Walk-Off Homerun, a gobble gobble finish!

This has been a very busy month. We have worked hard to finish all of our projects. We have spent nights worried about other projects for other classes. We have met up before and after class to make sure everything has been done and on time. Now Turkey day is around the corner and we can relax and eat with family and friends. So what do we have to look forward to coming back???

1. Having a hard copy of the deliverable
2. Last minutes edits
3. And the biggest of all PRESENTATION TIME!!!

So, what is there to expect for our presentation?

• the butterflies in the stomach,
• the nervous personality, 
• not sounding too rehearsed,
• not sounding prepared enough,
• forgetting all your words, and so on.....

And so we go on to our break, ignoring all that upcoming work for a least a little bit longer. That is all that we hope for.

So everyone lets enjoy the break and soon enough we will all be up there, talking in-front of everyone, acting like we do it all the time!

Happy Gobble Gobble!!!!

The Foundation for Sound Records Management

During our project we have researched several documents about the different methods used for instituting a retention method.The Foundation for Sound Records Management was an article that we chose because it talked about the development of a sound retention schedule and following it all the way through, to the implementation of the retention schedule. This article describes the steps that need to be taken in order to execute a useful retention schedule. In step one, the authors describe that businesses need to use functional buckets of an appropriate size for the organization.

 In the next few steps the article discusses various ways of researching the retention requirements. In our project most of our retention times are based on legal requirements set by the Colorado Board of Education.

The last steps described are about implementing a retention schedule in a way that will be accepted by employees. Fortunately, most of these issues do not apply to us because of the size of the Peyton School District. If we were working with a larger organization, it would be imperative that we implement the retention schedule in phases and possibly use a pilot program to work out the kinks, in order to ensure the acceptance of the new plan. The article describes a situation where great retention schedules have been created and are now gathering dust because they were not implemented properly.

Going further into our project we would like to relate this to the records management project for the Peyton School District.

If you would like to read the entire article please follow this link:
http://www.aiim.org/Resources/Archive/Magazine/2008-May-Jun/34790