ANNUAL REPORT

September 1999-June 2000

Report of the President: Rhonda Healey, National Archives of Canada

It has been a very busy year for the RMI and the Executive. My thanks to the Executive and to the members who have contributed so significantly to the RMI over the past year, and have made my year as President interesting and rewarding.

We were very saddened this year, as Mrs. Hildred Cardillo passed away on April 8, 2000. Mrs. Cardillo carried on in the tradition of her late husband Joe Cardillo by supporting the RMI and participating in the Cardillo Award ceremonies. I understand that their daughter Sandra Mohr will carry on the tradition of the Cardillo Award. We are very pleased that Sandra will join us.

The year''s accomplishments and challenges are reflected in the portfolio reports below. The next year will be equally challenging and rewarding as we move the Institute forward and strive to keep it and the members abreast in these changing times. This year''s Executive encourages you to continue to participate at members' meetings and workshops, to bring forward topical issues for discussion and resolution and to contribute items of interest to our monthly notice to members. I know you will give your new Executive the same high level of support and commitment you have given us.

Program

Thanks to the Director of Program, Roy Medaglia, it was a very successful program year for the RMI. The program focused on information management and technology initiatives and featured renowned speakers from the government and private sector. The program meetings featured topics such as Electronic Document Delivery, Government on-line, E-Commerce, Customer Service, and Y2k issues.

On average there were about forty (40-50)participants at the program meetings. The meetings greatly assist the members of the RMI and the rest of the information management community in keeping current with initiatives that have a significant impact on our work. The Records Management Institute looks forward to an equally interesting 2000/2001 program year.

Treasurer

We have a bank balance of approximately $ 17,000as a direct result of successful RMI training events and contributions from RMI sponsors such as CGI, Provenance, and CONDAR Consulting. Thanks to the Treasurer, Sylvie Charron for keeping our books in order, to Lark Hodgins for co-ordinating training events especially the RMI Seminar in November which was a hugh success.

Training

We ran two successful records management training workshops this year, thanks to Paul Sabourin and Candace Loewen with their super training styles. Feedback from the course participants was positive in every way.

This year's training work really went into the RMISeminar. This one-day training event was informative, educational and fun. Sessions focussed not only on Federal Government requirements but encompassed new technologies and initiatives in the field of recorded information management. Thanks to Lark Hodgins,Director of Training and her team of very dedicated folks.

Her team comprised of: Sandra Martin, Caryn St.Amand, Claire Dalby, Candace Emery, Susan Hall, Mike Ferrigan, Denise Champagne, Heather Richmond, Claude Meunier, Sylvie Charron, Catherine Zongora, and Rhonda Healey. Many thanks to all of you who attended as this was another ingredient needed for success.

Membership

We currently have 17 corporate memberships and 145individual members. We increased our corporate members and individual members this year. Since most members have access to email, membership renewal forms are sent electronically each month.

Awards

The Awards Director, Catherine Zongora and her committee worked very hard to help organize the 2000 Cardillo Award event and select the winner, Kathleen Labelle who won this year''s Cardillo Award for significant contribution to the Records Management profession over the past few years. Congratulations!

Web

This year we have a new Web presence thanks to the efforts of our Past President Susan Hall and the generosity of Trytel Internet Inc.

Upcoming Year

The newly elected RMI Executive is planning anexciting upcoming year, relevant program topics, increased membership and dynamic publicrelations over the next year and hopes to provide members with very interestingopportunities and successful ventures.

For example, the RMI is participating with ARMAand the National Archives in a Competency Development and Accreditation initiative.

The RMI has a seat on the Information Management Forum, chaired by the National Archives and comprising members from across government, and was a formal part of the consultative process for the recent Approach to Managing Internet and Intranet Information for Long Term Access and Accountability and its supporting Implementation Guide.

As well, members of the RMI were involved in the UCS initiative in the Government of Canada.

Anyone who wishes to assist the Executive on committees or projects should contact me. As always, I look forward to meeting you at our monthly program meetings.

My thanks again to the Executive and to members who have contributed so significantly to the RMI over the past year.