There are a lot of posts flying around about what information professionals need from an association. My discussion on too many associations seems to have struck a nerve and gotten people thinking. Before I dive into details regarding AIIM, I want to share these posts.
- Donda Young entered the fray discussing what she wants in an association. As a member of AIIM and ARMA, her post was all-inclusive and included things that are present in some form currently.
- Chris Walker went on to state explicitly what he would like AIIM to offer. The comments on his thread are almost as good as the post itself so read it all.
- Alison North then shared her thoughts on re-shaping associations from her perspective outside the North American bubble. She implied that we need to look outside the information associations to learn more about cutting edge technologies.
- Marko Sillanpää is a little more forward and suggests what he might do if he were the next AIIM president now that John Mancini is moving on to other duties. Marko gets right to the point in saying that people are what AIIM needs to focus upon over the next year.
I’m not going to reference the posts moving forward but know that they have, to varying degrees, influenced this post. That said, I had a lot of thoughts on this topic already rattling around in my head. Many of the thoughts below have been shared with other previously as well to test them out.
There are two ways I can share my thoughts. I could rant and rave about everything AIIM is specifically doing wrong. It would get a lot of hits, generate a lot of discussion, and upset the very people who need to read this.
I can simply dive into what AIIM needs to do going forward. The past is written. The present is malleable. The future is fluid. It is the future that I wish to influence by helping form the present.
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