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• Fall Shred Day 2025

  • When
    Saturday, November 08, 2025
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    8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    9301 Johnny Morris Rd, Austin, TX 78724

  You can prevent identity theft by properly disposing of personal records and information at Austin ARMA’s Fall Shred Day, Saturday, November 8, 2025. The event is sponsored by the Austin Chapter of ARMA (a not-for-profit professional association and the authority on governing information as a strategic asset) in partnership with Circular Services, a trusted document destruction company in Austin, Texas. Drop-off will be held at Circular Services, 9301 Johnny Morris Rd. from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
  
  Circular Services will accept the following paper items:

  • Papers with personal or confidential information
  • Tax returns
  • Bank records
  • Invoices
  • Receipts
  • Medical records

  Residents can bring their paper records in boxes no larger than 24 inches by 24 inches by 36 inches for shredding. In order for the documents to be shredded, the items must be dry paper in a cardboard box with fitting lids.  All boxes and paper will be recycled.  No plastic bags, hard plastics, electronic media or three-ring binders will be accepted.  
  
  Shredded paper should not be placed in your blue recycling cart at home because it is difficult to capture these very small particles during the recycling processing. Residents are encouraged to take advantage of the Shred Day opportunities so that the shredded documents can be recycled.
  
  Monetary donations will be accepted at the event.  Half of all donations will go to the Austin ARMA Chapter and the other half of donations will go to the Operation Turkey.
  
  For additional specifications regarding how all shredded material should be prepared, please visit https://www.austinarma.com/shred-day. Email us at austinarmachapter@gmail.com.

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• November Chapter Meeting, Lunch, and Learning Session

  • When
    Monday, November 17, 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Austin Energy Headquarters, 4815 Mueller Blvd., Shudde Fath Hall Room 1111 A&B Austin, TX 78723

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  The November Austin ARMA meeting will be held November 19, 2024 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This hybrid in-person/virtual* meeting is free for chapter members and only $5 for guests. Lunch will be provided, or you can bring your own. 

  Topic: The Intersection of Information Governance and Records Management

  
  

  We'll discuss how to plan and complete a records inventory, safely dispose of records that have met retention, and build a team that turns a daunting task into a records management program that is an ongoing success.
  

  About the Speaker:

  
  

  Sahar Arafat-Ray, Government Information Analyst for the Texas State Library and Archives, State and Local Records Management Division. Her previous experience in archive work was at the National Archives and Records Administration in Fort Worth.  She has also done volunteer work at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and The Austin History Center. She also writes for the Texas Record, a blog about records management in Texas for state and local governments.

  Location: This event is hybrid. The in-person option will be at the Austin Energy Headquarters (4815 Mueller Blvd., Austin, TX 78723. Free parking in the Austin Energy garage, see map below. The virtual option will be via Webex (virtual meeting info will be sent by end of day November 14, 2025 to those registered for the virtual option).

  
  

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