Holiday: New Year's Day
New Year’s Day is the first day of the new year. On the modern Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated on January 1, as it was also in ancient Rome (though other dates were also used in Rome). In almost all countries using the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, it is a public holiday. It is often celebrated with fireworks at the stroke of midnight as the new year starts. January 1 on the Julian calendar corresponds to January 14 on the Gregorian calendar, and it is on that date that followers of some of the Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate the New Year.
January 1 marks the end of a period of remembrance of a particular passing year, especially on radio, television, and in newspapers, which usually starts right after Christmas Day. Publications often have year-end articles that review the changes during the previous year. Common topics include politics, natural disasters, music and the arts, and the listing of significant individuals who died during the past year. Often there are also articles on planned or expected changes in the coming year, such as the description of new laws that often take effect on January 1. It is also customary to make New Year’s resolutions, which individuals hope to fulfil in the coming year.
January Dinner Meeting Announcement
January Dinner Meeting – Process Management
Information on the Tuesday, January 12th Dinner meeting has been posted:
Program: “Implementing ISO 9001:2008: Process Mapping to Support Process Management”, Kevin Gilson, Gilson Quality Services, Inc.
Tutorial: “ISO 9001 and Process Management”, Mark Berron
Click on Events » Dinner Meetings on the webpage so you can get details on the dinner.
Click on Events » Event Reservations on the webpage in order to reserve your spot at the dinner.
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Join us for our fifth meeting of the 2009-2010 Program Year and the first meeting in the new year! Look forward to seeing you there for networking and a great meeting topic.
Stay tuned for upcoming announcements for our new Program for the upcoming year.
Check out our all our local upcoming events and training (see the Calendar of Events). Check out our education page for recent and upcoming certification courses.
Program Committee
Holiday: Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on December 25, but this date is not known to be Jesus’ actual birthday, and may have initially been chosen to correspond with either the day exactly nine months after some early Christians believed Jesus had been conceived, a historical Roman festival, or the date of the northern hemisphere’s winter solstice. Christmas is central to the Christmas and holiday season, and in Christianity marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days.
Although a Christian holiday, Christmas is also widely celebrated by many non-Christians, and some of its popular celebratory customs have pre-Christian or secular themes and origins. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving, music, an exchange of greeting cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various decorations; including Christmas trees, lights, garlands, mistletoe, nativity scenes, and holly. In addition, Father Christmas (known as Santa Claus in some areas, including North America, Australia and Ireland) is a popular mythological figure in many countries, associated with the bringing of gifts for children.
End-of-Year Holidays
Holiday Wishes
The Board of the Baltimore Section of ASQ wishes to offer our membership best wishes for the year-end holidays.
We look forward to serving you in the coming year.
Holiday: Hanukkah
Hanukkah (חֲנֻכָּה) also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the re-dedication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE.
The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a special candelabrum, the nine-branched Menorah or Hanukiah, one additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night.
Where Quality Meets: Meetings of Local Interest
A short list of upcoming meetings that may be of interest to our local membership.
Save the following Dinner dates – (details to follow).
2010: Jan 12; Feb 9; Mar 9; Apr 13; May (tbd)
Watch for the schedule for next year
A list of upcoming Quality Industry meetings/events that may be of interest to our local membership:
- Biotech SIG – (Dec 10, 2009) Agile Methods
- iSixSigma/SEI Course – (Dec 14, 2009) Instructor Training for Designing Products and Processes Using Six Sigma
- Software SIG – (Dec 15, 2009) Quantifying Software Reliability and Readiness
- MWCMC - (Jan 11, 2010) MWCMC Lean Facilitator Cert Lean Facilitator Certification Program
- ASQ Balt Dinner – (Jan 12, 2010) Topic to be determined.
- ASQ Balt Board Meeting – (Jan 19, 2009) Section Board Meeting – Heatherfield Community Center
- MWCMC – (Jan 19, 2010) MWCMC Lean for Biotech Forum
- Quality Statistics – (Jan 20, 2010) Northern Shenandoah Valley ASQ – Basic Statistics
- Software SIG – (Jan 26, 2010) ASQ Software Division Benefits
- Quality Statistics – (Jan 27, 2010) Northern Shenandoah Valley ASQ – 7 QC Tools
- RAMS Symposium – (Jan 27-28, 2010) 2010 Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) (San Jose, CA)
- AAMI – (Feb 1-5, 2010) Statistical Methods and Tools for a Quality System – Arlington, VA
- Quality Statistics – (Feb 3, 2010) Northern Shenandoah Valley ASQ – Statistical Process Control
- ASQ Balt Dinner – (Feb 9, 2010) Topic to be determined.
- Quality Statistics – (Feb 10, 2010) Northern Shenandoah Valley ASQ – Process Capability & Sampling
- AAMI – (Feb 15-19, 2010) Quality System Requirements and Industry Practice – Arlington, VA
- ASQ Balt Board Meeting – (Feb 16, 2010) Section Board Meeting – Heatherfield Community Center
- Quality Statistics – (Feb 17, 2010) Northern Shenandoah Valley ASQ – Data Analysis
- iSixSigma – (Feb 22, 2010) Six Sigma Overview, Six Sigma JumpStart, Six Sigma Green Belt
- Quality Statistics – (Feb 24, 2010) Northern Shenandoah Valley ASQ – Measurement Systems
- Quality Statistics – (Mar 3, 2010) Northern Shenandoah Valley ASQ – Data Analysis
- ASQ Balt Dinner – (Mar 9, 2010) Topic to be determined.
- ASQ Balt Board Meeting – (Mar 16, 2009) Section Board Meeting – Heatherfield Community Center
For a look at the upcoming events over the next few months, see our Calendar page.
Holiday – Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha عيد الأضحى — “Festival of Sacrifice” or “Greater Eid” is a holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God.
Eid is also about spending time with family and enjoying the fact that we all have food and a roof over our heads.
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