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October 2002 NewsletterHampton Road Section 1114 MOTTO: BACK TO BASICS Mission Statement _____________________________________________________________________ November Meeting Announcement The November meeting will provide a summary of the new ISO standard changes as well as transition hints. Our guest speaker will be Kathy Roberts. Kathy Roberts is the President of Sunrise Consulting Inc., a management consulting and training company specializing in quality system implementation and ISO 9000. She is an active member of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to Technical Committee 176. This group is instrumental in all aspects of developing, reviewing and approving ISO quality standards. Roberts is also the past vice chair of the ANSI Z1 Committee, which is responsible for all actions relating to national quality standards. She is a past ASQ Section Chair, a past ASQ Region Quality Management Division Councilor, a past examiner for the North Carolina Performance Excellence Process and an ASQ Certified Quality Auditor (CQA). Roberts has published many articles and given numerous presentations on ISO 9001:2000 and co-wrote the international best-selling books ISO 9000:2000 In a Nutshell - Second Edition, and ISO 9001:2000 Management Responsibility In a Nutshell. So come out and take advantage of Kathy’s expertise on this topic. The meeting particulars include: Call or e-mail now to make your reservation and Bring a Friend! For a reservation, please contact Jean M. Tolley, 722-5565 (x3141), or email her at jean.tolley@zeltech.com Directions to Carmella’s Pasta Cafe: From Hampton/Norfolk/Virginia Beach/Chesapeake: From Newport News/Williamsburg area: Message from the Chair For our dinner meetings, we seem to be seeing the same folks every meeting. Nothing wrong with the same folks, as a matter of fact I enjoy their company. However, that group is about 10% of the membership. Another 8% live away from the area so I don’t expect to see them at dinner meetings. That leaves the majority of you not attending our meetings. We are not the only section with this situation. Every section in ASQ has this situation. Which leads me to wonder, is the Hampton Roads section providing our membership what they want or need? Should there be a local section since the majority of ASQ members do not actively participate? To help answer these questions, I have asked the CNU marketing students and faculty to develop a needs assessment survey. You may be wondering, didn’t I just fill one out for HQ? Yes you did. However, the data that is derived from that survey is focused on the society as a whole and rarely deals with local section information. We are interested in why you are a member and what is it that you want out of your membership. You or your company pay the society at least $82 a year. What is the value that you desire for that fee? So why should you fill out this survey? First, it helps a student fulfill a course requirement. Second, it is your opportunity to tell us what it is that you want. In essence, we get free marketing consulting and local students receive valuable experience to round out their education. A win-win for everyone involved. Between now and the end of November a person will contact you by phone or by email and identify themselves as a CNU student. Your help is crucial so that the volunteers now and in the future can provide you with the best value for your money. One of the best sources of information on the peninsula is the Peninsula Engineers Council (PEC). It is an organization made up of local professional society chapters that coordinates meeting information and also sponsors the annual Peninsula Engineer of the Year award. One of the community activities that the PEC sponsors is a school visitation program during National Engineers Week. Now, I’m not an engineer. But I have gone into my daughter’s elementary school class and taught fractions, averages and ratios using one of my favorite training aids, M&M’s. I did this because I know that my local elementary school did not have a teacher whose primary training was math. I also saw that same teacher, who was required to teach stem-and-leaf plots, totally confuse the students because she taught it differently from the book (why the SOL’s require 5th graders to know stem-and-leaf plots is a rant for another time). Anyway, what I am asking is to look at your local K-12 school and volunteer your expertise, ESPECIALLY in the math area. An elementary school is lucky to have even one teacher who has a math emphasis. These folks need your help whether you are a concerned parent or professional. My guess is that the enlightened company will give you comp time for spending it in your local schools. The benefits for this partnership are measured in things other than dollars and cents. YOU feel good and I know that given your demands, you don’t get to feel good too often. If you have questions, comments or suggestions, feel free to contact Bill Reed, the PEC School Visitation Chair by e-mail whreed1@cox.net or by phone, 851-5322. That’s all for now. Scott Mid Atlantic Regional Lean Conference The conference will take place November 13-15, 2002 at the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel and Waterfront Conference Center. The fee is $340. For more details and registration visit the web site at www.odu.edu/misc/mid_atlantic_lean. Fall INCOSE Seminar Call for Nominations for the Peninsula Engineers Council (PEC) 2003 Doug Ensor Award You are invited to submit a nomination for the Doug Ensor Award for 2003. The Award instituted in 1999 by the PEC is given in recognition of an individual’s contribution to the profession for significant technical accomplishments and community involvement. The Award is intended to recognize an individual’s accomplishments in the early phases of their career and will be presented at the PEC Annual Awards Banquet during National Engineer’s Week. The nomination must contain a one page biographical sketch outlining the candidate’s record of achievement, no more than three letters of recommendation, and a recent photograph that may be used for publicity purposes. A candidate must be less than 35 years of age and have less than 15 years of professional experience as of December 2002. The Peninsula area of Virginia is defined as the cities of Hampton, Poquoson, Newport News, and Williamsburg and the counties of James City and York. The candidate’s accomplishments should be clearly outstanding relative to those of their peers. Equal weighting will be applied to accomplishments, leadership, and service to professional societies, community service, and the content of the candidate’s letters of endorsement. Professional licensing is not a requirement nor is membership in a professional engineering technical society. A candidate nomination package must be postmarked by December 3, 2002, and delivered to the Doug Ensor Award Nominating Committee Chair. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Rob Gies, Chair, Doug Ensor Award Committee, at 757-688-3437. Sign Up for Certification Certification Pass List - June Robert L. Swain, Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)
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