I want to pause for a moment and ask for your input before making any decisions about where this community goes next. Records & Information Management is evolving quickly — regulations, technology, and expectations are all changing. This community was created to be a practical, supportive space for professionals working in (or moving into) RIM, and I want the next phase to reflect what you actually find valuable. This is not about free versus paid access. It’s about ensuring the direction of the community aligns with real professional needs, challenges, and ambitions. I’d really appreciate your thoughts on the following: 1️⃣ What is the main reason you engage with this community today? (For example: keeping up to date, professional confidence, practical guidance, peer discussion, career direction, etc.) 2️⃣ What would you like us to focus on more strongly going forward? If we doubled down on one area, what should it be? 3️⃣ What feels missing, unclear, or underdeveloped at the moment? Is there anything you expected when joining that hasn’t quite materialised? 4️⃣ How do you prefer to engage in a professional community like this? Reading and learning, discussion and debate, structured guidance, templates and examples, live sessions, case studies, small peer groups, or something else? 5️⃣ Looking ahead 6 months: If this community had become an essential part of your professional development, what would be happening here regularly? To help prompt ideas (not a fixed plan), I’ve been considering things like: - More practical, real-world examples and case studies - Step-by-step guidance on RIM programmes and frameworks - Templates, checklists, and decision aids - Discussion of emerging tools, technology, and regulation - Opportunities for peer learning and shared problem-solving Please treat these as prompts rather than commitments — I’m far more interested in what you would genuinely find useful. Thanks in advance for sharing your perspective. I’ll read every response and will summarise the key themes before making any changes.

Information can be operationally useful long after its formal record value ends — or the reverse. RIM professionals regularly navigate this misalignment. The challenge is managing lifecycle decisions without undermining trust. Clear explanation matters more than strict enforcement. Questions 1. Where do you see this divergence most clearly? 2. How do you explain disposal decisions in these cases? Action Identify one dataset where value is contested.