April Chapter Meeting Recap ..………4 Year-End Meeting Announcement …..5 Membership Spotlight ...........................6 March Board Meeting Recap .…………7 Board election voting …………………..8 ARMA Int’l News ………………………..9 WY ARMA Board of Directors Chairperson of the Board Programs /Public Relations Pat Newbern VACANT President Education Carolynn Coy VACANT Vice-President Membership April Peregoy Janie Wait Secretary Newsletter VACANT April Peregoy Treasurer Webmaster Barb Thomasee Carolynn Coy Inside This Issue Photo courtesy of Wyoming Tourism.org Wyoming Chapter of ARMA Prez Talk: A Message from Wyoming ARMA President I have to admit May the 4 th Be with You will be a good day this year for two reasons: one, it is a Star Wars reference; and, two, the long anticipated Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2 movie comes out. I am so excited. We have waited a few years for the sequel to come out and it is almost here. Oh, and it is spring with most places in Wyoming still getting a blizzard of snow on top of the newly -emerging flowers and leaves. It is a very con- flicting time for me. Who knows what we should be wearing when we step outside? We have a few chap- ter events going on dur- ing the month of May that we request your par- ticipation in: board elec- tions, chapter awards, and your Tony or Professional Development Award sub- mittals. Board of Directors Election What do I need to do? Each May, our chapter votes on our upcoming year’s Board of Directors and I need you to vote for our Board of Direc- tors for the upcoming chapter year of 2017- 2018. Each member will receive an email with the link to vote. Voting will be open May 5th-May 19th. Please take a few minutes to cast your bal- lot! How do I nominate myself or someone else for a chair? What is the term length? If you have a write-in or would like to include yourself (that option is available), make sure he/ she is currently a chapter member and willing to accept your nomination The term begins in Au- gust 2017 with a planning meeting and runs through May 2018. We are a fun group of people who work to en- sure opportunities for information management education and network- ing. Who are the current nominees for each position? Below is a list of current (please look for more Carolynn Coy, President of Wyoming Chapter of ARMA cont. on page 8...

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Newsletter of the Wyoming Chapter of ARMA International, May 2017

Board Nominees ...…..………………….2

May Meeting Announcement ...............3

April Chapter Meeting Recap ..………4

Year-End Meeting Announcement …..5

Membership Spotlight ...........................6

March Board Meeting Recap .…………7

Board election voting …………………..8

ARMA Int’l News ………………………..9

WY ARMA

Board of Directors

Chairperson of the Board Programs /Public Relations

Pat Newbern VACANT President Education

Carolynn Coy VACANT Vice-President Membership

April Peregoy Janie Wait Secretary Newsletter

VACANT April Peregoy Treasurer Webmaster

Barb Thomasee Carolynn Coy

Inside This Issue

Photo courtesy of Wyoming Tourism.org

Wyoming Chapter of ARMA

Prez Talk: A Message from Wyoming ARMA President

I have to admit May the 4th Be with You will be a good day this year for two reasons: one, it is a Star Wars reference; and, two, the long anticipated Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2 movie comes out. I am so excited. We have waited a few years for the sequel to come out and it is almost here.

Oh, and it is spring with most places in Wyoming still getting a blizzard of snow on top of the newly-emerging flowers and leaves. It is a very con-flicting time for me. Who knows what we should be wearing when we step outside?

We have a few chap-ter events going on dur-ing the month of May that we request your par-ticipation in: board elec-tions, chapter awards, and your Tony or Professional Development Award sub-mittals.

Board of Directors Election

What do I need to do?

Each May, our chapter votes on our upcoming year’s Board of Directors and I need you to vote for our Board of Direc-tors for the upcoming chapter year of 2017-2018. Each member will receive an email with the

link to vote. Voting will be open May 5th-May 19th. Please take a few minutes to cast your bal-lot!

How do I nominate myself or someone else for a chair? What is the term length?

If you have a write-in or would like to include yourself (that option is available), make sure he/she is currently a chapter member and willing to accept your nomination The term begins in Au-gust 2017 with a planning meeting and runs through May 2018.

We are a fun group of people who work to en-

sure opportunities for information management education and network-ing.

Who are the current nominees for each position?

Below is a list of current (please look for more

Carolynn Coy, President of

Wyoming Chapter of ARMA

cont. on page 8...

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The nominations are in and

ARMA members are encour-

aged to vote for their 2017-

2018 Board of Directors.

All chapter members should

soon receive an email with a

link to Survey Monkey where

they can make their selec-

tions. Voters have until Sun-

day, May 14 to cast their

votes. Write-in candidates are

allowed; however, the candi-

date must be a current mem-

ber of the chapter and must

be willing to accept the posi-

tion.

To aid you in your election

decision, the following are

short biographies about each

candidate.

Carolynn Coy—

President, Webmaster

Carolynn Coy is Content

Management Administrator

with the Trihydro Corpora-

tion office in Laramie. She

has a bachelor’s degree in

information technology from

Chadron State College. She

has been with Trihydro for

eleven years, doing anything

from helpdesk to content

management She has been a

member of the Wyoming

Chapter of ARMA for ap-

proximately four years, the

chapter's webmaster for

three, and president for one.

Pat Newbern—

Chairperson of the Board

Pat Newbern has been an

active member of the Wyo-

ming Chapter of ARMA since

2004 and has served on the

board of directors as secre-

tary, vice president, president,

chairperson of the board, and

spring seminar chairperson.

She works with the Records

Management Unit of the Wy-

oming State Archives where

she is a governmental records

analyst assigned to over 16

state agencies, boards and

commissions.

Prior to employment with

the state of Wyoming, New-

bern was HR manager at the

Garden County Hospital and

Health Services in Oshkosh,

Neb., and was the administra-

tive and HR manager with

Rust Constructors (a Raythe-

on Company) in Cheyenne.

April Peregoy—Vice Presi-

dent, Newsletter Editor

April Peregoy is an adminis-

trative assistant for the Wyo-

ming state veterinarian at the

Wyoming Livestock Board

office in Riverton. She has a

bachelor’s degree in history

from Chadron State College

and a master’s degree in li-

brary science, with an empha-

sis in archival studies, from

the iSchool at Drexel Univer-

sity. Previous job experience

includes working as a news

writer and editor for The Ho-

lyoke Enterprise, a weekly

news publication in Holyoke,

Col. She has been a member

of the Wyoming Chapter of

ARMA for approximately

four years, the chapter’s

newsletter editor for two and

vice-president for one.

Barb Thomasee—

Treasurer

Barb Thomasee is a super-

visor with the Office Services

Division of the Wyoming

Department of Transporta-

tion. She has been a chapter

member since 2003 and has

served as education chair, vice

president and president.

Thomasee relays serving on

the board has been an awe-

some commitment and op-

portunity to continue to share

and learn about records and

information management and

keep up with the newest

changes in the industry. She

said she would be honored to

serve as treasurer for this up-

coming year.

Janie Wait—

Membership Chair

Janie Wait has been a chap-

ter member since 2000. She is

a Certified Records Manager

(C.R.M.), and the President of

the Intermountain Records

Center (IRC) in Casper, a

Wyoming close corporation

that has been in continuous

operation since 1983. With

Wait’s knowledge and over-

sight ,the IRC provides fully

integrated document manage-

ment services to Wyoming

businesses and neighbors

with an emphasis to provide

the highest quality value-

added records management

services to protect and pre-

serve our proud Wyoming

heritage.

In addition to presenting at

the ARMA International An-

nual Conference for over

eight years, Wait continues to

support and share educational

opportunities with records

and information management

as a speaker at industry semi-

nars and workshops through-

out the United States. She

was recently named the 2017

Wyoming Small Business Per-

son of the Year by the U.S.

Small Business Association.

Board of Directors election taking place now!

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Wyoming Chapter Education

Wyoming ARMA’s May general meeting will feature Julie Colgan, CRM, IGP hosting

a Webex session of her presentation, "The Internet of Things - Hype or Hazard?" that

she gave at the ARMA Live! Conference in September. The meeting will be Tuesday,

May 9 from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., in the Wyoming State Library Conference

Room, located at 2800 Central Ave. in Cheyenne. Attend in person or attend virtu-

ally by RSVP'ing to [email protected] for details on how to log on.

Program Description

According to Webopedia, The Internet of Things (IoT) “refers to the ever-growing

network of physical objects that feature an IP address for internet connectivity, and

the communication that occurs between these objects and other Internet-enabled de-

vices and systems. The Internet of Things extends internet connectivity beyond tradi-

tional devices like desktop and laptop computers, smartphones and tablets to a di-

verse range of devices and everyday things that utilize embedded technology to

communicate and interact with the external environment, all via the Internet.”

While many proponents of Big Data look to the IoT as an exciting source of poten-

tially untapped insight and innovation, care should be taken to understand the expo-

sures the IoT may create for organizations and individuals alike.

This session will explore the IoT and its relationship to RIM and Information Gov-

ernance. How might the IoT affect an organization’s ability to meet its legal and reg-

ulatory obligations? Ensure data integrity? Protect private and sensitive data? What

should organizations do to begin to get a handle on the threats and opportunities the

IoT brings?

Julie J. Colgan, CRM, IGP is the Senior Director of Strategy and Innova-

tion at DTI and is past president of ARMA International, a certified rec-

ords manager and a certified information governance professional. She

has spent the last two decades dedicated to advancing the records and

information management profession through hard work, thought lead-

ership, speaking, writing, and professional volunteering. Her career has

spanned government, private business and law firms, in roles including

practitioner, advisor and software executive. In her current role at DTI,

Colgan is focused on bringing innovation to the forefront of DTI service offerings to

help its clients get ahead, and stay ahead, in the information age.

Monthly Chapter

Meeting Announcement

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Did you know brand rec-ords have played an im-portant role in the agricultural history of Wyoming, and that they can be used to round up your own family history?

The Wyoming Chapter of ARMA’s April General Chap-ter Meeting took place at the Wyoming Livestock Board office on Tuesday, April 11. It featured a presentation from brand recorders Connie Hinesley and Debbie Zumbrun. The presentation included a history of the state’s brand records and an explanation of the agency’s current brand processes.

The following is a summary of the topics covered in the presentation.

Brand History The state began recording

brands in 1909. Prior to that, brands were registered by the counties. Brand records prior to 1909 may be found at the Wyoming State Archives.

A brand history consists of copies of the 3x5” cards that were used to record brands prior to computers. In order to locate or research a brand, the researcher needs the loca-tion and brand type. Brands were kept on microfilm from 1909-1991. Brands were cap-tured electronically starting in 1992.

Printing Documents for Brand History

The brand cards are copied in color and each document is printed. The most current brand certificate is put at the front. They are put in order by date from oldest to newest to verify there are no gaps.

The final product is spiral- bound and printed off for whomever requested it.

Brand Renewal Every two years, a certain percentage of brands expire on December 31st and are flagged for renewal. If the owner fails to renew the brand by the announced deadline, it becomes delin-quent until the end of the renewal year. If, by that time, the brand has still not been renewed by the owner, it be-comes an abandoned brand, and is open to the public for purchase.

Applying for an Abandoned Brand

Brands with dual branding locations will not be reissued; i.e. Left Rib (LR) & Hip (HC). Brands with solid dots or single letters/numbers will

not be reissued. Applications are researched on a first-come, first-serve basis. Re-search takes 1-2 days.

If the brand applied for is available, the new owner will receive the application back as certified along with a brand card; the brand is then registered and ready for use.

Transferring a Brand A brand is personal proper-ty that can be transferred to another party as long as all the paperwork has been sub-mitted correctly. Brands can be put in various ranch-ing/cattle magazines for sale. Left rib brands are usually the most valuable, and the most common ones are 2 iron brands. An owner is most likely to get his brand ap-proved the simpler it is.

History of brand records presented by Wyoming Livestock Board agency

Keep checking our website or follow us on Facebook for updates on upcoming chapter events!

Wyoming ARMA members listen to a presentation on the history of brand records, presented at the Wyoming

Livestock Board Conference Room by brand recorders Connie Hinesley and Debbie Zumbrun, during the general

chapter meeting on Tuesday, April 11. Pictured from left are: Tim Tyler, Pat Newbern, Dale Wedel, Donna Crock,

Connie Hinesley and Debbie Zumbrun. - Photo courtesy of Carolynn Coy

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Session Title: Internet of

Things as Opportunity: How

to Leverage: Information

Economics

Session Code: CF15-4363

Facilitator: Michelle L.

Kirk

Summary: The Internet of

Things (IoT) not only con-

tributes to the immeasurable

explosion of data, it also

adds to the complications-

and opportunities-that can

result when that data is lev-

eraged and monetized in

ways that RIM may have

never before imagined.

From this session you will

learn how the IoT is impact-

ing information economics

and how you can adapt so

that your IM maximizes the

value of your data as it con-

tinues to evolve.

Wyoming ARMA’s Web Session of the Month CF15-4363—Internet of Things as Opportunity: How to Leverage:

Information Economics Accessing ARMA International’s Web Session of the Month

1. Go to www.arma.org and log into your My ARMA account

using your current login information.

2. After you have successfully logged in, select the My Profile tab.

3. Scroll down until you see the Chapter Memberships section.

4. Click on the link located underneath the Education Link head-

line within the Chapter Memberships section. (Link title starts

with “Session of the Month:”) This will take you to the Chapter

Resources page.

5. Use the Search functionality to find your chapter’s Session of

the Month by typing in the title or the 8-digit alphanumeric

code.

Save the DateSave the DateSave the Date for thefor thefor the

Wyoming Chapter of ARMAWyoming Chapter of ARMAWyoming Chapter of ARMA

YearYearYear---End Meeting& DinnerEnd Meeting& DinnerEnd Meeting& Dinner Friday, June 9 at 6 pmFriday, June 9 at 6 pmFriday, June 9 at 6 pm

WYOMING RIB & CHOP HOUSEWYOMING RIB & CHOP HOUSEWYOMING RIB & CHOP HOUSE

400 WEST LINCOLNWAY400 WEST LINCOLNWAY400 WEST LINCOLNWAY

CHEYENNE, WYOMINGCHEYENNE, WYOMINGCHEYENNE, WYOMING

Chapter members will receive a $15 stipend for their mealsChapter members will receive a $15 stipend for their mealsChapter members will receive a $15 stipend for their meals

Please RSVP by June 5 to Please RSVP by June 5 to Please RSVP by June 5 to [email protected]@[email protected]

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Membership Spotlight:

Janie Wait

Wyoming ARMA board

member, Janie Wait, recently

earned the U.S. Small Busi-

ness Association’s (SBA)

prestigious award for the

2017 Wyoming Small Busi-

ness Person of the Year.

According to the Small

Business Association’s web-

site, this award, “honors the

individual or ownership team

who demonstrates outstand-

ing skills, savvy and the ability

to create success in the small

business community.”

“It is an honor to congratu-

late Janie Wait for being

named Wyoming’s 2017 Small

Business Person of the Year,”

said Amy Lea, SBA Wyoming

District Director. “She and

her company have persevered

and overcome many challeng-

es over the years. She has

developed a strong business

and inclusive work environ-

ment, and has shared her time

and talents in Casper and on a

state level in many ways over

the years.”

Wait is the president of

Intermountain Record Cen-

ter, Inc., located in Casper. It

is Wyoming’s only full-service

document management com-

pany and has been since 1999

when the business expanded

into scanning and commercial

records center services. It has

also offered secure confiden-

tial shredding services since

1995.

The company started the

family-owned source docu-

ment microfilm bureau in

Casper in 1983 with one em-

ployee. It has since grown to

offer unique record manage-

ment services throughout

Wyoming with nine employ-

ees and an 8,000 square-foot

custom-built facility.

Wait was born in Califor-

nia’s Silicon Valley, raised

internationally, and got to

Wyoming as quick as she

could, arriving 2 days after

her graduation from San Jose

State with her BA in business.

Her mother was a Wyo-

ming native, as are her two

daughters. Her father was an

international airline pilot and

always brought his family

with him when he was work-

ing overseas. She was around

the world by the time she was

4, lived in Beirut, Lebanon at

10 and Antwerp, Belgium for

her sophomore and junior

years of high school.

Wait said she always

dreamed of owning her own

business and was fortunate

that her parents supported

her dream, and more fortu-

nate that they lived it with her

until their deaths.

She earned her MBA in

1999 in order to prepare for

ICRM certification, which she

achieved in 2002.

Congratulations to Janie Wait for being named SBA’s 2017 Wyoming Small Business Person of the Year!

Pictured above is Wait’s business, Intermountain

Record Center, which is located in Casper. It is the

only full-service document management company

in Wyoming.

Janie Wait, CRM

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Wyoming Chapter of AR-

MA board members met

Tuesday, March 22 at the Wy-

oming Department of Trans-

portation office in Cheyenne.

Board members in attendance

included President and Web-

master Carolynn Coy, Chair-

person of the Board Pat

Newbern, and Treasurer Bar-

bara Thomasee. Vice-

president and Newsletter Edi-

tor April Peregoy and Mem-

bership Chair Janie Wait at-

tended via conference call.

Member Donna Crock was

also in attendance as the

Spring Seminar Registration

Chair.

President Coy called the

meeting to order at approxi-

mately 11:45 am. Newbern

moved to approve the

minutes from the February 28

board meeting. Wait second-

ed the motion and it was

passed unanimously. Approv-

al of the January board meet-

ing minutes was tabled until

the next board meeting.

Treasurer’s Report

Treasurer Thomasee pre-

sented the February and

March Treasurer’s Reports.

She noted the March report

cannot be reconciled until

after the bank statement has

been received (there is usually

a 10 to 15 day lag time).

Newbern moved to update

the chapter’s share savings

account title in the treasurer’s

spreadsheets to

‘Savings/Scholarship Ac-

count’. Peregoy seconded.

Following a brief discussion

about whether the money

raised for the chapter’s schol-

arship fund should be kept in

its own separate account, the

board concurred the money

will be kept in the chapter’s

share savings account with

the name amended on the

treasurer’s spreadsheets. The

motion passed unanimously.

Committee Reports

Membership: Newbern re-

ported the chapter currently

has 22 active memberships.

Over the past month, the

chapter received four new

memberships. One member-

ship expired during the

month and another is due to

expire at the end of March.

Education: Coy presented

comments made by Northern

Colorado chapter’s Paula Sut-

ton on the Wyoming chap-

ter’s Professional Develop-

ment Scholarship application.

The comments were made in

an effort to clarify the schol-

arship’s requirements for

those seeking reimbursement

for the Certified Records

Manager (CRM) certification.

There was some discussion

on other parts of the applica-

tion as well, and board mem-

bers agreed to review the ap-

plication and make comments

before the next board meet-

ing.

Programs: Peregoy con-

firmed the Wyoming Live-

stock Board is still on track to

host the general meeting

scheduled for Tuesday, April

11. Attendees will need to

bring their own lunches.

There was some discussion

on the possibility of putting

the meeting online, but it was

decided not to do that.

Donna Crock presented the

Seminar financial Report with

expenses and revenue. There

are still four outstanding reg-

istration payments. She also

reported the chapter has now

received all expenses and re-

ceipts from speaker Andrew

Ysasi so the chapter can reim-

burse him. She is still waiting

on receipts from speaker

Courtney Stone, and the

chapter will not send the re-

imbursement payment until it

has received those receipts.

Newbern will submit the

Seminar Summary Report to

SHRAB with the In-Kind

forms for payment of the

SHRAB financial assistance.

Newsletter &

Website Updates

Newsletter editor Peregoy

said the deadline for all April

newsletter items is March 31.

Coy had nothing to report

regarding the website.

Old Business

Newbern said she has re-

ceived all of the in-kind forms

from board members that are

needed as part of the require-

ments to receive the SHRAB

grant for the Spring Seminar.

She added the accumulative

amount of hours reported in

the forms will make it more

likely that the chapter could

again be funded next year.

New Business

Coy announced the Mid-

west/Great Lakes Regional

Leadership Conference will

be in St. Louis, Missouri July

21-22. Board members

should start thinking about

who to send because registra-

tions will be due in May.

A discussion was held on

the upcoming board election

that will take place in May.

Peregoy said she will an-

nounce it in the April news-

letter. Newbern said she will

call a few members that could

be potential candidates.

Coy adjourned the meeting

at 12:55 p.m. The next Wyo-

ming Chapter of ARMA

Board meeting will be at

11:30 a.m. on April 25, 2017

at the Wyoming Department

of Transportation office.

WYARMA March Board Meeting Summary

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Public Key

In a dual-key encryption system, the se-

quence of characters that is used to en-

crypt plain text so that it cannot be read

without the corresponding private key.

Source: ARMA International

Find out more about what’s

going on in the region!

Midwest/Rocky Mountain

Region

information about the nominees elsewhere in this newsletter or in the voting area):

President: Carolynn Coy

Vice President: April Peregoy

Membership Chair: Janie Wait

Secretary: Open

Treasurer:: Barbara Thomasee

Education Chair: Open

Programs Chair: Open

Newsletter Editor: April Peregoy

Webmaster: Carolynn Coy

Chairperson of the Board: Pat Newbern

Chapter Member & Chapter Leader

of the Year

What are the member and lead-er awards for?

Each year our chapter and ARMA International honors those individuals who put in extra time and efforts for their chapter.

How Do I Nominate a Mem-ber for an Award?

Please submit a mem-ber’s name for Chapter Member and Chapter Leader of the Year to Barb Thomasee ([email protected]) by May 15th.

Who qualifies for the Chapter Leader or Member of the Year awards?

Consider that member’s participation in committee work, board work, job achievements, attendance at chapter functions, spon-sorship of new members, and outside achievements

that benefit or reflect well on our chapter.

Chapter Member of the Year Criteria: a nominee must be a member that is not currently serving on the Board.

Chapter Leader of the Year Criteria: a nominee be a member that is currently serving on the Board.

Tony or Professional Development Award

Submittals

Don’t forget our chapter offers professional devel-opment scholarships and the Tony Award ARMA membership scholarship.

Tuesday, May 9 Chapter Meeting

Julie Colgan, CRM, IGP will be hosting a Webex session of her presentation, "The Internet Of Things - Hype Or Hazard?” Locate additional information fur-

ther on in this newsletter, on our chapter’s website or our Facebook page

Before I let you guys go to have a great rest of your May, don’t for get to put the chapter’s 2017 Year-End Meeting & Banquet on your calendars. It will be at 6 pm on Friday, June 9. You and your guests are invited to the Cheyenne Rib & Chop House. Our chapter will provide a $15 meal stipend to members for their meals along with free conversa-tion.

Once again, thank you for your dedicated volun-teer work. We continue to welcome your feedback on how we can make our chapter and your organiza-tion stronger. Have a great May the 4th, and please give me a call or email me if I can be of any assistance.

Votes needed for 2017-18 board election ...cont. from page 1

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May 2017 Page 9

Check out the events our neighboring

chapter partners are hosting this month!

Mile High Denver’s May chapter meeting will focus on government

documents and their retention schedules, and will feature Christopher

Brown from the University of Denver. The meeting will be at 11 am-1

pm on Tuesday, May 23 at the Denver Police Protective Association. To

register, or for more information, click here.

Save the Date for iMasters: “A Profes-

sion in Peril: Meeting the Challenges”

Date/Time: May 17th, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time

Session Title: A Profession in Peril: Meeting the Chal-

lenges

Session Description: The demographics don’t lie: A large percentage of cur-

rent RIM professionals is on the cusp of retirement, leaving a gap of individuals qualified to take their

place. At the same time, the profession is in the grip of

change as potential employers are viewing the posi-

tions and needed skills differently.

What can individual practitioners do to meet these

challenges? Donald C. Force, assistant profession in

the School of Information Studies at the University of

Wisconsin-Madison and Chrissy Bagby, ARMA Interna-tional Director of Membership and Events will lead a

discussion, with these learning objectives:

Identify major threats to the RIM/IG profession

Describe possible career paths for information pro-

fessionals

Gain an understanding of skills being sought by

employers

Gain an understanding of how ARMA supports pro-

fessional growth

For more details and registration, visit the web page.

Registration is at NO COST to professional members. Asso-

ciate and non-members pay $39

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Likewise, the Essentials of the Principles Certificate is mo-

bile-friendly as well. This three-course program is often cho-

sen as the next step in learning by those who have completed

the Essentials of RIM certificate. Join the many dozens of

professionals who have boosted their skills and knowledge –

and advanced their careers – by attaining this certificate.

Updated Core Competencies Publication Now Available:

FREE to Members

ARMA International has published the second edition

of Records and Information Management Core Competen-

cies, which is another career-advancement resource that’s

free for members. The document defines the skills you’ll

need at each stage of your career, with respect to today’s

more challenging and dynamic technology and legal issues.

Updated by a cross-section of experts from RIM and vetted

in an open-commentary process, this edition identifies the

latest concepts of proficiency in each of six domains: Busi-

ness Functions, RIM/Information Governance Practices,

Risk Management, Communications and Marketing, Infor-

mation Technology, and Leadership.

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Wyoming Chapter of ARMA International

PO Box 474

Cheyenne, WY 82003

Ten issues of our newsletter are published

each year. We welcome photos or articles

you may wish to contribute. Contact April

Peregoy at [email protected].

Note: Contributions or gifts to ARMA are not deductible as

charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.

ernance, you will have access

to resources that will help you

grow, making you an even

more credible, valuable asset

to your organization.

ARMA International mem-

bers make a substantial in-

vestment in their career and

profession. The benefits of

membership will save you

more than the cost and they

put you at the threshold of

opportunity everyday and are

limited only by your level of

involvement.

You can now join ARMA two

ways: Apply online at

www.arma.org/join or fill out

the application as a PDF

ARMA International is a not-

for-profit association of more

than 10,000 professionals

working in various aspects of

the Information Management

field. The association pro-

vides education, research, and

networking opportunities to

members and other profes-

sionals that enable them to

use their skills and experienc-

es to leverage the value of

records, information and

knowledge as corporate assets

and as contributors to organi-

zational success.

As a member of this industry-

leading association for profes-

sionals involved in infor-

mation management and gov-

(Professional or Associate)

and send a copy along with

payment to the address below:

ARMA International

Dept. 99239

PO Box 219081

Kansas City, MO 64121-9081

Membership Costs

Professional: $175

Associate: $95

Wyoming chapter dues: $15

If you have questions about

membership, visit

www.arma.org or contact

Wyoming Chapter of ARMA

President Carolynn Coy at

307-755-4910 or wyar-

[email protected].

About ARMA International Membership

Published by Wyoming Chapter of

ARMA International — April Peregoy, Editor

We ’ r e o n t h e We b !

Visit our website at

www.armawyoming.org

OUR MISSION:

“To provide infor-

mation professionals

the resources, tools,

and training they

need to effectively

manage records and

information within

an established infor-

mation governance

framework.”

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