January 2022 Issue #1 
President's Report
Welcome to 2022 ARMA New England Members and Friends!!
I hope this message finds you and your family safe and Omicron-free.
Wow, it is scary to think that 2021 has come and gone, again a challenging year for everyone. Are you like most people and make a New Years resolution?

Do something different and please don’t just “Stay The Course”
Get involved with ARMA New England in 2022 as your resolution!
We have a great team that works together to bring you industry education information, but we need your help, your ideas, and your passion for our industry in 2022.
The Board of Directors has a great lineup for 2022, with a current emphasis on virtual events. There will be many more opportunities to further your records and information management knowledge in the months ahead. Our events page will soon be filled with a full agenda for 2022. To get things started, we are having a Post Holiday Virtual Get Together on Wednesday, January 20th. Sign-up, have some fun, network with your industry peers, donate to a good cause, and get involved in 2022. I challenge you to add ARMA New England to your resolutions!!
Also, don’t forget to follow us on our social media channels.
- Follow us on LinkedIn
- See our group exclusive Chapter Page on LinkedIn
- Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ARMANewEngland
As always, please feel free to provide your feedback and ideas anytime to me or anyone on our board.
Mark S. Carter, CIP, IGP
President, ARMA New England
Calendar of Events
January 12, 2022
Post Holiday Virtual Get together
Join ARMA New England for a night a trivia, networking and celebration.
February 16, 2022
Join ARMA NE as we learn how to elevate ourselves through our resumes with Donda Young
March 31, 2022
IT'S 2 A.M.: DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR INFORMATION IS?
Join ARMA NE and Jesse Wilkins to attempt to answer the above question. If you've seen a webinar in the last 10 years, you know that "More information has been created in the last 2 years than in the preceding 100,000 years of human history!!"
April 28, 2022
BLENDING EMPATHY AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE INTO YOUR INFORMATION GOVERNANCE CAREER TRAJECTORY
Join Ann Gorr and ARMA NE in a discussion on blending empathy and emotional intelligence into your information governance career.
May 24-25, 2022
DRAFTING EFFECTIVE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT POLICIES -- WORKSHOP
A 2-day workshop on drafting effective information management policies with Lewis Eisen.
Community Service
Our VP Community Outreach, Stephanie McKinney has been really busy this year! Check out the Community Outreach page for complete details!
From raising funds for The American Red Cross, lining up activities for our members such as pop up events, inspirational corner and a journal of our activities, Stephanie has been very active. She also has many ideas that she is working on for the upcoming year.
Contact Stephanie McKinney if you'd like to join her committee and help with the activities.
Welcome New Members
Greetings members, friends and supporters of ARMA New England! An eventful and challenging 2021 is behind us and I’m sure we all hope that 2022 will be a vast improvement over last year. To kick off the new year, we extend a huge thanks to our existing members for your continued association, loyalty, and contributions to the chapter. Currently, there are over 110 members in the ARMA New England Chapter representing six different states (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI and VT).
We also welcome the newer members of our chapter including those who rejoined and especially those first timers to ARMA. Each new and existing member brings their own special “flavor” to the chapter, which creates a varied repository of knowledge that benefits all members. Additional benefits of our local ARMA New England include the following:
- Collaborating and networking with local New England members
- Opportunities to add value and to grow your business via a local network
- Professional development and job postings specific to New England
- Monthly member spotlights posted on our home page, Twitter, and LinkedIn
- Sponsorship opportunities to showcase your business
- Ways to help the New England community via charity outreach events
Please take the opportunity to reach out to your fellow members and our board of directors for industry expertise, resources and collaboration. Also, take the time to contact your colleagues and friends to share the advantages of joining our chapter. We look forward to expanding our membership in 2022 by developing more local and regional relationships and hope that you have a happy and healthy New Year!
Job Postings
Check out the positions avaialable on our job board. These change regularly, so be sure to check back often.
Included on the page are volunteer opportuniities for ARMA New England. There is a need for committee members to help manage the chapter. The chapter that covers 6 states!
Committee members will assist in the following areas of chapter leadership:
- membership
- secretarial
- treasury
- business partnership
- communications & marketing
- community outreach
- information technology,