It’s March Madness Time.   Escape the remaining winter weather at our “hot” programs.

Celebrate the rites of Spring with your NCC-AIIM colleagues and friends at two meetings in March – We have our regular monthly luncheon meeting on Thursday, March 18, 2010, at the General Dynamics Executive Conference Center at 1000 Wilson Blvd, Suite 810, in Rosslyn, VA, followed by a Hot Topics Session on Thursday, March 25, 2010, as a Breakfast Event at the Universities at Shady Grove in Maryland.  This month features Mark S. Patrick of the Joint Staff of the Department of Defense speaking both March 18 and March 25 on “Wartime Content, Records, and Knowledge Management in the Joint Staff and Combatant Commands.”  See the NCC-AIIM web site for more details at http://www.ncaiim.org

We had a very successful training in February with the AIIM Electronic Records Management (ERM) Practitioner Class in the AIIM ERM Certificate Program in cooperation with ARMA NOVA, on Wednesday, February 24, 2010.

We started the New Year with Luncheon Meeting on January 14, 2010, as a joint meeting with the Northern Virginia Chapter of ARMA.   John Montel, Former Senior Director, General Dynamics IT, spoke on Content and Records Management: Getting Stakeholder Buy-in. 

We had a Site Visit at the GPO on Thursday, December 10, 2009.  Our speakers included Bob Tapella, Public Printer of the United States; Mike Wash, Chief Information Officer; and Selene Dalecky, FDsys Program Manager for a presentation on the Future Digital System (FDsys).

On Wednesday, November 18, 2009, we had a joint dinner meeting with the Northern Virginia Chapter of ARMA.  Laura McCarthy of NARA spoke on “NARA Regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations, 2009 Revisions to the Code” -- a timely presentation, as the new regulations became effective on November 4, 2009.

We had an excellent Site Visit on Thursday, October 15, 2009, at Quality Associates, Inc. in Columbia MD.  We had a tour of a first-class content conversion facility, as well as seeing technologies for production, desktop, and Multi Function Device document and information capture.  Some of you joined us for a Breakfast Hot Topics session at the Universities at Shady Grove on Thursday, October 22, 2009, as a Case Study of the “Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) Tri-Services Enterprise Records Management Program for the Army, Air Force and the US Navy, Marine Corps Systems Command.”

We had two successful September meetings, including the kickoff luncheon meeting on September 10, 2009, on “President Obama's March to the White House Using ECM and Web 2.0 Tools” with Garrett M. Graff, a current editor at Washingtonian Magazine, and a talk on September 17, 2009, on “The Power of Networking for Your Business and Career Success in ECM” by author Sheila Savar at the NCC-AIIM reception, in conjunction with the AIIM International Road Show.

Our committees are a wonderful opportunity for you to meet and work with fellow information professionals to improve and enhance your NCC-AIIM experience.  The committee work is a backbone of the success of our Chapter.  Please let me know, if you are interested in joining one of our committees.

Our continuing thanks go to our Platinum Sponsors, General Dynamics Information Technology, and PrivaSoft; our Gold sponsors, Zimmerman Associates, NSI, and QAI; and our Silver sponsor, Scan Optics.  The financial support and assistance with our programs from all our sponsors have allowed us to better serve our members.  If your organization would like to become a sponsor to raise the profile of your organization and further the work of the Chapter, please contact me or one of the Executive Committee members.

 We hold our monthly luncheon meetings at the General Dynamics Information Technology Conference Center conveniently located at the Rosslyn Metro.  Mark your calendar for the dates for upcoming meetings.  The Rosslyn Luncheon dates are: March 18, 2010, April 8, 2010; and May 13, 2010.  Look for additional information and directions at http://www.nccaiim.org.

Our sessions in suburban Maryland highlight relevant “Hot Topics” in the industry and are shorter in duration and scheduled in the breakfast hour.  The dates for upcoming Hot Topics sessions at The Universities at Shady Grove MD are March 25, 2010, April 22, 2010, and May 27, 2010.  Look for additional information and directions at http://www.nccaiim.org . 

We will end the program year with a social event in June.  We intend to have excellent educational programs, good networking opportunities, and entertaining key-note speakers. 

We encourage you to make the most of opportunities that the Chapter provides, to come to meetings, to get involved in our committees, and to serve as a Committee chair or as a member of the Executive Committee.

If you have any suggestions as to how we can make our Chapter stronger, please let one of the Executive Committee members or me know.  With your help we can make a difference.

Carolyn K. Offutt

President, National Capitol Chapter of AIIM International

coffutt@o3star.com, 703-666-8190