Greetings San Diego AIIM members and friends,                                         

I believe this is my 5^th term as AIIM chapter President.  Recently, I was interviewed by Bryant Duhon for an article in Infonomics Weekly.  Among the questions the Bryant asked were the following which I hope will provide some insight into the value of an AIIM membership:

1.      You’ve been on the board of the San Diego chapter since 1992. How have you kept interest for so long in that task?

At first it was the friendships I developed with other board members.  Then as old members drifted away and new folks joined it was the challenge of keeping the chapter alive.  These days, I look on my board member duties as a service I can provide to the local community.  For me, it is a way to give something back to the industry that provided me an opportunity to be a successful entrepreneur.

2.      Why are chapters important?

Chapters are important for two reasons:  One, regular meetings provide an opportunity for users and vendors to meet in a neutral setting designed to information exchange in an educational manner.  Two, local chapters provide an opportunity for people in the industry to feel connected, to know that the issues they are facing are not unique.  The regular chapter meeting provides a forum to meet people, make friends and learn something new.  The local board provides members from both the vendor and the user communities with opportunities for professional growth.

The year is off to a good start.  Our Executive board has grown with the addition of new faces.  This year your local executive AIIM board members are as follows:  Barry Brueseke, (President), Neal Fischer (Vice President), Alan Turner (Treasurer), Scott Allbert (Membership), Jill Hernandez, John Levine and Jim Moore (Members at large).  As President, I am grateful to have such a strong team to assist me in making the 2009-2010 AIIM year a success.

Looking forward we are planning to following events:

·         5pm September 16^th, Social/Mixer at RockBottom in La Jolla

·         5 pm Wed. October 28, Project Management/ROI Analysis at Marriott in Kearny Mesa

·         Spring, 2010, Storage and its Impact of ECM

Your AIIM board team is committed to providing educational and networking opportunities for AIIM members and friends of the chapter.  Please feel free to contact anyone of us with ideas you have which may increase the value our local chapter provides to the ECM community.

Barry Brueseke, President, San Diego Chapter

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