WYOMING CHAPTER
Association of Records Managers & Administrators
Chapter Meeting
September 19, 2007
Poor Richards Restaurant, Cheyenne, WY

Please Note: These minutes are abridged

Members Present: Donna Crock, Pat Newbern, Rich Wilson, Ramona Christensen, Bob Curtis, Barb Thomasee, Tim Tyler, Deanee Widauf, Wendy Kinkade, Debbie Leonard, Melanie DaMoude, Margie Hartigan, Sue Layman, Vicki Seals, and Mary Bausserman.

Guests: Paula Sutton, Carol Choksy, Terry Butler, Jennifer Mickle

Speaker: Carol Choksy, Indiana University-President, ARMA International

Topic: “History of Records Management”

Members and guests met at Poor Richards where everyone enjoyed lunch and conversation with each other. President Donna Crock reminded everyone that a survey will be sent out to each member to get input on what they would like to see at future meetings. The October meeting will be at the Belvoir Ranch. Regional director gave some brief comments about the upcoming Baltimore Conference. Paula introduced International ARMA President Carol Choksy. Carol is Adjunct Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Carol Choksy gave an informative Power Point presentation titled ‘History of records management and its impact on government and commerce’. Carol’s presentation chronicled the history of records from the period of the caveman to the present time. She expressed the fact that managing records is as old as government itself. Records management has gone through the life cycle of creation and capture of records to the retention, disposition and archiving of records.

Meeting was adjourned at 1:15 pm.

Respectfully submitted by:
Bob Curtis
Secretary