Section 1304
Minutes of 12-09-08 ASQ Leadership Committee Meeting
At India Palace, 4535 N. Lindbergh, Corner of Lindbergh and I-70, St. Louis
Prepared 12-14-08 by John O’Reilly
Participants: Steve Hyland, Shailesh Panth, Kim Rochetti, Tony Indihar, Randy Thompson, Denise Arthur, Kunita Gear, Resa Manson, Chris Anderson, Eric Schellenberg, Steve Mundwiller, and John O’Reilly
1) Meeting called to order at 6:12 PM by Steve Mundwiller.
2) Minutes approved as Amended. The next Mini-Workshop is January 10, at The Engineer’s Club, not June 11, at the Crowne Plaza.
3) Treasurer’s Report by Resa - Resa just got the paperwork from Will Meyer (via John) for switching the investment account over to her name. She will buy the CDs as moved a couple of months ago.
4) Update on ASQ National Classes by Steve Mundwiller - Steve reported two months ago that the ASQ had scheduled several classes in St. Louis for the month of April 2009. He believed that our spring conference does not need this kind of direct competition for people’s time and training budget. ASQ National agreed and moved all the classes to Atlanta, GA. They will reschedule this training in St. Louis for August 2009. In addition, they are making a change in their thinking to communicate with the local section chairman prior to scheduling training in their area.
5) IIE Conference 2009, by Steve Mundwiller - Beth Cudney is the chairman of the IIE and St. Louis is on the top of their list for their fall conference. We will help and participate in the conference.
6) Miscellaneous items by Steve - Will Meyer will be the only Certification Chair as of Jan. 1st. In addition to his address being put in the next newsletter, and on the website, he plans to come early to section meetings to review and accept people’s recertification packages. Thanks to Kim and Denise for their extra effort in contacting ASQ divisions this last weekend. Keep after them and follow up on divisions that show interest.
7) Education Update by Kim - Next Mini-Workshop on January 10th, 2009 at the Engineer’s Club. Charlie Ochs is donating his time and will tell us what we need to know for the transition to ISO 9001:2008. The cost is $99 and the time is 8:00 AM to noon. Kim and Denise may teach the “Transition from Manufacturing to Healthcare” as a workshop at the Spring Conference. We may catch a whole different crowd during the week vs. a Saturday morning. Kim will check on the spring refresher classes to determine which have enough interest to go ahead.
8) Website Update by Shailesh - Shailesh is making changes to the ASQ section website to make it easier for the LC to add their own information. Hope is to have this done by the end of 2008.
9) SMP Update by Randy - Attendance is low for the year, averaging 50 per meeting YTD. All the other items are looking pretty good. Spring Conference attendance is a big one. We need attendees!
10) Newsletter Needs Update by Steve M in Patty’s absence - Everyone needs to get their articles to Patty this week. She will pull it together for publication next week.
11) Scholarship Review by Tony - No applications received as of yet. We’re going to two scholarships this year, $1000 each. Must be for post-secondary education (no high school tuition) and you must be enrolled and attending the education to apply (not for high school seniors). Applications will be available only at meetings. He will communicate all this to Patty as an article for the Newsletter. Motion made and seconded to approve these changes. Motion approved.
12) Spring meeting venues by Tony -
- January - Dinner first and then the tour, Chris and Tony will confirm this with the Mark Andy people. Steve Mundwiller says we should shoot for a place with a private room if possible.
- February - Favazza’s on The Hill
- March - Dave and Busters certification recognition and elections.
- April - Spring Conference Banquet - Crowne Plaza
- May - Steak and Beer at the Engineer’s Club
- June - Joint meeting with APEC at Westport Sheraton Chalet (they like to meet there).
13) Feedback on Certification Exams by Eric - Exams going well; both have started on time this fall. October exam had 47 registered, 38 took an exam. In December, 17 registered and 13 took an exam. Eric has a list of 5 or 6 regular proctors and will email the LC if he needs more help.
13a) Membership Activity by Steve Mundwiller and Kunita - We will invite people who passed an exam in 2008 to attend and be recognized at our March 2009 section meeting. New members will be invited to attend as our guest at any meeting within the next six months. Working with Steve to get the access she needs to get information.
14) Spring Conference update by Steve Hyland - We have 2 keynote speakers and leads on a third. We will limit ourselves to 5 or 6 workshops so that we only use the 4 main rooms and use them all day. We need 16 breakout speakers and have 9 at this time. If you know someone who may want to be a speaker, get with Steve, Steve, or John very quickly, by December 26th. We may have recorded presentations with a moderator to fill in if need be. We have the ASQ management division attending, others are considering it. 4 Vendors so far: CIBL, Bizmanualz, Platinum Registrars, and ASQ QMD. Our next SC committee meeting will be on Thursday 12/18 at 4:30 at the Crowne Plaza bar/restaurant.
15) Around the Table -
- Resa - Pass
- Eric - Pass
- Randy - Pass
- Denise - Pass
- Kim - Pass
- Steve Hyland - Pass
- John - Pass
- Tony - Pass
- Shailesh - If you want the website updated, send me the information it needs.
- Chris - Pass
- Steve - Need a motion to continue. None received, so we adjourned at 8:22 PM.
