The ARA Board

The ARA Board comprises the Chair, Vice-Chair, Honorary Treasurer, HonorarySecretary and up to eight Directors

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 Read about membership of the ARA Board in Who's Who at the ARA.

  • 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: Kevin Bolton

Membership

Includes responsibility for

  • Training Group and Core Training
  • Advocacy and Explore Your Archive
  • Pay Review Group
  • Community Archives and Heritage Group

Portfolio holder: Adrian Steel 

Nations and Regions (Covering the 8 regions and 3 nations)

Portfolio holder: Stephen Scarth

Professional Development

Includes responsibility for

  • New Continuing Professional Development scheme
  • Liaison with the Section for New Professions regarding professional development
  • Conservation Training certificate

Portfolio holder: To be confirmed

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
  • 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: To be confirmed

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: David Jenkins


Latest Board Updates

Archiving provisions in the Data Protection Bill

Draft EU Code of Conduct for Archive Services

ARA letter submissions to a number of government bodies and interested legislators

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

Conference 2019