Re: DISASTER PLAN

[Rita Gormley <ritagormley@yahoo.com>]

Obviously, we need feedback from our Electronics Chair because the "offsite
backup technology" has made great advances in recent years.  For not a big
cost, there are storage sites that will take all kinds of files ( MemSec uses
FileMaker Pro as does Registrar I think, Treasurer uses Quickbooks etc).
 
AIS does need to have a "written policy" for backup of important information
that would cause a Disaster if lost.  Each of us probably has our individual
"plans" doing consistent backup but if there was a central offsite storage, it
would be much better.
 
Rita Gormley

--- On Wed, 9/9/09, Robert Pries <robertpries@embarqmail.com> wrote:


From: Robert Pries <robertpries@embarqmail.com>
Subject: [AISdiscuss] DISASTER PLAN
To: "AISdiscuss" <aisdiscuss@aisboard.org>
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 12:51 PM


Redundancy Memo: Disaster Plan



B

An organization the size of AIS should have a disaster plan. Redundancy in
some positions is one way of coping. Another is back-ups of critical data.
What if The Lowes were struck by a meteorite. do we have a back-up of the
checklists off site. What if California had their great earthquake is there a
copy at another site of our financial records. What if the memberships
chairbs house burned down do we have offsite a copy of membership records.
What if the exhibitions chair went into a coma from a car wreck, etc etc. B
It seems to me we are vulnerable as an organization if we donbt have
suitable back-up and redundancy policies that are outlined and maintained. T
HIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD WORK OUT BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING.

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