Section 1304
Minutes of 5-05-09 ASQ Leadership Committee Meeting
At Dave and Buster’s, Maryland Heights, MO
Prepared 5-21-09 by John O’Reilly
Participants: Steve Mundwiller, Steve Hyland, Will Meyer, Randy Thompson, Denise Arthur, Resa Manson, Kunita Gear, Jim Ebone, Chris Anderson, Shailesh Panth, Sally Young, Kim Rochetti, and John O’Reilly
1) Meeting called to order at 6:02 PM by Steve Mundwiller.
2) April 09 Minutes Approved as Prepared - John had received input from Kunita that there were a lot of ideas on how to get new volunteers that were not captured in the minutes. Steve M. added it to the meeting agenda and it was moved, seconded, and approved to accept the minutes as prepared.
3) Treasurer’s Report by Resa - We have a checking balance of over $93,000. Most Spring Conference bills are outstanding, including the Crowne Plaza reconciliation. Steve Mundwiller and Resa will go by Bank of America this month to learn about their “no risk CD”. She will have budget report and CD recommendations for the next LC meeting (June 9th).
4) General Comments by Steve Mundwiller - Ed Lanser and his son Dale may be attending the May Section meeting next week. We will plan on presenting his section award at that time. [He came and he was presented the Dr. Robert Deufel Extra Measure Award.]
ASQ World Conference - Will Meyer is attending for Boeing. He is the incoming corporation-wide Enterprise representative for Boeing to the ASQ. Rob Herhold is attending as Region 13 Director. Chris Anderson is attending as Assistant Regional Director and our newly elected Site Volunteer Chairman for the 2010 WC in St. Louis. John O’Reilly is attending as the St. Louis Section representative.
Spring Conference update by Steve Mundwiller - One repaired speaker gift has been presented to George Friesen. One chipped award was replaced and is yet to be presented to the BJC’s Women’s and Infant Team. Steve Hyland will set up a meeting with the Crowne Plaza people over the next two weeks to reconcile and agree on their final bill. We reviewed feedback from the Spring Conference surveys.
5) SMP by Randy - Randy reported that we ended up with 121 attendees, meeting that SMP goal.
Will asked if we had a list of every member’s certifications and when they were due. Steve said no, but it’s available from the member services area and he will work to help him get access to it.
We need to average 70 per meeting the next two meetings to meet our SMP goal of 60 attendees per meeting. Unpaid members are falling off our roles. We will make 4 of 8 SMP goals, with a chance to make 1 or 2 more. Randy may propose a different blend of metrics for next year.
6) Education by Kim - There are 4 people signed up for May mini-workshop on May 16, 2009. Certification refresher classes are coming along well. Steve Hyland is teaching the CQA class with 5 students and Bill Bishoff is teaching the CQE class. Kim requested our input for Mini-workshop “hot topics”. The LC group in attendance suggested: Auditing, SPC, Statistics, Six Sigma, and Lean. Also suggested were a Job Fair, the career workshops were well received at the SC, and Minitab gives out diskettes for 30 day trials. Kim will write an article for the next newsletter to get section member input. Please keep forwarding your ideas to Kim and Denise.
7) Membership by Kunita - We discussed how to increase attendance /membership ideas. There is a high turnover on new members without certifications. We need to promote certification to retain members. Promote senior membership, networking benefits, hardship status offered by National. Other ideas were section incentives for new members and T-Shirts for certain certifications. Don’t forget that retirees can “retire their certifications and reservists get automatic recertification.
8) May Section Meeting, May 12, 2009
Will Meyer will talk about “Changes to Recertification System and the Value of Certification”. Rod Toro will talk about “Top Ten Mistakes When Developing your QMS”. Our menu will be a steak and beer at the Engineer’s Club like we did last September. All LC members need to be ready to pitch in like that meeting.
9) June Section meeting - APICS will be running the June meeting at the Westport Sheraton Chalet. It will be our regular price and registration system, with a check issued by Resa to APICS. Speaker will be policeman Kevin Cavanaugh speaking about “Identity Theft Prevention”.
Steve Mundwiller reminded us that we still need a program chair.
10) Newsletter by Steve Mundwiller - Patty needs articles for newsletter in May. Chris will write an article about volunteers needed for the 2010 WC in St. Louis. He has 7 people for the Site Committee and we’ll need 80 to 100 volunteers during the conference. You get to attend the conference free for 8 hours of volunteer time. Ideas will be gathered from the Houston and Minnesota sections during the WC.
11) Exams by Steve - No information on alternate sites for exams. Other ideas are Florissant Valley Community College, UMSL, and St. Louis County Library. Based on the number of people registered, we can decide on exam location. Steve Hyland will contact Dr. Ashok Agrawal at Flo Valley.
12) Around the Table -
Jim - Pass
Randy - Randy volunteered to assist our program chair.
Sally - She will not be on the LC next year. She is involved with a big project at her church and will be working on the WC Site Committee. Sally and Will are meeting with Laurel Nelson Rowe of National ASQ about Boeing’s Enterprise membership and relationship.
Will - He asked if anyone has ever gotten an email that their certifications are due for renewal. He will send out notices if he can get a list. Kunita and Steve M. will help him get this list. Maybe we could play slides before the meeting and during dinner (announcements like at the movie theatres). Will is working with Denise to be one of his recertification deputies. Steve will review Will’s recertification package and sign off on it. Is there any interest in ASQ certification exams at our student section, SIU- Carbondale? We’ve done this in the past.
Steve Hyland - Pass
Chris - Pass
Shailesh - Pass
Resa - Pass
John - Pass
Kunita - Pass
Denise - Pass
Kim - Pass
Steve M. - Let’s adjourn; it’s 8:09 PM!
