Section 1304
Minutes of 7-21-09 ASQ Leadership Committee Meeting
At India Palace, Bridgeton, MO
Prepared 7-21-09 by Kim Rochetti
Participants: Steve Mundwiller, Steve Hyland, Jim Ebone, Randy Thompson, Denise Arthur, Resa Manson, Tony Indihar, Kim Rochetti, Chris Anderson, and John O’Reilly
1) Meeting called to order at 6:03 PM by Steve Mundwiller.
2) June 09 Minutes Approved as Prepared - It was moved, seconded, and approved to accept the minutes as prepared.
3) Treasurer’s Report by Resa -. June reconciliation gives us a balance of $77, 978. One check is outstanding. Spring conference bills all are paid. We transferred $65K to no-risk CD at B of A. Remaining money at US Bank but will be put into B of A later. Jim and John are auditing the finances next week. Report accepted.
3). Team introductions - Leaders gave a one-minute job description presentation. Editorial: You all are quite impressive!!!!
4). Program chair by Steve M.- Position will be shared. John is leader-facilitator, Jim will provide speakers, Denise will handle awards, Steve will get speakers, Randy will handle AV, Kim will present awards. Get your speaker ideas to John. Suggest we keep the same format for 2009-10 year: Sept. meeting at Engr’s club. Combine Nov./Dec. meeting. Awards night can be done in March or April. Most likely we will have a May meeting at the Engr.’s club.
5). Website - Shailesh will do email blast of newsletter and train a replacement this summer. John Vespa is considering taking the website responsibility with compensation. Kim will ask Lynh Dye from BJC who has volunteered for website position; make sure she knows html.
6) Education by Steve H. - No classes filled: Currently, there are four for the black belt, one for the quality manager, one for the quality technician; the information is in the newsletter set to go out soon, instructors are being contacted. Location options: St. Charles or Meramec Community College for possible venues to reach people in other locations; and can look into virtual programs as well. Pat Jett at Flo-Valley has started exploring how to implement virtual programs. We will need aditional marketing to reach the training candidates. Request a proposal on a video class by Chris Anderson. We are looking into CQA-pharmaceutical certification and instructors.
Ann Julius, of Meritz, wanted information on Six Sigma Green Belt. Steve M. will assist them, a team of six, in learning.
7). Workshops - Tentative months to have them: Sept. or Oct.; Nov; Feb., Mar., Apr. Potential workshops: Minitab (Kunita), Advanced LSS (Kim); Change Management (Kim); ISO 9001 -2008 (Rob Torro); Engineering/Quality tools (Eric Dix), Process mapping (Chris), Resume building (Kim), Transitioning to healthcare (Kim): Location options: Weldon Springs (Randy), Clayton (Chris), Engr. Club (Kurt).
8). SMP report out by Randy - only made 58/80 certifications goal, achieved goals: 60 avg attendance, 4.0 avg for rating, renewal rate of 75%, conference attendance goal of 120, and our goal of increasing the reserve balance to $1000; didn’t make total membership goal of 1025. Potential goals and deletions for 2009-10 SMP: keep # certifications, meeting attendance, member satisfaction score, membership number, and workshops, and add # volunteers for the world conference and increase number of senior members, and delete financial reserve and spring conference metrics.
9) Budget by Steve M. - No spring conference; we have income and expenses from workshops, may need funds for speakers; the cost of the engr’s club is $200+; attendance is down more than membership decline; may be due to many members not getting email blasts. Possible options for communications: One more hard copy newsletter to clearly state the website as first place for information, a post card with the meeting information, schedule meetings in advance and give people at the meetings the plans, or send email blasts. Tony will set up the rest of 2009 locations for the next communications.
9). Miscellaneous items - National wants the venue identified early, such as at the engr. club, for certifications. We want to identify location based on number taking the class to save costs and then send them the locations.
10) World Conference by Chris - Prepared a site plan for May 20-28, 2010. Wed. they start setting up. The weekend has the ASQ leadership meetings, Sat. at a minimum, and Sun for SAC meeting, conference starts Monday and goes through Friday. St. Louis’s responsibilities are the following duties: proctors, guides, exhibits, international team, monitors, and site management team to coordinate all volunteers. The site committee consists of six functions: chair, vice-chair, facility/communications, scheduling, training, host room and supplies. Approximately 80 people are needed for an eight hour commitment. There will be about 2000 attendees and 500 speakers.
11) Leadership attendance by Steve Mundwiller - Kunita has to work Tues. evenings; Patty has personal conflict, Will is out of town, Eric had a personal commitment, Rob’s out of town.
12) Around the Table
Denise - none
John - question: IIE conference: should we put a link on our website? Yes, we can do it.
Tony - board needs to decide how many scholarships at Aug. meeting
Resa - none
Jim - St. Charles Police dept. can be used for meetings for free; has speaker ideas
Steve H. - none
Randy - none
Chris - 1304 section can have a booth
Kim - none
Meeting adjourned at 8:35.
