Please Note – A 10% discount is being offered to any company sending 3 or more persons to any of the current refresher courses. That’s right! If three or more people sign up for any refresher from the same company they will get 10% off the course fee.
For example: if one company had three people who each wanted to attend a separate class, it might appear like this: 1-CQE, 1-CQPA, and 1-CQA; or 3-CQPA, or 2-CQE and 1-CSSGB. Any combination will work!
for a great meeting year and for enabling your section to achieve the
ASQ Total Quality Level Award 2007-2008
ASQ Section Excellence Silver Award 2007-2008
Welcome to ASQ Section 1001 Grand Rapids 2010
We are ringing in the New Year with many accomplishments in 2009 and looking forward to meeting and exceeding our goals in 2010.
A lookback at 2009:
Community Give Back in December at Fairlanes Bowling was a huge success and a lot of fun. Everyone enjoyed the Magic show and bowling. God’s Kitchen was very appreciative of our generous food drive. Thank you everyone.
Kurt Roudabush has received ASQ Fellow status. Congratulations Kurt!
Our preparation/refresher courses continue to have a great success rate. Congratulations to examinees and instructors.
Several people have authored White Papers of interest to everyone. See www.asq1001.orgwebsite, white papers.
Welcome to new members. Give us your feedback.
We now offer Web pay for our monthly ASQ Presents events.
Annual Golf outing was fun for everyone with great prizes and food finishing the day.
A student chapter was started and is active at Ferris State University.
The Hans Bajaria Memorial Scholarship was awarded to a Ferris State University student.
Thank you Don Brecken, past Chair, and the ASQ 1001 Section Leadership Committee for your support and commitment to the section.
Looking ahead to 2010:
Offering value-added monthly ASQ Presents events:
January 14 – West Michigan Economic Outlook, Jenny Shangraw
February 11 – Quality of Work and Job Satisfaction, Ken Tabor
March 11 – ASQ Exams and Tips, Tricks, Slips and Falls, Rick Evans
April 8 – Building Your Quality Library, Rod Munro
May 13 – Quality Tools Applied to Healthcare Practitioners, Rose Stiener
June 4 – Annual Golf Outing, The Pines
The Section Leadership Committee (SLC) is planning the 2010-2011 meeting event subjects and speakers. If you would like a subject presented, please let us know soon. The programs will be finalized by April.
The Member Value Task Force (MVTF) is meeting monthly. We welcome your ideas in making the section value-added for everyone. Help contribute to our Business Plan by attending a planning session. Contact Rick Evans at rpevans2001@yahoo.com. The next meeting is January 23, 2010.
Help promote our scholarships at Ferris State University and Grand Rapids Community College.
Be a mentor to a new member. We want everyone to feel welcome.
See the preparation / refresher courses offered in January 2010 at www.asq1001.org / refreshers. Additional courses will be offered in March 2010.
Help us make knowledge, networking and opportunities good for you. Contact a SLC member and give them your input. Communication is a two-way street.
PREPARATION COURSES Sign up today! Several preparation courses have started and others are about to start. Check out our certification preparation courses and ASQ exam dates for the coming member year. The complete list of upcoming preparation courses can be found at www.asq1001.org/Refreshers.php. If you have questions, contact the course instructor or our Education Chair, John Morrison, at jmorris3@steelcase.com or the Education Coordinator, Gary Camp, at gcamp@steelcase.com
ASQ Unemployment Benefit
Please also remember that if you are unemployed, ASQ has a member fee structure where you can reduce your membership by as much as 100%. Check out ASQ’s Unemployed Member Dues page at: http://www.asq.org/members/account/unemployment.html
Have a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year! Thank you to everyone for your contributions and support of our section.
I look forward to greeting each of you January 14th at the Bluff Banquet and Conference Center.
Job Seekers - if you are seeking employment and wish to do so, please forward your resume to Bob Suchy at rwsqmark@sbcglobal.net. Bob is the Section Employment Chair and may be able to connect you with potential employers.
We made a commitment to hold a tutorial every month this member year. Tutorials begin at 5:40 PM and will cover a variety of quality and business related topics. Attend a tutorial and earn RUs. Give a tutorial and earn even more RUs.
