Dear members: The ECM Working Group cordially invites you to attend an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Kickoff. What: ECM Kickoff When: September 10, 2009, 9:30 – 11:30 am Where: East Reading Room, Patrick Henry Building, 1111 East Broad Street -- on the corner of 11th and Broad Streets in downtown Richmond Work smarter. Save money. Protect state records. Come learn about a cost- effective way to implement Enterprise Content Management (ECM) in your office. On September 10, 2009, the ECM Workgroup will host the ECM Kickoff event at the Patrick Henry Building. You can expect to learn about how ECM can benefit your office and about how the Commonwealth is planning to implement a statewide ECM shared services solution. Please plan to attend. To register in advance, please follow this link: http://www.vita.virginia.gov/registration/Session.cfm?MeetingID=18 (If this link appears broken, take out any spaces and then copy and paste it into your browser manually.) ECM includes those technologies that can provide your agency with document management, records management, workflow, eForms, and imaging capabilities. The following agencies and localities have been involved in the ECM Workgroup and planning for the statewide ECM solution: The ECM Kickoff is an opportunity for agencies and the ECM Workgroup to: Discuss Enterprise Content Management in business oriented terms Explore the questions What, Why, Who, How and When Share case studies relating to: FOIA Records Management Workflow and Business Process Improvement Email management eForms Discuss participation in an ECM Shared Service offering Collaborate on the establishment of an ECM Community of Practice Discuss next steps related to ECM in the Commonwealth in general and as related to the Shared Services Offering. Over the past eighteen months, a working group of state agency representatives have been working to build a model for offering a shared services implementation of ECM. In this kickoff, the working group will share information about the Commonwealth’s ECM Shared Services model, and ideas and experiences as related to ECM. This is a session to ensure that the ECM initiative is aligned to the true needs of the agencies to be served. The ECM Workgroup’s goals include establishing an ECM Shared Services offering that results in lower costs for all participants, promoting ECM Best Practices and allowing agencies to ‘try ECM before they buy’. The working group is moving forward with Shared Services planning now. We need the commitment of a sufficient number of users before the infrastructure can be built. There is an email address for ECM messages relating to the shared service offering, community of practice and general ECM issues: [log in to unmask] We strongly encourage you to email us any questions, ideas, responses or concerns. We look forward to seeing you at the kickoff. And, finally, the ECM Working Group is an open group made up of agencies and individuals who see the need for ECM and want to facilitate its use where appropriate within the Commonwealth. We are always looking for additional membership and interest – so, in addition to inviting you to the Kick-off, we invite you to join the working group. Hope to see you there! To UNSUBSCRIBE, change options, or subscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-rol.html (If using Netscape, must have version 6.1 or higher to view the above page)