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February 16, 2011

Central Missouri Chapter History

The Central Missouri chapter was chartered in June of 1987 with 31 charter members.  Some of the charter members included Bill Stubblefield, Stuart Dunkel, Ernest Matson, Robert Crowder, Steve Whitaker, Wayne Duncan, Bill Lange, Charles Bexton, Lynn Stuhlman, Shirley Looten, Doris Dooley, Carol Farris, Anna Duncan, Barbara Walton, Anna Lee, Lana Holmes, Jo Haller, Joyce Benedict, Pamela Buersmeyer, Kathy Nichols, Bonnie Cochran, Linda Calvert, and Laura Hunter.The charter ceremony was held at the Flaming Pit in Columbia, Missouri. ARMA International’s President Harry Ludwig was the speaker for the charter event.  Because of the proximity to Kansas City, several of ARMA Internationals headquarters staff also attended the chartering ceremony.  At that time, the 31 charter members was the largest beginning number of chapter members within the entire ARMA International organization. 

The steering committee that worked to create the chapter included Bob Crowder, Barbara Walden, Stu Dunkel, Wayne Duncan, and Bill Lange.  Barbara Walden of Union Electric (now Ameren UE) was elected the chapter’s first president. Due to the even number of members located in Jefferson City, Fulton and Columbia, monthly chapter meetings alternated between Guthrie, Jefferson City and Columbia. By 1989 the membership of the chapter had grown to 48 members before leveling off. In this time period chapter members came from Boonville, Moberly,Mexico, Fulton,Jefferson City and Columbia. In 1993 the chapter decided to eliminate the July and August monthly meetings during the summer vacation months.

In 1991 the chapter had its first records management seminar at the Ramada Inn with over 70 paid attendees and 12 vendor exhibitors.  Roy Blunt, Missouri Secretary of State, was the keynote speaker.  In 1992 the chapter canceled its plans for a second seminar and joined the Kansas City and St. Louis ARMA chapters to create the All Missouri Records Management Seminar that is now called the Heartland Conference.

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