When archiving your Society's papers we recommend you save the following:

• AGM minutes and committee minutes since inauguration
• Programme cards and newsletters since inauguration
• Financial records for 7 years (this is a legal requirement)
• The Arts Society House correspondence for 3 years
• Other important correspondence for 3 years
• Any interesting memorabilia, such as photographs relating to important events or projects – they might be useful when celebrating anniversaries

For more established Societies this can involve many boxes and files of material that needs to be stored therefore, if possible you might like to consider creating an electronic archive.

These guidelines can equally be applied to Areas.