The ARA Board
The ARA Board comprises the Chair, Vice-Chair, Honorary Treasurer, HonorarySecretary and up to eight Directors
Read about membership of the ARA Board in Who's Who at the ARA.
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Latest Board updates can be viewed here.
How the Board works
There are up to twelve Board members who are responsible for ARA's strategy, policy and governance. The Chair, Vice-Chair, Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary are directly elected to those positions. The remaining eight Board members manage portfolios, assigned depending upon their skills, to support activities linked to ARA's strategy and mission.
ARA BOARD PORTFOLIOS and responsibilities at May 2019
Diversity
Includes responsibility for
- Workforce diversity
- Volunteering
- Equalities
Portfolio holder: Jenny Moran
Membership support
Includes responsibility for
- Pay Review Group
Portfolio holder: Andrea Waterhouse
Nations and Regions
- 3 nations and 8 regions
- International members
Portfolio holder: Stephen Scarth
Professional Development
Includes responsibility for
- New Continuing Professional Development scheme
Portfolio holder: Lisa Snook
Publications and Promotion
Includes responsibility for
- ARA Awards
- ARC Magazine, ARC Recruitment and ARA Today
- ARA App
- Archives and Records Journal
Portfolio holder: Maria Castrillo
Specialist Groups and Sections
Includes responsibility for
- Archives for Learning and Education Section
- Archives and Museums
- Community Archives and Heritage
- Section for Business Records
- Section for Film, Sound and Photography
- Section for Special Repositories
- Affiliated groups including Charity Archivists and Records Managers (CHARM), Health Archives and Records Group (HARG), Religious Archives Group, etc.
Portfolio holder: Karyn Williamson
Standards and Innovation
Includes responsibility for
- Chief Archivists in Local Government Group (CALGG)
- Archivists of Scottish Local Authorities Working Group (ASLAWG)
- Section for Archives and Technology
- Section for New Professionals
- Section for Preservation and Conservation
- Section for Records Management and Information Governance
- National Surveys Group
- Legislation Working Group
Portfolio holder: Jason King
Training
Includes responsibility for
- Training Group
Portfolio holder: Adrian Steel
Latest Board Updates
Diversity and Inclusion Progress Report (August 2019)
Update on Glasgow Manifesto August 2019
Archiving provisions in the Data Protection Bill
Draft EU Code of Conduct for Archive Services
- GDPR EU Code of Conduct - ARA submission to the UK National Archives - August 2017
- GDPR EU Code of Conduct draft - May 2017
ARA letter submissions to a number of government bodies and interested legislators
- EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): recommended archiving derogations (Article 89(3)) - January 2017
- ARA position on Data Protection and Archiving purposes in the public interest - January 2017
James McQuade, Senior Committee Assistant, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
John Chambers letter to Iain Wright, MP, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
PRONI - Ian Maye to Mr J Chambers Archives Records Association UK and Ireland
John Chambers letter to Northern Ireland Communities Minister Paul Givan
Home Office and Cabinet Office on issues relating to government records and open government
Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe, DBE CMG
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Intellectual Property
INTERNSHIPS: A Position Statement for Record Keeping Professionals
Data Protection Regulation and ‘archiving in the public interest’ – a briefing for MEPs by the Archives and Records Association, UK and Ireland (ARA)
Summary of Major Requests and Concerns
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