About the RMN
Meetings
Charter
Presentations / Papers

About the RMN

The Records Management Network (RMN) provides an opportunity for government records managers and archivists to meet regularly to discuss issues of interest and relevance to the profession.

The RMN holds quarterly meetings at which members and guest speakers are invited to highlight or discuss such matters.
The Network is an initiative of Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) and is free to members. All meetings are resourced by PROV and chaired by a member of the PROV senior management group.

Established in late 1996, the RMN continues to prove a worthwhile and effective tool for records managers and archivists in government. All enquiries, comments or suggestions regarding the RMN should be directed to the RMN Coordinator:

Andrea Rae
Ph 9348 5607
Fax 9348 5656
andrea.rae@prov.vic.gov.au

Meetings

Next Meeting: Tuesday 8 December 2009
Where: Treasury Theatre - 1 Macarthur Street, East Melbourne VIC
Time: 2:00pm - 4:30pm followed by a networking function

Please note: Bookings are essential.

Agenda
You may download the full agenda here.

Previous meetings

Please select from the meeting dates below for the associated agenda and minutes:

• May 2009
• November 2008
• June 2008
• February 2008
• September 2007
• March 2007
• September 2006
• Archives and Records Management (ARM) week 2005: 23-27 May
• March 2004
• October 2003
• March 2003
• October 2002
• August 2002
• May 2002
• February 2002
• December 2001
• October 2001
• June 2001
• February 2001
• May 2000
• February 2000
• December 1999
• August 1999
• May 1999
• February 1999

Charter

Membership

Members of the Records Management Network are responsible for records management and archives in public bodies within Victoria.

Objectives

The objectives of the Network are to:

• provide a forum for the provision and dissemination of information and the exchange of views on issues affecting records management in public bodies
• enable members to contribute to the development of legislation and standards affecting records management in public bodies and to provide advice to members on compliance requirements arising from these changes
• disseminate advice to members on the development and use of information technology applications to enable good records management practices
• provide the opportunity for training and skill sharing of members
• support the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) and the National Archives of Australia (NAA) in the promulgation and review of policies, standards and procedures governing records management in public bodies.

To register as a Member, please send an email including the following details to the RMN Coordinator:

• Name
• Position/ role
• Organisation
• Physical and postal addresses
• Telephone, facsimile, email contact

Presentations/ Papers

Below are links to presentations/ papers about current issues and topics that have been addressed at recent RMN meetings.

• Common Administration Retention and Disposal Authority and Transfer Guidelines and forms.
  Emma Murray (Disposal and Documentation, PROV)
  (Powerpoint presentation: Meeting 22/09/06)
• Digital Archive
  Graeme Hairsine (Archival Systems Support Manager, PROV)
  (Powerpoint presentation: Meeting 22/09/06)
• ADRI EDRMS Business Case Infrastructure Framework
  Howard Quenault (VERS Program Director, PROV)
  (Powerpoint presentation: Meeting 22/09/06)
• Imaging and Records Management: An Overview
  Dr Graham Pratt, Managing Director, Opticon- Australia
  (Powerpoint presentation: Meeting 23/02/00)
• Imaging Experiences - Hobson's Bay City Council
  Vicki Clark, Document Management Administration, HBCC
  (Powerpoint presentation: Meeting 23/02/00)
• The Information Watershed: Document and Knowledge Management
  Berni Dymet, Opticon- Australia (Word document, 37 KB)
• Common Admin Schedule Version 2000
  The new disposal schedule for Common Administrative Records, launched at
  the RMN meeting on 23/02/00. (Word document)
• Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 1999
  Mick Batskos, Executive Director, FOI Solutions
  (.pdf document, 427 KB: Meeting 11/08/99)
• Losses, Liabilities and Effective Records Management
  Philip Rowell, Partner, Ebsworth & Ebsworth Solicitors
  (.pdf document, 86 KB: Meeting 11/08/99)
• XML for Electronic Records
  Ross Wilkinson, CSIRO (.pdf document, 157 KB: Meeting 31/05/2000)
• Electronic Transations and Information Privacy Laws
  Ben Clemens, Multimedia Victoria
  (.pdf document, 93 KB: Meeting 31/05/2000)
• Standard for the Management of Electronic Records: PROS 99/007
  Justine Heazlewood, Public Record Office Victoria
  (.pdf document, 374 KB: Meeting 31/05/2000)
• Managing Email Jenny Robins, Enterprise Knowledge
  (.pdf document, 106 KB: Meeting 14/02/2001)
• Contracting, Privatisation and Public Records
  Sophie Sturup, Antur Projects (.pdf document, 189 KB: Meeting 14/02/2001)
• Vital Records at DOI Alistair Bourrilhon, Department of Infrastructure
  (PowerPoint presentation, 431 KB: Meeting 14/02/2001)
• Advice to Agencies: Scanning or Imaging of Records
  Ross Gibbs, PROV (.pdf document, 188 KB: Meeting 13/06/2001)
• "Patient Records are Private Forever"
  Dianne Scott, Department of Human Services
  (.pdf document, 535 KB: Meeting 13/06/2001)
• Developing Disposal Schedules: Universities
  David Brown, Archival Systems (PowerPoint presentation, 36 KB: Meeting 13/06/2001)
• Practical Approach to Information Privacy
  Melanie Olynyk, Senior Associate, Maddock Lonie & Chisholm
  (.pdf document, 136 KB: Meeting 10/10/2001)
• Conditions for Private Providers of Vocational Training
  Beverley Adams, Manager Recognition, Office of Employment, Training
  and Tertiary Education (.pdf document, 1.2 MB: Meeting 10/10/2001)
• Protecting Information Privacy
  Paul Chadwick, Privacy Commissioner
  (.pdf document, 661 KB: Meeting 10/10/2001)
• The Value of Managing Records in an Electronic Environment
  Paul Kenny, Senior Surveyor, Goulburn-Murray Rural Water Authority
  (.pdf document, 392 KB: Meeting 11/12/2001)
• VERS Progress Update December 2001
  Howard Quenault, Director VERS@DOI
  (.pdf document, 221 KB: Meeting 11/12/2001)
• The Store to Door project
  Ivan Sleeman, Records Manager, City of Casey
  (.pdf document, 168 KB: Meeting 20/02/2002)
• Victorian Online Titles System
  Barbara Flett, Deputy Director Land Registry, Land Victoria
  (.pdf document, 660 KB: Meeting 21/08/2002)
• Wisdom, Knowledge and Other Information Management Myths
  David Leaney, Opticon Australia
  (.pdf document, 670 KB: Meeting 21/08/2002)
• Legal Issues in Storing and Producing Electronic Records
  Mark Sneddon, Partner, Clayton Utz
  (.pdf document, 143 KB: Meeting 9/10/2002)
• Archiving the Future: We've Got to Start Now: Mobilising
  Industry to Build Reliable Digital Archives Dr Rich Lysakowski,
  Director, Collaboative Electronic Notebook Systems Association
  (.pdf documents available from VERS site: Meeting 9/10/2002)
• Health Privacy - It's My Business: Health Records Act 2001 (Vic)
  Susan Joseph, Office of the Health Services Commissioner
  (Powerpoint presentation, 710 KB: Meeting 4/03/2003)
• Protecting your Digital Assets
  Howard Quenault, VERS Centre of Excellence
  (Adobe .pdf, 784 KB: Meeting 1/10/2003)
• AS 5090 Work Process Analysis and a brief history of
  the RM-AS Standardization process David Moldrich, Chair,
  Standards Australia Committee - IT 21 (Adobe .pdf, 205 KB: Meeting 1/10/2003)
• Managing Email: Back it up or delete it! "What is the problem?"
  Russ James, Enterprise Knowledge Pty Ltd
  (Adobe .pdf, 406 KB: Meeting 1/10/2003)
• Email Management in Government
  Lauren Thompson, Department of Infrastructure
  (Adobe .pdf, 582 KB: Meeting 1/10/2003)
• RM in the new Department for Victorian Communities
  Alison McNulty, Department for Victorian Communities
  (Adobe .pdf, 141 KB: Meeting 1/10/2003)
• RM in Goulbourn-Murray Water - a new era
  Paul Kenny, Goulbourn-Murray Water
  (Adobe .pdf, 692 KB: Meeting 30/03/2004)
• Development of a Digital Archive at PROV
  Lucy Hastewell, Digital Archive Project Manager, PROV
  (Adobe .pdf, 4,022 KB: Meeting 19/08/2004)
• September 2005 RMN presentations (consolidated)
  (Adobe .pdf, 3,847 KB: Meeting 28/08/2005)

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