West Midlands Regional Archive Forum
The West Midlands Regional Archive Forum was formed in April 2003 from the West Midlands Regional Archive Council, which had itself been established in 2000 by Re:Source along with eight other regional archive councils. The Forum has a wider membership that the original archive council, and aims to full represent the archive domain including practitioners, users and owners of records.

The Forum’s Aims and Objectives are:

To promote the effective preservation of archives and access to archives within the West Midlands
To assess archival needs within the region in response to national and regional agendas
To work closely with MLA West Midlands and local, regional and national bodies to ensure collective regional priorities
To ensure a constructive dialogue with MLA West Midlands and to act as a consultative body
To develop a dialogue with regional libraries, museums and other cultural sectors to ensure that the widest cultural interests are secured for the archive sector
To encourage cross-sector working and sharing of good practice

Membership
The Archive Forum meets quarterly. Members are invited from the bodies listed below. This may be on an informal basis, i.e. by direct invitation, or following a meeting of the relevant interest group.

The membership of the Forum is:
Two members representing County Archives Offices, Chris Latimer, Robin Whittaker
Two members representing Metropolitan and Unitary Archives Offices, Ruth Vyse, David Bishop
One member representing University Archives Offices, Sian Everitt
One member representing Specialist repositories, including archives in museums Mairi Macdonald
One member representing Conservators, Richard Nichols
One member representing the Society of Archivists, Mary McKenzie
One member representing Records Managers vacant
One member representing the Business Archives Council, Peter Housego
One member representing the British Association for Local History, Nat Alcock
One member representing the British Records Association, Nigel Tringham
One member representing Depositors, David Owen
Two members representing The Federation of Family History Societies Richard Ratcliffe, vacant
Two members representing Friends of Archive offices Dr Sylvia Watts, vacant
One member representing the Film Archive Forum, James Patterson
Mary McKenzie is the Forum representative on the Board.

Contact Details
Mary McKenzie, Chair, West Midlands Regional Archive Forum
Telephone: 01743 255356
Email: mary.mckenzie@shropshire-cc.gov.uk

More information is available on the National Council of Archives website:
http://www.ncaonline.org.uk/about_nca/regional_archive_councils/wmraf