Monthly Chapter Meeting

Join us for “Tales from the Archives”! We will be taken on a tour of the State Archives by Ken Williams, the State Archivist. Come ready to tour the Archives as Ken shows us historical documents and tells stories. Please arrive promptly at 11:30am as we will be touring the Archives first followed by a small presentation and then lunch around 12:15pm.

Who is Ken Williams? Ken is the State Archivist for the State of Utah and functions as the Utah State Archives and Records Service Director. He has worked for the Archives for almost 31 years. He graduated from Utah State University with a degree in History and worked his way through graduate school as an intern in the Special Collections at USU. Ken also completed post-graduate studies in History and Archives at Florida State University and attended the Georgia Archives Institute. Ken is an avid family historian, loves to garden and care for a historic home, and drives everyone crazy bragging about his grandchildren. Click here for his LinkedIn.

When: Thursday, April 20, 2023 11:30am -1pm

Where: Utah State Archives, 346 South Rio Grande St, SLC, UT 84101

Parking: Parking is available on the east side of the building (on Rio Grande Street). State Archives is not in the Rio Grande building, but in the building just south of the Rio Grande (they share a breezeway).

Registration for this event is now closed. If you missed this event and would like to view the presentation please go to “Presentations from Monthly Chapter Meetings“. Thank you for attending your ARMA Utah Chapter Meeting.

Come learn how you can accelerate your career and showcase your expertise as a RIM professional by becoming a CRM. If you already have your CRM, come learn from experts within our own chapter in this Q&A style panel how you can better use it to your advantage. Our panel will talk about what to study, the testing process, and how they’ve used their certification to improve their work and career prospects as RIM professionals. Register below and submit your questions now for priority during the panel! If you are unable to submit a question when you register please email haley_dunkley@byu.edu.

Who are our panelists? Cindi Mansell (CRM, MMC), Records Manager for Salt Lake City (retired) and RIM consultant for Surreality Enterprises; David Fleming (CRM, IGP), Vice President, Corporate Records Program Manager at Zions Bancorporation; Howard Loos (CRM, IGP), Chief Information Privacy Officer and Director of Information Management at Brigham Young University; Mandy McClellan (CRM, CIGO, IGP), Records Manager for Central Utah Water Conservancy District; Todd Johnson (CRM, IGP, CIP, ERMm) Vice President of Security Risk & Compliance at Merrick Bank.

When: Thursday, February 16, 2023 11:30am -1pm

Where: Autoliv (3350 Airport Road, Odgen, UT 84405) OR Zoom

Registration for this event is now closed. If you missed this event and would like to view the presentation please go to “Presentations from Monthly Chapter Meetings“. Thank you for attending your ARMA Utah Chapter Meeting.

“I Love Our Organization’s RIM Policies,” said no one. In many offices, RIM policies are long and confusing, and no one reads them. Worse, they often sound like angry parents scolding naughty children. Adults bristle at disrespectfully worded statements, making compliance a battle. The reality is that the policy writers want to sound strict but not sound confrontational. 
In this session, you will learn how you might improve the conversation dynamic.  

Takeaways:

1. Policies and compliance done right are a collaborative effort, not a power struggle
2. The wording of an organization’s policies can unintentionally reveal its internal problems
3. We need to change the rule-making dynamic from Parent–Child to Adult–Adult, so that RIM Specialists are seen as experts rather than enforcers

We welcome Lewis Eisen, JD, CIP to our ARMA Chapter as we learn about policy writing! Come ready to learn better communication skills and how to help our policies become clear and non-confrontational.

Who is Lewis Eisen? Lewis Eisen, JD, CIP is the leading authority on the use of respectful language in corporate policies. He is the author of the international bestseller How to Write Rules that People Want to Follow: A guide to drafting respectful policies and directives, 3rd Ed. He combines his experience practicing law with 20 years of business consulting and 12 years’ working in the federal government. Lewis shows people how to shift their organization’s policy writing culture from confrontational to cooperative, and his approach to drafting policies using respectful language has been adopted at organizations across the US, Canada, and Europe. Click here for his LinkedIn and here for his website.

When: Thursday, January 19, 2023 11:45am -1pm

Where: Zoom

Registration for this event is now closed. If you missed this event and would like to view the presentation please go to “Presentations from Monthly Chapter Meetings“. Thank you for attending your ARMA Utah Chapter Meeting.

We welcome Richard Armstrong, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for PRMI, to our chapter meeting this month. He will be leading a roundtable discussion on how to work effectively with your legal counsel on managing litigation holds. Come with questions and thoughts online or in person! Hope to see you all there!

Who is Richard Armstrong ? Richard J. Armstrong represented PRMI as its outside legal counsel for a decade before joining the organization in-house in 2018 as Vice President and Associate General Counsel. In 2020, Richard was promoted to Executive Vice President and General Counsel. For more bio information go here and for his LinkedIn go here.

When: Thursday, November 17, 2022 11:30am -1pm

Where: Taylorsville State Office Building (4315 S 2700 W, Taylorsville, UT 84129) in the Green River room on the 3rd floor OR Zoom

Registration for this event is now closed. If you missed this event and would like to view the presentation please go to “Presentations from Monthly Chapter Meetings“. Thank you for attending your ARMA Utah Chapter Meeting.

This month we are pleased to have Michael D Brinkman, the Regional Continuity Manager for Region 8 of FEMA speak to us about essential records and natural disasters. He will be joined by Tina Morrell, the Records Manager for our Region. Come for a short informational session followed by a question/answer discussion! Bring your questions and join us online for a great session!

Who is Michael Brinkman ? Michael is the Regional Continuity Manager for FEMA Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, & WY), providing continuity policy and program guidance to all Federal, State, territorial, tribal, and local government jurisdictions to assist the governments of the region to continue their mission essential functions under all conditions. He joined FEMA in 2007.

What is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)? FEMA was officially created in 1979 through an executive order by President Jimmy Carter and is a part of the Department of Homeland Security. FEMA was created to serve the US before, during, and after disasters whether they are natural or manmade. The agency is comprised of multiple Program and Regional Offices throughout the US.

When: Thursday, October 20, 2022 11:45am -1pm

Where: Zoom

Registration for this event is now closed. If you missed this event and would like to view the presentation please go to “Presentations from Monthly Chapter Meetings“. Thank you for attending your ARMA Utah Chapter Meeting.

Welcome back to ARMA! This month we’re very excited to have Laura Oscarson the Draper City Recorder!! She’s going to be discussing issues in municipal records! Bring your questions and your warmest welcome! We hope to see you all there!

Who is Laura Oscarson? Laura has worked for Draper City for 5 years and became the City Recorder in January of 2019. Before working for Draper, she served for several years on the Board of Directors at Mountainville Academy.  She is currently serving as the Past President of the Greater Salt Lake Clerks and Recorders Association and as the Communications Director of the Utah Municipal Clerks Association. When not working, Laura loves to work on projects around the house, travel, and spend time with her family (husband, 6 kids, 4 grandkids). Visit her LinkedIn profile for more information!

When: Thursday, September 15, 2022 11:30am -1pm

Where: Draper City Hall (1020 E Pioneer Road, Draper, UT 84020); We are no longer meeting at the Taylorsville State Office Building (4315 S 2700 W, Taylorsville, UT 84129)

Registration for this event is now closed. If you missed this event and would like to view the presentation please go to “Presentations from Monthly Chapter Meetings“. Thank you for attending your ARMA Utah Chapter Meeting.