Rimpa Training

[Zacharie Brodhacker]

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The Rhode Island Police Officers Commission on Standards and Training is made up of five (5) members appointed by the Governor. At least one (1) member shall be appointed upon recommendation from the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns, and at least three (3) members shall be Chiefs of municipal police departments.

A seasoned professional and hands-on practitioner, with 30 years industry experience gained in both the UK and Australia. Since migration in 2017, I've worked for Monash University, Yarra Ranges Shire and Mornington Peninsula Shire. I was snapped up by Votar Partners in 2022, and now work for them full time as a Principal Consultant.

My work for Votar has been varied and straddles all things records management from RM101 up to Executive Engagement and Strategies, and everything in between. I also have carried out numerous PDSP audits for agencies to help them with compliance towards the VPDSF here in Victoria, as well as carrying out program and business system level audits against recordkeeping, privacy, information security, hosted technologies, copyright, etc. My work seems to be more of a mix of information governance, data archiving and information security these days!

My first love is Archives about which I am a total nerd, closely followed by wider ecologies of information management (particularly relating to information architectures, mapping against PROV standards, and intersections with our data and digital friends), with particular geeky interests in ethics around data and information, and how archives can be appropriated to serve all kinds of socio-cultural purposes.

I also play an active role in the cyber security conference circuit, having presented papers at both CyberCon Melbourne October 2023 and COSAC Melbourne February 2024. I am also a member of the SABSA Institute. I am speaking again at CyberCon Melbourne November 2024 and also at the Health Information Management Conference in October 2024.

I am also currently a local Ambassador for RIMPA.

I have also undertaken sessional academic teaching in recent years, within Curtin University's School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, where I have carried out assessments of Masters theses as well as practical teaching and marking. I have, in the past, both written and delivered many training courses for RIMPA in Records Management, Digitisation, Archiving, Sentencing, and Digital Preservation. I have also served as both Vice Chair and Secretary to the Local Government Information Governance Committee at the Municipal Association of Victoria and was RIMPA Vic's Vice President and Local Gov Chapter Lead in 2019/2020.

Beyond the office, I enjoy writing fiction and I'm an active member of creative writing group, Mountain Ash Chapter, as well as being a member of the Australian Society of Authors, Writers Victoria and a graduate of the Faber Writing Academy at Allen & Unwin in Melbourne. I also enjoy spending time with friends and family in my beautiful home district of the Dandenong Ranges, just outside Melbourne. I'm also in recovery from Stage 3 breast cancer so bear with me! It's been one helluva ride of late!!!

Institutions and providers formally recognised by RIMPA Global have had their course curricula tested against RIMPA Global expertise and knowledge of best practice, the ISO Standard for Records Management 15489 and if applicable the Recordkeeping Competency Standards.

In providing this opportunity, RIMPA Globalenables academic institutions and training providers to apply for formal RIMPA Global recognition of their courses without excessive expenditure of time, effort or cost. For members and the community, by obtaining qualifications from an accredited and recognised course provides the ability to fast-track their upgrade to professional membership of the Association.

Once all information has been provided, the RIMPA Global Accreditation Board will assess the information provided to determine the outcome. If the nominated course is accredited the course will be added to the website as an accredited training course. Advertising for the course will be provided at the RIMPA Global Live Education Stand. Furthermore, this recognition can become part of official and/or promotional communications from your organisation.

I come from a Catholic background. I was born into a Catholic family and educated through the Catholic Schools. In primary school one of the things the nuns would encourage us to do was to pop into church before and after school. I loved doing this, not so much to say prayers but more to greet God and to sit in the silence of the church. I always felt held and safe in that Silence. The contemplative was born.

I remember clearly being introduced to the Good News Bible and meeting Jesus and deciding he was real and he is to be followed. This became a compass for my life.

As a child I had a great sense of God infusing all of life.

This became the foundation of my life.

In my 20s, once I finished my nursing training I went traveling. I spent a summer cycling around Europe by myself. During this time I realized how much I had received in life, which led me to join a lay Missionary organization called VMM. I was sent to Turkana in Kenya as a nurse. I spent 2 wonderful years working with the Turkana people. I then lived a further 8 years in Africa.

It was during this time that I drifted away from God.

On returning to N.Z I had a great sense of God inviting me to draw near. I returned to church where I was fed and nurtured by the Alpha course and the Charismatic Renewal. I was coming back to life. It was a wonderful time but something else was calling.

I like to start our time together with either silence or a guided meditation or a simple prayer.

I enjoy working with Interactive Drawing Therapy, which is a wonderful way to bring to light what is hidden.

But mostly I like to listen, to ask questions, to offer spaciousness and unhurriedness so you can listen to and explore what is within you, so you can listen to the invitation that the Holy Spirit/ Divine/ Sacred One is inviting you to and help you respond.

A number of Australian Universities offer Information Management courses that include records management. Please refer to the ASA website and RIMPA website for more information on accredited universities.

The Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) and the Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia (RIMPA) offer a number of resources and opportunities that contribute to ongoing professional development.

The ASA has a suite of six online self-directed courses available based on the Keeping Archives textbook. The courses include: Introduction to Records and Archives, Appraisal, Context Control and Documentation, Physical Management and Preservation, Access and Digital Records and Archives and are available from -publications/online-courses

The ASA also hosts a range of professional development events, including its annual conference, special interest group meetings, seminars and state and territory based monthly branch meetings. The Society also issues three issues of its journal, Archives and Manuscripts, each year and a monthly e-newsletter Archives Matter. See the ASA website for more information.

RIMPA hosts a range of professional development events, including its annual conference, seminars and state and territory based monthly branch meetings. RIMPA also publishes the Marketplace directory on its website. A number of the consultants listed in this directory provide short course records management training. See the RIMPA website for more information.

Informaa Quarterly is a publication of RIMPA. Informaa is distributed four times a year to all members of RIMPA. It features in-depth articles on records management issues and keeps members up to date with the activities of the association.

Each November, Informaa Quarterly focusses on education and training opportunities for records managers. See the RIMPA website for more information about joining RIMPA and obtaining Informaa Quarterly.

ARANZ is an incorporated society, established in 1976, with the aim of promoting the understanding and importance of records and archives in New Zealand. ARANZ is administered nationally by a Council of elected members. Branches are established in Auckland, Canterbury, Central Districts, Otago/Southland, Waikato/Bay of Plenty, and Wellington.

Our members include:Archivists; record managers; librarians; and other information managers; genealogists; historians; teachers; museum and art gallery curators; religious groups; professional associations; historical societies; businesses; local and central government agencies; and many other interested in the preservation and use of archives and records.

To foster the care, preservation and use of archives and records, both to public and private, and their effective administration.

To provide an authoritative voice on matters of concern relating to archives and records.

To cooperate or affiliate with any other bodies in New Zealand or elsewhere with like objectives.

To promote professional competence in the administration and preservation of archives and records; by providing advice to the appropriate authorities on levels and standards of professional education and training, and by promoting the training of archivists, records keepers, curators, librarians and others by the dissemination of specialised knowledge.

To encourage research on the care, preservation and use of archives and records and to promote the publication of the results of this research.

To promote the standing of archives institutions and those working with archives and records.

To advise and support the establishment of archives services throughout New Zealand.

To publish a journal and other publications in furtherance of these objectives.

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