Judges still needed to volunteer for the 52nd Annual Baltimore Science Fair
Judges still needed to volunteer for the 52nd Annual Baltimore Science Fair
The ASQ Baltimore Section has once again been invited to participate in the 52nd Annual Baltimore Science Fair at Towson University. As in past years, the Baltimore Section again will provide volunteers and awards to students at the Baltimore Science Fair.
1. Local members will volunteer as independent judges.
2. Judging will take place on March 24th and the awards ceremony will be on March 25th. It will take place at Towson University.
3. Volunteers will judge the student exhibits for their use and understanding of statistical principles and statistical thinking,
4. The Section will also recognize teams of students for effectively working together to solve their chosen problem.
5. Members interested in volunteering may contact the Science Fair Committee Chair, Kevin Gilson at .
The Fair attracts winners of school and county-based science fairs from Maryland’s Baltimore Region. Students represent public, private, and home, middle (Division 1) and high (Division 2) schools within Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard Counties and Baltimore City. Fair is sponsored by Towson University, Kiwanis Club of Towson-Timonium, Kiwanis Club of Baltimore City, Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore Co Public Schools, Constellation Energy Group, Howard Co Public Schools, BD Diagnostics.
Winners from the Baltimore Science Fair will compete in the International Science and Engineering Fair, May 13-19, 2007 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
This is a great way to give back to the local community.
Quality Community – Science Fair Committee
Meetings of Local Interest
Meetings of Local Interest
A short list of upcoming meetings that will be of local interest to our membership.
* ASQ Washington Software Special Interest Group (SSIG) (Tuesday, March 27, 2007) – “Provably-Correct Software: Using “Coverage” And Other Techniques To Improve Application Quality”
* RAPS Baltimore/Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter (Wednesday, March 28, 2007) – “First, the Bad News: Managing Up in RA/QA”
* ASQ Baltimore – April Dinner Meeting (April 17, 2007) – “Satifying Member Needs”.
* ASQ Baltimore – April Breakfast Meeting “Managing Risk Mitigation in the Electronics Industry” (April 19, 2007) – watch for the announcement.
Program Committee
Member Recognition: Susan Spurgeon
Member Recognition: Susan Spurgeon
In recognition for all her work behind the scenes in the Section, please join us in thanking Susan Spurgeon for all all her hard work and dedication since joining the Section Board since Fall 2002, as Section Advisor, past Membership Chair, assisting with Breakfast Meetings, and “unofficial” Event Reception (the pleasant woman who always takes your money with a smile 
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Her contribution to the Section is greatly appreciated.
Section Executive Committee
Updates to the Website
There have been a number of updates to the website in the last few months. Here are a short description of recent changes:
* Formatting improvements, to improve the look and speed of the site.
* Quality Links page has been completely re-vamped and a number of links are now available. Check it out, and feel free to add to it if necessary.
* Quality Links page has been completely re-vamped and a number of links are now available. Check it out, and feel free to add to it if necessary.
* RSS / Web feeds have been added. Combination of “What’s New” and “Bookmarks” for the ASQ Baltimore.
* Jobseekers web page has been started up again. (The program is currently under review).
* Remaining archive of known newsletters have been added to the website (Newsletter program has also been under review).
* A few presentation were added to the Presentation page (few presentations have been provided by the speakers in the last few months).
* The Calendar of Events has been updated. Reservations for events are able now to be made from this page once reservations are being taken.
* Minor improvements to the form submission system, with future improvements coming up over the summer.
* Decision was made by the board to post the evnet information for the Software SIG meetings sponsored by the Washington DC Section.
* A number of updates to the Tools/Utilities page.
* A number of broken links were corrected or removed as necessary.
* (Future) Work being performed to move the website to a Content Management Management, making it easier to update.
If you have any questions, feel free to email the Chapter. Thank you.
Webmaster, ASQ Section 0502
New features – Need help ? Community issues and RSS feed
New features – Need help ? Community issues and RSS feed
If you look at the navigation bar to the left, you will see two new bars, “Member to Member” and “Quality Community” and a new icon at the bottom.
* Member to member – a forum where member can request assistance from other members. Send in general requests and see if other members will be able to assist.
* Quality Community – a new page outlining the Quality activities in our community.
* RSS feeds – now get the latest updates on the website delivered to you directly.
If you have any questions, feel free to email the Chapter. Thank you.
Webmaster, ASQ Section 0502
March Breakfast Meeting – Cafe Conversations on ISO 9001
March Breakfast Meeting – Cafe Conversations on ISO 9001 CANCELLED
Title: Café Conversations on ISO 9001.
Due to low number of registrations, the March Breakfast Meeting has been CANCELLED. This program may be held again in September, schedule permitting.
Check out all our upcoming events.
Breakfast Meeting Committee
February Breakfast Meeting – Cafe Conversations on ISO 9001
February Breakfast Meeting – Cafe Conversations on ISO 9001 CANCELLED
Title: Café Conversations on ISO 9001.
Our breakfast programs are back, thanks to our volunteers. Join Us for an interesting breakfast discussion and quality program, as well as an excellent opportunity to network with our colleagues and meet other members of the local Section.
Participants will share insights, discuss and learn about ISO 9001 implementation successes and opportunities from lessons learned. This highly interactive. facilitated session is designed to stimulate thoughts, ideas and mutual learning.
Please join us on March 15, check out our Breakfast meeting page to get details.
Register electronically by emailing Susan Spurgeon at by noon on March 12.
Check out all our upcoming events.
Breakfast Meeting Committee
