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ARMAdison
April 2008
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MAPLE FEST
Madison chapter members toured the Mackenzie Environmental Center at Poynette
last May. On April 5, 2008, the Center will be holding its Maple Fest. Guided tours
of the sugarbush and maple syrup making process, horse-drawn wagon rides (10
a.m. - 2 p.m.), wildlife exhibit and museums (until 2 p.m.), all-you-can-eat pancake
breakfast sponsored by Poynette Optimist Club (Resident Center Lodge, 8 a.m. -
noon), demonstrations of home-made ice cream churned by an antique engine and
how to make maple syrup in your own backyard, live music, raffle drawing (1 p.m.)
will be available. The Friends of MacKenzie will be offering refreshments and
selling maple sundaes.



"IT'S WHAT MY COMPANY AND I DIDN'T KNOW WE
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT E-MAIL RETENTION THAT GOT US
INTO TROUBLE"
By Jodie Armstrong

The annual ARMA Tri-Chapter meeting was held on March 11 at the Holiday Inn in
Fond du Lac. The Madison Chapter was well-represented by Ana Aquino-Perez,
Diane Vultaggio, Tim Hughes, Melanie Luft, Pat Pierce, Ruth Breunig, Thom
Dahlen, and Jodie Armstrong.

Tom Reding, CRM, Executive Consultant: Risk, Governance and Compliance
Solutions with IBM Software Group, was the featured guest speaker. Tom has 27
years as a client in multiple highly regulated industries, has been on the witness
stand twice, and deposed four times. He is recognized as an industrywide author,
presenter, and contributor to industry standards and guidelines.

The Dichotomy: Opposing views E-Mail Management vs. Retention Policy
·
Legal mandates, regulatory requirements, and good business practices
dictates retention; while
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Corporate policy requires deletion of large in-boxes and files after a specified
length of time or reaching space limits.

Value Proposition for Records Management
·
The courts will view the following as "BAD" =
1. NOT having a Record Management Program
2. NOT having a consistent deployed Records Management Program


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