October Dinner Meeting – Mission Assurance Capability and Focus
October Dinner Meeting – Mission Assurance Capability and Focus
Information on the Tuesday, October 10th Dinner meeting has been posted, with two presentations.
Tutorial and Program: Lean Enterprise – Basics and Advanced
– Mike Rothmeier, SIMPLE SOLUTIONS
Reservations for this meeting are no longer being accepted.
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Website updates
Website updates
A number of updates have been added to the website this month.
1. The Calendar of Events has been updated. A significant portion of the year has been planned out. Please let us know if there are any particular topics, or if you wish to present a tutorial or program.
2. Updated a number of links to the ASQ website.
3. The Newsletter archive has had newsletters from the 2000-2001 program year added to it.
4. A change to the web page code has been performed so that the “Refresh” problems that some users have been noticing should go away (makes the site slightly slower, but guarantees that you are always seeing the latest version of the web page). Too many people where claiming that they were unable to immediately see information that was posted, it sometime took up to a day for it to show up.
5. A version page has been added with version information, technical information about the website, and the Section’s privacy policy (in the process of being updated).
6. A Tools and Utilities page has been added to the site (see the navigation bar to the left), that contains utilities that allow users to view files, as well as perform other useful tasks (for work or for home).
There are a number of Section Board positions available, check out the Section Board page to see the openings and the descriptions.
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Excitement at the September Dinner Meeting
Excitement at the September Dinner Meeting
Many thanks to all who attended last evening’s ASQ Baltimore Section opening session meeting at the Historical Electronics Museum – great location and great planned agenda. Unfortunately, the meeting had to be abruptly terminated when smoke from a malfunctioning oven in the kitchen area activated the fire alarm and sprinkler system, and the Fire Marshall determined that the building was not safe to return.
Good news: Another free dinner meeting has been scheduled at the same location (Historical Electronic Museum) with the same speaker and topic.
Date for the rescheduled meeting (“Mission Assurance Capability and Focus” – Elizabeth Iversen, Vice President, Mission Assurance, Northrop Grumman) will be Tuesday November 21, 2006. This meeting will be held in addition to the planned social event on November 12, 2006 at the Meyerhoff to hear Dr. Livio speak on Heavenly Beauty to be followed with a BSO concert!
* Thanks to all who attended and sat through the Tutorial. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us.
* There were a number of links / events / organizations that were mentioned during the Tutorial last night:
o The Greater Baltimore Technology Council: http://www.gbtechcouncil.org/
* At least the weather was nice. It would have been a lot worse if the weather was not cooperating.
* Because the tutorial was nearing completion, .3 recertification points will be awarded to those in attendance.
* Since so many people left behind their handouts, they will be available on the web site here on the front page, and in the Presentations Page.
o Tutorial Handout
o ASQ: National Quality Month Statistical Symposium
o RAMS 2007: Reliability and Maintainability in the New Frontier, see http://www.rams.org/
* Thanks to the two people who filled out the evaluations and gave the Tutorial a 4.5 and the location a 5 .
* Hopefully, our next meeting at the Historical Electronic Museum will remain Emergency Services-free .
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ASQ’s Government Division Conference
ASQ’s Government Division Conference
ASQ’s Government Division is presenting a one-day event: Leadership Dialogues: Perspectives in Leadership on October 19 in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Review all of the information at http://www.gov.mb.ca/csc/servicemb/PSB_Maryland/index.html
or contact Sharon Helman at shelman[at]gov.mb.ca/ (204) 945-7928
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September Dinner Meeting – Mission Assurance Capability and Focus
September Dinner Meeting – Mission Assurance Capability and Focus
Information on the Tuesday, September 12th Dinner meeting has been posted, with two presentations.
Tutorial: ASQ Baltimore Section Progress and Plans – Executive Board Members, Section 0502
Program topic: Mission Assurance Capability and Focus
– Elizabeth Iversen, Vice President, Mission Assurance, Northrop Grumman
Please join us for our September Dinner Meeting. Please check out our meeting page to get details and make your reservation.
Please sign up by Friday, Sept 8, as any reservations after that date will not be able to be accepted.
If you are unable to pre-register, a meal will not be able to be provided for you (although you will be welcome to attend the tutorial and program).
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General News
General News
Hopefully, all of our members survived “Big Windy Rain” Ernesto last weekend with minimal consequences.
1. The September meeting looks to be a very popular one. If you are still interested, sign up soon before time runs out, or we reach our occupancy limit!
2. If you have any questions that you would like to see addressed by your Board, please forward them to .
3. We will have a list of dates of the future meetings for the upcoming Program Year, along with the Programs.
4. You are still in need of Board members, as there are a number of positions open, that need to be filled for the upcoming. Come by and talk with us.
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