State Records Council
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The State Records Council of South Australia is established under the State Records Act, 1997 The State Records Council consists of nine members who broadly represent State and Local Government, the Judiciary, Business, Professional Records Managers and Archivists, the Historical Community and Aboriginal People. The council has two major functions: - approve disposal determinations for official records
- provide advice to the Minister for Finance or the Manager [Director] of State Records with respect to policies relating to records management or access to official records.
The current State Records Council has been appointed for a term of three years from 24 November 2007 to 23 November 2010. It convened for the first time on 19 February 2008.
Members of the State Records Council
Chair Michael Moore, as a person with practical business experience Members Gary Thompson, State Courts Administrator and CEO Courts Administration Authority (CAA), as a person nominated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Margaret Anderson, Chief Executive of the History Trust of South Australia, as a historian nominated by the Minister to whom the administration of the History Trust of South Australia Act, 1981 is committed Peter Crush, Archival Consultant, as a person eligible for professional membership of the Australian Society of Archivists Marie Feltus, Team Manager, Records Management, Employee Services, SA Water, as a person eligible for membership of the Records Management Association of Australasia Simon Froude, Manager of Records Management Services, State Records of South Australia, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, as a chief executive of an agency nominated by the Commissioner for Public Employment, or a delegate of the chief executive Tammy Watson, Records Management Coordinator, City of Port Adelaide, Enfield, as a person with experience in local government (who may, but need not, be a member or officer of a council) nominated by the Local Government Association of South Australia Ribnga Green, Senior Project Manager, Heritage Branch, Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Division, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, as an Aboriginal person engaged in historical research involving the use of official records, nominated by the Executive Director of the Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Division Susan Marsden, Historian, as a person who, as a member of the public, makes use of official records in the custody of State Records for research purposes. Any business for Council should be referred in the first instance to the Executive Officer, State Records Council.
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State Records Council Meetings
The State Records Council is required to meet at least once every three months and at any other time required by the Minister. The calendar of coming State Records Council meetings includes the due dates for papers and details of preceding Internal Disposal meetings. Internal Disposal meetings are held prior to each Council meeting to fulfil State Records' function of making determinations as to the disposal of official records. Determinations are then presented to Council for approval. Please note that these dates may be subject to change.
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