September, 2005
Dear Everyone:
I believe I mentioned in the past that we have formed a CRM Study Group at work. CRM stands for Certified Records Manager. You become one by qualifying to take a six-part examination and then by passing all six parts of the exam.
To prepare for this, we formed a group and ordered some textbooks, one on Records and Information Management and one on Management in general. One person “volunteered” to be the group leader. It was this person who originally proposed that we all concentrate on Part One of the exam, which deals with management.
We would all study diligently and meet every other
Tuesday to discuss what we were learning.
I took both textbooks with me to “Alice’s” place in
I even toyed with the thought of calling in to our meeting that Tuesday until I realized that I would be on a plane with Mother at the time. So, while at “Alice’s”, I dutifully finished Chapter Five of the Management book. I was actually enjoying it, in a stupefyingly boring sort of way. Chapter Five deals with project management, something I’ve actually studied in other areas, so parts of it were just showing how that ties in with everything else.
However. Unbeknownst to me, on that Tuesday, several members of the group led something of a palace revolt against the aforementioned study plan. They were tired of studying about management and wanted to switch to the other textbook since records management was something they actually knew something about and could relate to more easily. I gather this took the group leader somewhat aback; but she agreed to the change in curriculum and sent out an email message to that effect the very next day, declaring that all group members were expected to read the first two chapters, and be prepared to discuss them in detail at the next meeting.
That was Wednesday, our first full day in “Upton
Lake”,
So I went right on reading about project management and felt very pleased with myself when I completed Chapter Five. It wasn’t really until the following Thursday, when I got back into the office, that I found out what had transpired.
I had until this Tuesday to read two chapters and be able to answer the review questions at the end of each chapter. Luckily, this textbook has much shorter chapters than the management one. I read Chapter One Sunday morning and Chapter Two that afternoon. I even typed up some notes, which I shared with another group member after this Tuesday’s meeting.
For the next meeting, we’re to read Chapters Three
and Four and prepare to tackle the
Case Study at the
end of that section. I fully
intend to bring both textbooks with me when “Jeannie” and I come up to
As for the wedding, I went to their website, which includes a link to the places where they’re registered, so finding a wedding present will be a piece of cake. The Internet makes so many things so much easier. I remember when Mother kept her Macy’s account open so that she could use it just to order wedding and birthday gifts to be delivered to someone for her. And she would have to call long-distance, so her first words would be, “Please don’t put me on hold.”
The times, they are a-changing.
Love, as always,
Pete
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