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Attention Florida Archivists!



The Society of Florida Archivists
Presents

The Basics of Archival Preservation
2000 Annual Meeting
May 3-5, 2000

at

The Radisson Hotel Tampa
Sabal Park
Tampa, FL


Featured Speakers:
Dr. Ann Russell
Exec. Dir.of the Northeast Document Conservation Center, MA
and
Karen Brown
NEDCC Field Service Representative

Wed. May 3 -
        10:30 a.m.      Executive Board Meeting
        12:30-1:30 p.m. Legislative Action Workshop Luncheon
        1:30-4:00 p.m.  Legislative Action Workshop by FL League of Cities

        Afternoon Break

Thurs. May 4 -
        8:00 a.m.       Registration
        9:00-10:00 a.m. Opening Session:  Russell - Bound for Glory:
Memoirs of an Archives Conservator
        10:30 - Noon    Preservation Workshop:  Brown, NEDCC
        Noon            Lunch at the Radisson
        1:15-4:00 p.m.  Continuation of Preservation Workshop:  Brown

        Afternoon Break

        6:00 p.m.       Poolside Reception

                        Dinner on your own

Fri. May 5 -
        8:00 a.m.       Coffee, Danish and Juice
        8:30 a.m.       Business Meeting
        9:30 - Noon     Continuation of Preservation Workshop:  Brown
        Noon            New President's Briefing:  Exec. Board and
Comm.Chairs


If you haven't received registration materials for the Society's Annual
Meeting and would like to, contact the Executive Secretary at:
                        David L. Reich
                        Society of Florida Archivists
                        PO Box 7694
                        Lakeland, FL  33807-7694

Pre:Registration Deadline:  April 25, 2000

Registration Fees:

        $20.00 Pre-Conference Legislative Workshop (SFA Member
& NonMember)*
        $70.00 Registration for Annual meeting only (SFA Member)
        $80.00 Pre-Conf. Workshop and Annual Meeting (SFA
Member)*
        $85.00 Registration for Annual Meeting (Non-member)
        $95.00 Pre-Conf. Workshop and Annual Meeting (Non-
Member)*
        $50.00 Student

        *includes Wednesday's Luncheon

Room Reservations at the Radisson Hotel Tampa at Sabal Park may be made by
calling the hotel at 813-623-6363.  The SFA room rate is $81 for a single or
double, please mention that the reservations are for the Society of Florida
Archivists Annual Meeting.


For further information or registration package contact the Executive
Secretary at the address given above!  See you there!






> ----------
> From:         Scott, Paul (FPM)[SMTP:paul_scott@ITC.CO.HARRIS.TX.US]
> Reply To:     Archives & Archivists
> Sent:         Tuesday, March 21, 2000 8:20 AM
> To:   ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject:      Re: Rav Raklur - this is interesting
>
> Personally I wouldn't be comfortable with anything less than a M-16.  In
> 1842 the citizens of Austin used artillery--a 6-pounder as I recall.  See
> http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/AA/mqa2.html
>
> Paul R. Scott
> Harris County, Texas
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gladi Kulp [SMTP:gladi_kulp@EED.STATE.AK.US]
> > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 7:46 PM
> > To:   ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> > Subject:      Re: Rav Raklur - this is interesting
> >
> > Of course, Larry, wouldn't you????
> >
> > At 04:00 PM 3/20/00 -0900, you wrote:
> > >Would you be ready to defend the state archives collection with a
> pistol?
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >Larry
> > >
> > >At 11:53 AM 3/20/00 -0600, Pinkler wrote:
> > >
> > >Rav Raklur died in Wewak, Papau New Guinea.  I have only just heard the
> > >news, though he passed away in early February.
> > >
> > >I expect most of you have never heard of Rav Raklur.   He was for most
> of
> > >his life a minor official in the New Guinea government, living and
> > working
> > >in Port Moresby.
> > >
> > >In the late 1970s when the Mantong Conspiracy managed to briefly
> capture
> > >parts of Port Moresby, Raklur loaded a huge volume of archival material
> > >into a truck and braving both rebels and the torrential monsoon rains
> > drove
> > >the truck literally hundreds of miles to safety in the highlands of
> > inland
> > >New Guinea.
> > >
> > >There, armed with only a pistol, Raklur managed to secure the
> documentary
> > >heritage of the country.  Government troops soon pushed the Mantong
> > >Conspiracy out of Port Moresby and back into the hills.  Soon after
> > Raklur
> > >drove the records back to the capital. For five or so years after that
> > >Raklur served as the defacto national archivist and set up the first
> real
> > >records management and archives program in the country.
> > >
> > >Rav Raklur was 87 years old and had been preceded in death by his wife
> > Lona
> > >some years before.  He is survived by three sons, and many grand and
> > great
> > >grandchildren.
> > >
> > >Those of us who had the pleasure of meeting Rav Raklur on one of his
> > >infrequent trips to the United States will remember his grace, his
> > pleasant
> > >disposition and his keen intelligence.  Though he had been retired for
> > >about fifteen years, the archival world has lost an important citizen.
> > If
> > >Raklur was not an archival giant - and he would have been the first to
> > >point that out - he was one of the important selfless professionals
> > without
> > >whom the profession would collapse.
> > >
> > >Rest in peace friend.
> > >Gerald Pinkler
> > >Kittner & Hough Records Consolidation
> > >San Francisco, California
> > >
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