Special Auditing Class Offer

Sponsor:  Process Based Audits. “How to Plan and Conduct Process-Based Audits” Date: October 12-13, 2006; Time: 8 am to 4:30 pm; Location: To Be Determined (San Diego Area); Cost: $795 (Includes: seminar manual, lunches, breaks); 20% discount for 3 or more from the same organization. Phone: 352-473-6095 E-mail: rsedlock@msn.com 

 

Two Day Customer-Focused Sat. Meas. Seminar

Sponsor: Customer-Focused Satisfaction Measurement. Taught by Jeff T. Israel. A two-day seminar sponsored by the ASQ Customer-Supplier Division. In San Diego. Wednesday & Thursday, September 13 & 14, 2006. Download brochure at http://www.asq.org/cs/courses/pdf/sep06_CFSM_Pho-SD.pdf  or contact Jeff at jeff@satisfactionstrategies.com 

New USD Program

Sponsor: USD. Lean Enterprise – Comprehensive Project-Based Program covering all Lean Tools and Techniques 4 Days, Wednesdays September 13th & 27th and October 11th & 31st, 2006 $975.00. Learn how to implement Lean and Six-Sigma in your Company. Space is limited - reserve yours today. Call (619) 260-4894 or email 6sigma@sandiego.edu or see their ASQ webpage at http://www.asqsandiego.org/sponsor_usd.htm 

UCSD Extension Open House

UCSD Extension is having an Open House on 9/7/ from 5-7:30PM at the Institute of the Americas on the main UCSD campus. In addition to having tables for various academic areas set up, there is also plans to have tables set up for the Associations we work with (including ASQ) so they can reach our student audience as well.  We are looking for a volunteer to man the booth at the event.  Contact me if you are willing and able to participate. For more information, please see http://extension.ucsd.edu/openhouse/
 

New Grant Rothbard Announcement

Sponsor:  Grant Rothbard, Inc. is a local developer of integrated compliance management systems that meet the requirements of ISO/TL 9000, AS9100, ISO/TS16949, BS7799/ISO27000, ISO20000, Sarbanes Oxley, SAS70 and numerous other business standards and regulatory requirements.  Creator of Universal Process Method (UPM), Grant Rothbard is the sole provider of Qsuite web based compliance management software.  Learn more at http://www.asqsandiego.org/sponsor_grantrothbard.htm

More On The Contest Announcement

The last two months we've announced the following contest but we haven't received any replies ... you've got a good chance of winning.  Here is the information:

The dates for the course in San Diego are September 13 and 14. The location venue has not been finalized yet, but when it is we will post a brochure link on the course calendar located at www.asq.org/cs/courses.  A description for the Customer-Focused Satisfaction Course may be found at: http://www.asq.org/cs/courses/satisfaction.html.
 

Here's what we posted in the last newsletter:

1)      A contest is being held to award a 2-Day, Customer-Focused Satisfaction Measurement course from ASQ’s Customer-Supplier Division. See details of the course offering on the internet at http://www.asq.org/cs/courses/satisfaction.html. The course is tentatively set for September and a firm date will be announced soon on the ASQ website.

2)      The contest is open to all ASQ San Diego members and non-members alike.

3)      A contest entry will consist of a written report on the following quality topic: Describe the greatest impact that quality has had on your organization.

4)      Entries not meeting the following contest criteria will not be considered.

a)      Entry will consist of one to five, 8.5” x 11” pages. A cover page may be included and will not count in the total page count. The cover page should contain the author’s name and title, company, contact information, and names of two company representatives.

b)      Validity of a contest entry requires verification by submitting the names of two company representatives who can verify the entry’s contents.

c)      Entries must be submitted in MicroSoft Office format (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), or in a PDF file. Topic must be backed up by quantifiable, objective data. Some suggestions for entry content are as follows.

i)        Amount of dollars saved.

ii)       Reduction in the amount of scrap and/or product returns.

iii)     Improvement of a process(es) and by how much.

iv)     Amount of productivity increase(s).

v)      Level of customer satisfaction achieved.

d)      Entry should be concisely written and grammatically correct.

e)      Submissions must not have been previously published in whole or in part outside of the company / organization.

f)        Entries are to be emailed to ASQContest@IQS-TQM.Com by July 21^st, 2006.

5)      ASQ San Diego board members are exempt from the contest and will judge the entries. Any questions about the contest can be directed to ASQContest@IQS-TQM.Com.

6)      Contest winner for the ASQ Customer-Supplier Division course will be announced at the August ASQ section meeting.

7)      Best three entries (including the winner) will be posted on the ASQ website.

Please post a copy of this message at your place of employment

Other Key Announcements

• Several new jobs have recently been posted on our jobs page.  See http://www.asqsandiego.org/jobs.htm and keep sending them in.  

• Don't forget to check out our sponsor pages.  Great courses and products being offered!!  See links at the bottom of this email.  Here's some details:

This Month's Meeting

Our August meeting went well (see details here).  Our September meeting will be as follows:

 

 

Sept.12, 2006	"Developing Dynamic Presentations: Skills and Visual Goal Setting"	Bob Freel, TM DTM, CPIM  glorbob@aol.com

 

Free meal. 

Members that sign up early (at least one week in advance)

for this meeting they will receive a free meal. Our board is running an experiment.

 

Abstract

This interactive meeting from a master presenter will guarantee that everyone at all levels and types of skill sets will learn something.  Bob will use stories, skits, and props to give special focus on the following:

• Building presentation skills

• Visual goal setting

• Getting your point across

• Stretching the comfort zone

• Training the butterflies

 

Speaker Biography

Bob Freel has been a Toastmaster for 9 years, During that time he has earned his Distinguished Toastmaster (the highest individual recognition in Toastmasters). In addition he’s served in several leadership positions, and in 2004 was recognized as the Inland Empire’s Area Governor of the Year. Bob has won many speaking competitions for (Humorous, Evaluation, Impromptu, and Motivational speaking).

He has given presentations to the Ontario Chapter of the American Management Association, Home Schooling of Corona, AVID, Several Divisions of Rockwell, McDonald Douglas, Newport Corporation, and Fairchild Fasteners. He has made several historical presentations to educational and community groups in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Bob is a mentor at the California Institute for Women’s (prison) where he teaches Leadership, and Public Speaking Skills.

He graduated from California State University Long Beach with a Bachelors Degree in Labor Relations and a minor in Operations Management. He has over 20 years of experience in Materials/Operations Management. His industrial experience includes systems implementations and upgrades for Townsend Textron, Rockwell International, McDonnell Douglas, Cerplex Corp, Newport Corporation, Product Research, Brown Jordan and Safariland.
In addition, he has developed and taught APICS Certification Courses for several of the Companies named above.

He served 10 years in the U.S.ARMY, where, he gave presentations on Combat Logistics, Repair Parts Supply, Winter Driving Skills, and Transportation Techniques.
 

 

Meeting Details
RSVP Required	Please use the RSVP form on our meetings page.  Attendance fee includes a delicious dinner.
Meeting Date	Tuesday September 12, 2006 (2nd Tuesday of the month)
Agenda	5:15 pm             Registration & Happy Hour Begins 6:00 pm             Dinner  6:35 pm             Announcements  6:45 pm             Main program   7:45 pm             Raffle and Speaker Prizes 7:55 pm             Adjourn
Menu	Great buffet meal.  Special selection of Pasta and Basil chicken.
Price RSVP Form Here
	These are sponsor subsidized prices	Dinner With RSVP	Dinner Without RSVP	No Food Arrive Late
	ASQ Student Members	$10	$12	Free
	Regular Members	$20	$22	Free
	Non-Members	$24	$26	Free
Door Prizes	We averaged $185 in door prizes per meeting last year!!
Dress	Nice Casual
Location	This month we're at: Country Inn & Suites By Carlson (formerly Prime Hotel, formerly Wyndham San Diego North).  5975 Lusk Boulevard, San Diego CA 92121.  Their Phone: (858) 558-1818 see map here
Parking	Ample free parking

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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS UPDATES

    

Our section proudly sponsors a variety of educational and professional training

opportunities.   See our main education page for more details.  

  

Classes to be Held This Month

 

See classes that are under way this month on our Refresher page and Modular page.  Keep signing up for any courses you'd like to take and we will keep adding more so that perhaps the class you want will be held next month.  If you have any special requests, please make them also as we will try to accommodate you.     

 

Current Exam Dates Schedule

 

Certification exams are held in member company meeting rooms around San Diego and administered by proctors.  They are held on Saturday mornings twice per year as shown in the table below.  Note that these dates don't include special quality conference tests.  Main ASQ certifications page. 

 

Certification Types and Links to "Body of Knowledge", & Additional Information	Application Deadline	Exam Dates
CQT - Quality Technician CRE - Reliability Engineer CMI - Mechanical Inspector CQM - Quality Manager CSSBB - Six Sigma Black Belt CHA - HACCP Auditor CBA - Biomedical Auditor	Every January and August Next: January 12, 2007 Then again on: August 17, 2007	Every March & Oct. Next is Oct.21, 2006 Then again on: March 3, 2007 October 20, 2007
CQE  - Quality Engineer CQA - Quality Auditor CSQE  - Software Quality Eng. CQIA - Q Improvement Associate CCT - Calibration Technician CSSGB - Six Sigma Green Belt	Every April and October Next is October 6, 2006  Then again on: April 6, 2007 October 5, 2007	Every June & Dec. Next is Dec. 2, 2006 Then again on: June 2, 2007 December 1, 2007

 

Upcoming Workshops and Modular Courses

For future month workshops see upcoming workshops.

 

TOPIC	Taught By	Date;Tm;Loc	Cost	Contact
"Beginning Statistics & Process Measurement"	Kim Niles Kniles@deltad.com	September 18, 2006; 5:30-7:30pm; Delta Design	No food will be included.  Plenty of parking in upper parking lot. See how this workshop relates to CQE, CRE, CSSBB, and CSGB courses in Keith's message from the education chair July, 23, 2006.
RSVP and see more information including a Blooms based syllabus on our 3-hour workshops page.
Our workshop coordinator is looking for speakers, interesting topics, and a meeting location.  Contact Jenny Gossett (CQA-CBA), Director of Quality; ALFA SCIENTIFIC DESIGNS, INC.; POWAY, CA 92065; PHONE: 858.513.3888 x 314; e-mail: jgossett@alfascientific.com

 

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Newsletter Sponsors

 

Our newsletter sponsors this month are:

 

Lean Six-Sigma:  Green-Belt, Black-Belt and Master Black-Belt Workshops    Click Here for More Information.

See Schedule of Numerous Events!   Lean Six Sigma Starting Soon - Act Now!   University of California, San Diego Extension Six-Sigma Black-Belt     Newly Revised Program   A Black-Belt Professional Certificate Program

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Sarbanes Oxley ISO 9000 BS 7799 (ISO 17799) HIPAA, etc. Click Here For Information or see http://grantrothbard.com/

Six-Sigma & Lean Providing you the roadmap for successful Implementation   Hands-on workshops Lean Six Sigma Black Belt - NEW Lean Kaizen Simulation One-Day   Six Sigma Black Belt At your company.  Call now. Location: San Diego, CA           Call 858 566 6432   or  info@qprs.com QPR - Quality and Productivity Resources - http://www.qprs.com/

 

Be Our Sponsor - Contact Kim Niles

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