While looking at the activity and population of this forum. I found that only 7 or 8 people on the Working Group have been using it. In order to make this working group work, we all need to get away from e-mailing each other individually. And start putting all our thoughts and comments on this forum. If you need help in getting started, please contact Erv Raines at (703)-607-5652 or via e-mail raines.erv@hq.navy.mil, and I will walk you through the process. The only thing that as change from the last forum is the password is now "records" without the parens.

To help everyone out on registrating in the forum, I registered everyone. So you all should be getting notified whenever a question is asked or a comment is posted to the forum. If you are not getting an E-mail notification, let me know. I will find the problem and fix it as soon as possible. Lets see some activity on the forum. Also, as a reminder: We are having a Working Group Meeting on 24 Sept 98. Lets get as many people out there as possible.

Erv Raines

Take a look at the following paragraphs.

Steve,

In a conversation today with Mr. Charlie Barth, DON CIO office, he told me that I may want to check out the website for the DON Records Management Group. I went in there today and read the minutes of the meeting on l9 Aug 98.

Since I am not a big proponent of doing work twice, I thought I would pass something on to you.

In those minutes, para 3(i) states that the first task is to compare the SSICs in the SSIC manual with the disposition manual to identify SSICs for which there is no record series disposition. Well, Barbara Norris and I already did that. I had even prepared a draft memo that I had planned to send to all the sponsors of the SSICs telling them to provide disposition instructions or the SSICs would be eliminated in the next version of the manual. The mark up should be with either the working papers for the SECNAVINST 5212.5D or with the working papers for revising the SSIC manual.

When I left there I had left it with MS Norris to incorporate as the SSIC quick reference in Appendix G of the manual. I notice that apparantly that was changed and the Appendix G just lists them in blocks.

At any rate I thought I would pass this on to you as it seems like alot of people are doing what I already spent a great deal of time doing. Now, if you can't find it, I guess that's another story but I wanted to make you aware that it had been done.

I don't mean to get in your business, I just hate to see rework if it isn't necessary.

Have a great day,

Helena

-- Anonymous, September 15, 1998