September 30, 2003
Re: A letter from the GNO-ARMA President

Dear Chapter Members:

I am so sorry that I had to miss our September meeting.  I heard we had a
large turn out and other than the "technical" difficulty the meeting was a
great success.  Thank you again to Mr. Leon Miller for his presentation!!!
I hope all of you will be visiting the archives at Tulane University in the
near future.  What a wonderful asset to our city.

My reason for missing our meeting is that I had to attend a Hyland software
Corporation end user conference in Orlando, Florida.  Of particular interest
to you may be the fact that Hyland is currently in the development phase of
a new RIM module.  The contact for this Records and Information Management
module is Mr. Jim Simler.  He is very interested in talking with Records and
Information managers to glean their perspective on what is of paramount
importance to you; or rather what a RIM would want to see in a new product
that has been unavailable in the past.  If you would be interested in
participating in this process please give Jim a call at 440-788-5244 or you
can e-mail him at Jim.Simler@onbase.com.  Hyland will be participating at
the International conference in Boston.  If you plan to go to Boston for the
conference please look Jim up in the Hyland booth.

On August 28 several of our members attended the ARMA Web conference on the
topic of Researching Retention References-the Easy Way.  A good time was had
by all!!  Your Board may investigate more of these in the future.

Have you invited your boss to attend the annual Bosses luncheon on Oct. 15?
Susan Avery of ARMA International is our guest speaker.  This is an
opportunity for you to show your boss how important your ARMA membership is
to the company.  PLEASE COME OUT TO JOIN US!!  We need your support in this
endeavor.   For more information on this event please contact Danielle Honor
at 985-783-5000 ext. 259 or you can register online at
http://www.geocities.com/gno_arma

Please help me.  I am interested in noting the certifications our chapter
members hold.  If you posses a PhD, Master's Degree, Bachelor's degree, CRM,
CDIA, or any other relevant certification please let me know so that you can
be counted.  I need this info. ASAP as I want to present the information at
our Bosses luncheon.

Mark you calendar NOW for the upcoming Nov. 19th meeting at the Old Ursuline
Convent.  Dr. Nolan and Gaylane have planned a wonderful outing for us.

For those of you that were not aware, our friend Barbara Jacobs is in
recovery from surgery.  We heard that she is doing well, and we pray that
she is completely healed and "up and at 'em" really soon.

Don't' forget to go VOTE OCTOBER 4!!!


WILL YOU BE THE ONE TO WIN THE TRIP TO THE BEACH NEXT SPRING?
GET ON THE PHONE AND INVITE YOUR BUSINESS FRIENDS TO JOIN US FOR OUR MONTHLY
MEETINGS!!!!

I am wishing you a most Blessed day and will see you on October 15!!!

Kathryn Smith, CDIA