May 22, 2008
Dear Everyone:
Late night last night due to
ARMA, so this will be
short.
The Good News is that we found a new home for the
Chapter Library! For a
couple of years now, it’s been in a box under the table in my cubicle.
But when we traded in the cubicles for TSIO (Two Squeezed Into
One), I lost the table.
Now the box is under my desk, but that space is too
valuable to spend on a box of books that no one looks at.
So I added the item to the Chapter Board Meeting’s agenda last
week. Earlier this week, I
dragged the box out from under the desk and opened to make a list of the
contents.
The first book I pulled out of the box dealt with
what to do about water damage to documents, books,
microfilm, etc.
Remember last November when I took Part Six of the
Certified
Records Manager Exam? The
first of two 40-point questions had to do with a consultant being called
in to a microfilming company that was suffering water damage due to an
accident. If I’d known about
this book; and if I’d read it, I might have been able to answer that
question. As it was, I took
the second question, which had to do with an international import/export
company whose
Chief Information Officer (CIO) had some peculiar ideas
about accounting.
In any case, I passed the Exam (96 out of 100
points), so it doesn’t matter.
But there are others in my work group who still have parts of the
Exam to complete. They might
want to know about this book and some of the others.
Other items in the box are, in my opinion,
completely out-dated and obsolete.
And another member of the Board has some materials that he wants
to donate to the Chapter Library.
As to the new home?
The Chapter’s Director of Programs (the person who tries to find
interesting Speakers) is part owner of a small business that stores
records for companies that don’t want to do it themselves.
She offered to keep the box of books in her warehouse for a
reduced rate. They’ll even
set up their system so that Chapter members can request books be checked
out to them, just like records.
And we’re going to add the list of books, etc. to our Chapter
website.
Speaking of the website, another item on the
agenda, we agreed to revise the layout somewhat, to make the sponsors’
advertisement more visible.
And, in return for free advertising on the website, the records company
decided not to charge us for storing the box of books and such.
This is what is called a “Win-Win Situation.”
In other news…
“Marshall” came up from
On Sunday morning, “Jeannie” said she and
“Marshall” would just “kick around” until it was time for him to leave.
So I went to see Iron Man at my local theater.
Because the theater is
air-conditioned.
And I had a free ticket from last Christmas.
The movie stars
Robert Downey, Jr.,
Gwyneth Paltrow
and Jeff Bridges. Tony Stark
(
Paltrow plays his faithful assistant and Bridges is
his mentor and business partner.
Once Stark gets back home from his little adventure, he decides
to become a pacifist. Beware
of altruists; they’ll stab you in the back for the very best reasons.
Also beware of greedy people; they’ll stab you anywhere for a
penny.
Downey has a lot of good one-liners.
There are some brilliant fight scenes and lively action
sequences. It’s the ideal
movie to watch for the air-conditioning.
Especially if you happen to have free tickets.
Love, as always,
Pete
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