The 2002 J. Eddis Linton Awards for Excellence in Records Management
were presented at the National Convention in Adelaide on 16th September.
Chris Fripp, RMAA National President, presented the awards to the
three recipients. Chris also spoke about the achievements of J. Eddis
Linton and the role of the awards in recognising excellence in records
management. Chris encouraged members to nominate themselves and others
for the awards.
Most Outstanding Individual – Anne
Cornish
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| Chris Fripp (Federal President)
and Anne Cornish (Most Outstanding Individual) |
The Most Outstanding Individual Award was presented to Anne Cornish.
Anne has worked in the records management industry for twenty years.
She has been active in the Records Management Association of Australasia,
serving on her local branch for ten years and as a Federal Board Member
for five years, where she served on three standards committees. Anne
has also lectured in Records Management at Swinburne College. In 1994
Anne founded Records Solutions Pty Ltd, which is a company that now
employs over seventy people. Anne’s consultancies include Electronic
Document Management System Implementations at Melbourne Docklands
Authority and Education Queensland.
Most Outstanding Group – Department
of Infrastructure (Vic) for its VERS @DOI Project
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| Chris Fripp (Federal President) and Gail Nicholson
(on behalf of Department of Infrastructure (Vic) Most Outstanding
Group) |
Accepted by Gail Nicholson
The Most Outstanding Group Award was presented to Gail Nicholson
on behalf of the Department of Infrastructure for its VERS@DOI project.
The Department of Infrastructure commenced its VERS project in 2000.
The Victoria Electronic Records Strategy (VERS) is the Victorian Government
standard that specifies a format for the long term preservation of
electronic records. The department was selected to implement the VERS
solution as a whole of Victorian government pilot. The VERS@DOI project
was a catalyst for a new whole of Victorian government VERS initiative
that recently received $8.2 million.
Most Outstanding Student – Jillian
Jones
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| Chris Fripp (Federal President) and Jillian
Jones (Most Outstanding Student) |
The Most Outstanding Student Award was presented to Jillian Jones.
Jillian completed her Bachelor of Science (Communication and Information
Technology) from Edith Cowan University in July 2002. Jillian has
been working in records management since 1997 and is currently working
as a Recordkeeping Consultant for the State Records Office of Western
Australia. Jillian is particularly interested in the challenges of
records management including web-based business transactions.
