COMMITTEE FOR THE REGIONS – SoA ACTION POINTS FOR ITS STRATEGIC AIMS & OBJECTIVES
Regional representatives are asked to solicit opinion from their regions to address the following action points. Please send the information to
Catherine for collation and circulation by 5 Ma 2003.
Theme
Raise awareness of archives,
conservation and records
management as recognised and
respected professions.
Work for better
communications with similar
professional bodies.
Assess how lines of
communication with membership
can be strengthened and
encourage wider membership
involvement.
Action point
Regional representatives’ feedback required on:
ACTION 1.2. Promote work in archives,
archives conservation and records management
as potential careers.
ACTION 1.3. Improve liaison with new and
prospective archival professionals to encourage
membership of the Society.
ACTION 1.5. Increase membership in all
categories to increase the Society’s role as the
voice of the domain’s professional workers.
What are the regions already doing?
ACTION 1.6. Work for better communications
with similar professional bodies to develop joint
aims and responses to issues relevant to all.
What is happening in the regions?
ACTION 3.4 Encourage membership
involvement and wider participation at all levels
ACTION 3.6. Ensure that the dissemination
strategy is balanced so that all members who
wish to participate in the processes of decision
making are given equal opportunity to do so.
ACTION 3.12. Assess how lines of
communication with membership can be
strengthened.
What do the regions wish to see happening to
address these action points?
(from the feedback we can compile a list of what can
be done for discussion at the next CfR meeting)
What do the regions wish to see happening?
DISCUSSION DOCUMENT: London Region’s
survey of its members (also attached)
What do the regions see as the ways to achieve these
targets?
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Discuss and develop a co-operative
training programme with
associated professional bodies.
Review the present structure of the
Society.
ACTION 4.7.1. Discuss and develop a cooperative training programme with associated
professional bodies based on common training
needs at an initial seminar during 2003.
What linkages, if any, do the regions have with
associated professional bodies?
ACTION 7.8.Consider changing the structure
of the Society and the role of the Regional
Representatives and review the role of the
Committee for the Regions.
ACTION 7.9. Consider the introduction of
regionally elected national Councillors, giving
each Councillor a constituency and each Region
a clear communication route to Council.
ALL are encouraged to send comments to Catherine
for circulation to other Regional Representatives to
stimulate discussion in advance of next meeting
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