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Ask the Admin: Meeting Minutes Retention

Administrative Arts

According to every reference I can find for document retention, Board minutes should be kept permanently. Non-Profit Document Retention Recommendations. This doesn’t only give a sample document retention schedule, it actually talks about categories of records and how long to keep them. Is It Safe To Copy Documents.

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The 12 Privacy Tips of Christmas

Ian's Messy Desk

Tear/shred receipts, copies of credit applications, other documentation containing personal information, don’t just throw it in the garbage. Six points for merchants : Make protection of personal information a company priority; designate someone in your business to coordinate privacy policies and practices.

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Manage Your Paper With a RAFT

Ian's Messy Desk

We you receive document revisions, toss the orginals. Don’t keep routine memos or anything that gives you information you already know or have. Record meeting information on your calendar, then toss the memo.

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Round up #3, Prescott Style

Loosely Speaking

Free things on election day Election Day Freebies Best Election Day Sites and Tools 25 Ways to Spice Up Blog Post Photos (handy if you plan to digitally document your voting experience) Comments: 0 Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change? RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004.

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Getting Things Done with Lotus Notes

Ian's Messy Desk

If you are a Lotus Notes user, this long-awaited document is for you! Lotus Notes is the groupware of choice for my employer and GTD is my system of choice for keeping organized (however poorly implemented). The two have come together in an ebook from David Allen Company.

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Top 5 Tips for Avoiding Employment Lawsuits

The Small Business Blog

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Make certain that you have strong, unconfusing policies on employment. A good recordkeeping policy is essential. A good record-keeping policy is essential. Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Get organized for back to school

Ian's Messy Desk

Determine what documents you need for school registration. Assess what the kids have, what they need, what can be handed down and what needs to be thrown out. Then, with list in hand, hit the stores. Round up your papers. Eliminate last-minute searches. Organize your mornings.

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