COMPANY AWARDS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS The RIMPA Awards are to be presented at the Black Tie Gala Dinner held on day two of RIMPA Live at the Hyatt Hotel, Canberra on Tuesday 12 October 2021.
iQ ARTICLE OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Iron Mountain The iQ Article of the Year award was introduced in 2004 to promote and recognise quality written contributions to RIMPA's quarterly publication, iQ Magazine. Every article submitted and published during the year is automatically eligible for shortlisting. When judging the articles, the panel look for articles that are engaging, inform and inspire the reader and clearly show the knowledge of the writer.
Nominees are: • Going Paperless in 90 Days: A Step by Step Guide - Joan Honig • Three Ways to Ensure Privacy During a Pandemic - Gwendoline Huret • You Don't Need to Archive Your Social Media…. Until You Do - Miriam Zolin • The Precondition to Humanizing AI - Common Sense Knowledge - Keith Darlington • Four Ways to Invigorate Your Culture in 2021 - Colin D Ellis
JIM SHEPHERD VENDOR OF THE YEAR A founding father and first Branch Council President of the Queensland Branch, Jim Shepherd has been a proud member of RIMPA since its inception. Jim held many positions throughout his records and information management career and worked to bolster the connections with RIMPA and vendor partners through the delivery of seminars, development of advertising publications and connectivity through networking opportunities. The award is presented to a vendor in recognition of both their support of RIMPA and of their services to the records and information management industry. Each geographical RIMPA Branch will nominate a vendor for assessment.
Nominees are: • Midas Document Management Services (Midas Docs) • WyldLynx
RIMPA BRANCH OF THE YEAR All geographical Branches of RIMPA are included in the judging for this award. The RIMPA Branch of the Year is determined through the assessment of each RIMPA Branch against a set criteria. Information on Branches is supplied by the RIMPA Head Office to Directors to be assessed in the following categories: • Event Management
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JULIE APPS NEW PRACTITIONER Named in honour of Julie Apps, an honoured life member of RIMPA. Julie has been involved in the record and information management industry for over 40 years and has always had a keen focus on training and mentoring new practitioners to the industry, taking many young, unsure persons through the RIMPA journey to become passionate and contributing professionals. Her mentoring skills centre around involvement and guidance and there are numerous professionals working in the industry who Julie has helped to mold into the persons they are today. The award is presented to a new practitioner who has been working in the records and information management industry for less than 5 years and has achieved excellence in their career or made a significant contribution to the profession. The recipient of this award will have also demonstrated significant potential to succeed within the industry
The nominees for this award are: • Jack Iddon • Karl Melrose • Susannah Tindall ARIM
• Membership • Branch Strategic Plan • Additional Activities.
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