Section 1304

Minutes of 8-18-09 ASQ Leadership Committee Meeting

At Favazza’s, St. Louis, MO

Prepared 8-18-09 by Kim Rochetti

Participants:      Steve Mundwiller, John O’Reilly Steve Hyland, Denise Arthur, Linh Dye, Tony Indihar, Randy Thompson, Kunita Gear, Jim Ebone, and Kim Rochetti

1)  Meeting called to order at 6:10 PM by Steve Mundwiller. 

2)  Linh Dye introductions - BJC employee, Certified Black Belt, PhD, Mathematics, Economics, and IT background.  LC members gave introductions of backgrounds and LC roles.

3)  July 09 Minutes Approved as Prepared - It was moved, seconded, and approved to accept the minutes as prepared.

4)  Treasurer’s Report by Steve M. -   The July balance of $76,200; a $9200 reduction from the beginning of the year mostly due to the conference.  Revenue was almost $42,700 and expenses were $52,000.  Book value of equipment is $600 after depreciation.  Money remains in US Bank; approximately $10K.  In B of A, we have about $70,000.  US Bank monies will be transferred soon. 

5)  Audit Report by Jim -  John Reilly and Jim Ebone completed the audit.  Quicken books showed a discrepancy on hand-off between last treasurer.  Books looked good.  There were some paperwork errors in first six months but there were no errors in the second six months.   Will Meyer spent an extraordinary number of hours on this audit and we want to recognize him for his efforts.  Some of the Milwaukee instructions were unclear and Jim Ebone will make sure they will be corrected for the future.

6)  General Items  - 2009/2010 roster was distributed; an electronic copy will be sent to all leaders.  Individuals must be ready to report-out at the meetings.  There are new ASQ by-laws with a few changes.  Elected positions are up to the section.  You have to have a full membership to be an officer.  Chair, treasurer, and auditor cannot serve more than two years. If there are any vacancies, they may be filled by appointment by the section chair with approval of the LC.  The Chair will appoint committee chairs for an auditing committee, membership committee, and nominating committee.  A summary of the meetings will be posted and available to all members. A quorum is now a minimum of two elected officers and 25% of the LC.  Steve noted that if he has to step down from the Chair position, he recommended that John O’Reilly is second in line to take this position, Kim Rochetti is third, and Resa Manson is fourth.

7)  Fall Program Update - John appreciates everyone’s attendance. For Sept. meeting, it’s at the Engr. Club, Mary Koresh is speaking about bridging the generation gap and Steve Hyland will speak about 5S.  For the October meeting, Kim Rochetti is speaking on a Engineering Resource reduction project and Mo Vaheb will speak on the Gap to Excellence initiative.  The December meeting will be Trivia.  The January meeting has  no definite plan at this time.  Thanks to John for taking this task!

8)  Education:

Fall SLCC Class Update by Steve H. -We have only one class this time: Six Sigma Black Belt which is starting tonight. For the next set of classes, signed up are two for CQE, two for Green Belt, and one for auditor classes.  The instructors are being set up now.   Someone that didn’t pass the test has requested sitting through just one class at no cost.  We need to talk to Pat Jett about this topic.  Other locations (Meramac, St. Charles, etc.) are in the works.  Pat Jett, of SLCC, says there are no issues with changing location.

Workshops by Denise  - Rob has three ideas related to ISO9001: an introduction, specific updates to the standards, and best practices in transitions. Chris wants to offer his location as well as speak on: seven types of process maps, implementing ISO QMS, performing root cause analysis, corrective action systems that work, and adding value to your internal audit.  Titling the topics in an exciting way is key to getting attendees, Minitab with Kunita (Nov.), Statistical tools and Transitioning to Healthcare by Kim.  The top choices are highlighted. 

9). Changes for Budget Consideration - Skipped due to time; it will be covered at the next meeting

10). Review ASQ Membership Retention Webinar - There is a difference between getting new members and retaining them.  Retention does not equal recruitment.

Chris did a study in 2006 found that retention is difficult as did the ASQ study.  New members tend to leave after a year at a rate of 50% and after five years.  If they get a certification, they tend to stay.  Leaders need to understand the value of new members.  ASQ said to look at them from the new person’s point of view: how do we attend to them.

11). SMP report out by Randy - We made five out of seven goals for 2008-09 year.  Randy reviewed last year’s goals.   The 2009-10 potential goals were reviewed: member certification, attendance, and satisfaction score, total membership, renewal rate, workshops, conference, senior members, and refresher courses. 

12)  Around the Table

Steve H. - none

Linh Dye - Add a leader that focuses just on revenue.

Kunita -Total of 990 members, 13 new members for June, 18 for July; new letters are going out to the new members.

Jim - We need to test the system to see if messages get through.

Kim - none

Denise - Question: Do you have to be an ASQ member for workshops? Answer: No

Tony - Scholarships: Need a decision. Recommend one $1000 scholarship. 

Randy - Concern: There hasn’t been an email blast for Sept. meeting.  Suggest: Blues game or sporting event for one meeting; do community service/volunteer work as an option.

John - Newsletter article is needed soon; Education, workshops, IEE conference, etc.; send information to Patty and Steve Mundwiller.

Steve - Wants theme for next newsletter to be ‘Go to the Website’.  Give them short

Paragraph and point them to website.

Meeting adjourned at 8:21.

Section 1304

Minutes of 9-8-09 ASQ Leadership Committee Meeting

At Vintage House, St. Charles, MO

Prepared 9-8-09 by Kim Rochetti

Participants:      Steve Mundwiller, John O’Reilly Steve Hyland, Denise Arthur, Linh Dye, Tony Indihar, Jim Ebone, Chris Anderson, Mary Ellen Rowland, and Kim Rochetti.

1)  Meeting called to order at 5:55 PM by Steve Mundwiller. 

2)  Mary Ellen Rowland introductions - Quality Manager at Coco Cola, Maryland Heights, originally from Chicago, LC members gave introductions of backgrounds and LC roles.

A special thanks to Shailesh in helping on-board Linh Dye on the website.

3)  August 18 Minutes Approved as Prepared - It was moved, seconded, and approved to accept the minutes as prepared.

4)  Financial Report by Steve M. -   Total amount of money has gone up due to payments coming in but the amount is not available. 

5)  General Items -  A.) Be prepared to report out on your items of responsibility each month.  For any extra agenda items, send a request to Steve M. for agenda items.  B.) Patty Kallal is no longer a leader due to family obligations.  Sept. newsletter is not ready to go; currently, many items are missing. 

6)  September Program Volunteers  - Need a volunteer for registering at next membership meeting at the Engineering Club.  Lynn, MaryAnn and Steve are registration.  Denise and Kim will bartend.  John, Tony, Chris, and Curt will grill.  Jim will help at the serving line.  Kim will introduce speakers and give speaker gifts.  We need to use up the remaining clocks at speakers gifts and then go back to the pyramid trophies.

7)  Review Membership Retention - An ASQ webinar about membership retention was held in August with the focus of retaining new members.  About half the new members leave within a year.  ASQ found that getting a certification is a key contributor to maintain memberships.  As leaders, we need to promote the value of certifications at leadership meetings.  It increased your income and credibility.  Senior memberships also help with retention.   Let’s all encourage this next level of membership that provide more benefits including a second publication. 

8)  Budget Review and Approval  - The 2008 goal was to plan to have a balanced budget but we had to dip into savings due to conference.  This year, let’s try to have a realistic budget to break even.  The proposed items are as follows:

Revenue:

Membership dues: projecting a decrease in revenue, anticipate $13,500.

Dinner meetings: we need more attendance at membership meeting, projecting a $1000 increase to $10,700.

Interest: change in bank; projecting an increase to $650.

Newsletter: project an increase to $500.  One hundred and fifty dollars came from Mike Mickelwright; we have $350 remaining.

Registration: Expect an increase of $5000 due to more workshops.

Total revenue: $30,350.

Administration costs: Postage-$30, Bank fees-$40, Web server-$315, depreciation-$373, purchases-$57, dinners-$18,900, meeting rooms-$1500, transportation and lodging-$150 each, meals-$100, office supplies-$250, association dues-$300, awards/gifts- $1300, scholarships-$2000, miscellaneous-$810.

The total administration costs: $26,275.

Newsletter: Printing-$900, Postage-$500.

The total newsletter costs: $1400.

Course Expenses: Speaker fees-$500, lunch-$250, meeting rooms $1500, transportation and lodging-$150 each, meals-$75, miscellaneous-$50.

The total Course expenses: $2675.

Total costs: $30350.

Comments on proposed budget: To cover conference shirt expenses of $350, we will have to move expense money from speaker gifts and postal to miscellaneous accommodate shirts.  For the conference, we can have a booth that would have to be staffed; may want literature or other items to pass out at an extra cost.  This can be covered under the miscellaneous expense also.  The $5000 workshop revenue could be a challenge.  We need an average of eight people at each of six workshops to make this goal.

Let’s look at lower end venues to save some expenses for 2009-10 year.

9) Education:

Fall SLCC Class Update by Steve H. -We have interest in three classes: Six Sigma Green Belt, CQE, CQA.  Steve H. has a meeting scheduled with Florissant Valley’s Ashuck and Pat Jett on the AQS classes presumably on costs.  Steve will mention things we are doing to increase membership, alternate locations, and class formats.  The present refresher class interest level is: three CQA, three CQE, and two CSSGB.  Note: make sure we have instructors ready for these classes. 

Workshops by Denise - Rod Toro’s ISO workshop will be help twice, proposed at St. Charles Community College for free but it hasn’t been approved, a list of potential workshops in the form of a survey passed out, workshops being held passed out.   We need instructor names with the classes when we advertise.  Another venue option is Bizmanuals for small groups.  We need to revise the survey on the cost section to read the fixed price of $99 and what would constitute more expense. 

9). SMP Review and Approval -

Certifications earned:                2008: 58          2009 proposed: 60

Meeting attendance                   2008: 60          2009 proposed: 60

Meeting satisfaction:                  2008: 4.2         2009 proposed: 4.0

Total members              2008: 920        2009 proposed: 875

Member retention                     2008: 78%       2009 proposed: 70%

New metrics: workshops: 4; increase senior members: 20; 2010 WCQI volunteers: 80.

10).  Around the Table

Steve H. - none

Linh Dye - Any subjects approved send to Linh for the website

Mary Ellen Rowland - none

Kim - none

Denise - none

Tony - none

Chris - create two Google groups for conference information; have 20 people; need 80.  Need to organize a planning meeting or phone call separate from this meeting.

Jim - none

John - none

Steve - Mary Ellen, can you stay for a while after meeting to speak with Steve and John.

Meeting adjourned at 8:41.

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.

Section 1304

Minutes of 6-09-09 ASQ Leadership Committee Meeting

At Favazza’s on The Hill, St. Louis, MO

Prepared 7-12-09 by John O’Reilly

Participants:      Steve Mundwiller, Steve Hyland, Will Meyer, Randy Thompson, Denise Arthur, Resa Manson, Shailesh Panth, Eric Schellenberg, Tony Indihar, Kim Rochetti, and John O’Reilly

1)  Meeting called to order at 6:14 PM by Steve Mundwiller.  We held off a little due to rain in the area.

2)  April 09 Minutes Approved as Prepared - It was moved, seconded, and approved to accept the minutes as prepared.

3)  Treasurer’s Report by Resa - We have a checking balance of $74,172.55.  Most Spring Conference bills are paid, including the Crowne Plaza SC bill and World Conference expenses for John O’Reilly and Chris Anderson.   

4)  Investment Plan by Resa -   Resa moved we switch from US Bank to Bank of America.  They offer a business account with no monthly fees; our current US Bank account carries a monthly fee of $10.  This was seconded and approved. 

Resa also moved we transfer $65,000 from checking to a “no risk” CD at Bank of America.  It carries a slightly lower interest rate, but can be moved into a move permanent CD at any time.  There was a discussion about how much to leave in checking.  It was moved to leave $10,000 in checking and put the rest in the “no risk” CD.  This was seconded and carried.

5) SMP Metrics by Randy - SMP metrics are due for submittal to National ASQ in August.  We need 6 of 8 metrics to achieve the “Gold Quality” level as we did for 2007/2008.  Discussed current status, some numbers are incomplete.  It was decided to meet next week to see where we’re at and where we need to be on some of these metrics.  SMP results will be finalized at the July LC meeting.   

6)  Certification Exams by Eric - 46 people took an exam on June 6, out of 56 registered.  Exam went well.  There was a brief discussion of alternate exam sites. 

7)  Education by Kim and Denise - 10 People attended May mini-workshop.  There were good reviews and comments that we had better marketing than previous workshops.  Steve mentioned that the transition to ISO 2008 is a class we need. 

8)  General Comments by Steve Mundwiller - LC meeting expenses are down from $350 last year to 275 per meeting this year.   We should target to have 6 mini-workshops next year.  In the past, members of the LC attended section meetings at no charge.  Steve would like to go back to this, and is talking to Rob about it.  The electronic newsletters still don’t reach a lot of people.  We may have to go back to 2 or 3 hardcopy newsletters.  Steve distributed data from other sections in region 13.  Our section membership is holding up pretty well compared to others. 

9)  LC members for next year -

Education - Steve Hyland will do the refresher for certification half and Denise will run the mini-workshop half. 

Secretary - Kim Rochetti elected to this position.

Program Chair - This will be a team position.  Randy will bring the audio visual stuff.  Denise will do awards and recognition.  Kim, Jim Ebone, Steve Hyland and John will line up speakers.

Arrangements - Tony

Vice Chair - John O’Reilly has been elected and is interested in nomination as section chair in next election.  Steve Mundwiller will work with him this year to teach him what he needs to know. 

Membership - Kunita

Shailesh - Will be working with Chris Anderson on the WC volunteer effort.

Will - Recertification Chair and Boeing representative.

Eric - Certification Chair

Need someone to print nametags and meeting registration list.  This could be done by the website person.  Not sure who will be filling this role.  Patty has conflicts on Tuesday nights.  Sally will be working with Chris Anderson and a project at her church.  Resa wants to improve the meeting registration process.  We need three people per meeting and timely arrival of nametags, receipts and registration list.

10)  Distribution of RU letters for 2008/2009 and officer’s pins for 2007/2008 by Steve Mundwiller.

11)  Around the Table

Will - New pharmaceutical auditing certification has a very broad Body of Knowledge.  QCI does not plan on developing a primer but there may be a big interest in St. Louis.  We should look at a possible training class.  I’m trying to recertify 17 people in our section whose certs expired 12/31/08.  They need to recertify by June 30.  46 people have certifications due 6/30.

Denise - Pass

Kim - Will transition my education stuff to Denise.

Shailesh - Ready to transition to my replacement when they are determined.

Randy - Pass

John - Gave brief WC report.  Thanked the section for sending me as their representative.

Steve Mundwiller - We’re also helping with Rob Herhold’s expenses as needed since we had budgeted for 4 attendees from our section.

 Steve Hyland - Thanks again for everyone’s help with the Spring Conference.

Eric - Pass

Resa - we need to do financial audit in July.  Steve - Jim Ebone will be in charge of the audit.

Tony - We need to think about the number and size of scholarship(s) for next year.

Steve - Let’s adjourn, it’s 8:18 PM.

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 9^th).   

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!

Section 1304

Minutes of 4-21-09 ASQ Leadership Committee Meeting

At Favazza’s, 5201 Southwest Ave, St. Louis, MO

Prepared 5-03-09 by John O’Reilly

Participants:      Steve Mundwiller, Steve Hyland, Tony Indihar, Randy Thompson, Denise Arthur, Resa Manson, Kunita Gear, Jim Ebone, and John O’Reilly

1)  Meeting called to order at 6:02 PM by Steve Mundwiller.

2)  March 09 Minutes Approved as Revised - John had corrected some earlier information from Sally Young, the “Dr. Bob” section.  A motion was made and seconded to approve the revised version of the minutes.  The motion was approved.

3)  Treasurer’s Report by Resa - We have a checking balance of $82,794.88.  The Treasurer’s report was accepted as presented.  Next month Resa will present a report with expenses and receipts compared to our yearly budget.   

4)  Additional Financial Information by Resa - Resa recommends we switch over to Bank of America.  She has looked into their services and expenses and there are significant savings involved.  Our current account is at US Bank and besides monthly expenses, their service is poor and it is inconvenient to use them.  She wants to make sure our CDs are FDIC insured, considering the current economic market.  She also recommends a laddered approach with CDs due at different times.  Kunita had recommended we consider COSTCO but they don’t have as many locations as Bank of America.  Sam’s Club is another possibility.  Kunita will send Resa the link to COSTCO Banking.  June 9 is the date for the June LC meeting.  Steve Mundwiller asked Resa to present an actionable motion for CD purchases at that meeting.  No audit report from Kathy yet.

5)  General Feedback by Steve Mundwiller - A) Beth Cudney needs 2 volunteers for the IIE Conference coming to St. Louis this fall. [John O'Reilly has volunteered and been accepted to serve.]  These volunteers are expected to find 3 speakers and moderate a conference session.  In return, they receive a discounted price to attend the conference.  They also need to participate in a monthly conference call.  Talk to Steve Mundwiller or Beth if you’re interested.  Our ASQ section can be a sponsor at no cost by providing two volunteers with duties as described above.  RU points are available. 

B)  Steve recommends we attempt no conferences in FY 2009-2010; concentrate on mini-workshops instead and our section’s support of the WC coming to St. Louis next spring.

C)  Steve may not be able to attend WC in Minneapolis in May due to work concerns.

6) Spring Conference Update - We had good speakers, two good keynotes (the Friday Lunch presentation was not up to expected).  Friday had 63 paid signups for the conference.  A couple of workshops and a couple of breakouts were cancelled.  Randy said survey completion was few and far between.  Some of the comments were: 

a) People wanted descriptions for the breakout sessions, not just the title and presenter, b) Snacks were poorly located on Friday, far from the presentations, c) we should have had individual survey forms for each breakout, but it was positive overall, just a few negatives.  Steve Hyland has a few in his car to give to Randy.  Good job pulling off the conference in difficult economic times.  Kunita’s comments from people coming up to the registration desk:  a)  Meting RUs, speaker bios not available, no time to get information from speakers, Projector problems (Steve and Randy were not aware of any), no handouts, no CDs with presentations as we’ve had in the past, no certification ribbons, no receipts for book purchases, no startup meeting for volunteers.  Steve and Steve discussed the problem with lack of volunteers.  Chris Anderson relied heavily on the Bizmanualz staff the last couple of years.  Maybe think about an every other year conference format.

7) Preliminary Spring Conference Results - At this point, it looks like we lost about $6,000.  If we had pulled the plug and cancelled in March, we would have had a loss of $10 to 12K.

Ed Lanser Update by Steve Mundwiller - Ed Lanser is now back in St. Louis.  He had open heart surgery March 1^st in Florida.  He came back to St. Louis on April 14 and is currently at St. Luke’s Rehab Center in West County.  Recert material may have been mailed to him.  We need Will Meyer to follow up on this.  Get newsletter items to Patty.

9) Eric Report by Steve Mundwiller - Eric has nothing to report yet on alternative exam sites.  St. Louis County Library may offer rooms for free.  Someone suggested that we don’t hold March exams in 2011, push them to the Spring Conference in April.  We had a 75% pass rate at the Spring Conference exams this year.  Eric passed on his thanks to Steve, Randy, and John for their help at exam check-in.

10) Education by Denise - The mini workshop Transition to HealthCare will be held May 17^th.  Refresher classes for CQE and CQA are going on at this time.  Can we get the mini-workshop announcement in the next email blast?  Yes we can.

11) May Section Meeting by Steve - We need one or two speakers.  Its beer and steaks at the Engineer’s Club.  We need a repeat performance of LC workers bringing their ball caps and aprons. 

June is a joint meeting with APICS.  It was our turn to host, but we turned it over to APICAS for their sponsorship.  It will be June 16 at the Westport Sheraton Chalet.

12) LC for 2009-2010 - We really need a Program Chairman.  Steve did it this last year, but cannot do it again this next year.  We also have an opening for Chair-Elect.  Shailesh will not be continuing in his role, Patty will be picking this up.  Kathy is audit chair, but may not be able to do it.  Jim is willing to do this, but doesn’t know it ASQ National would allow it.

13) SMP by Randy - We need to average 70 per meeting at the next two meetings to make this SMP metric.  We had a total of 120 at Spring Conference, so we made this metric.  Not sure if we’ll make 6 of the 8 metrics.

14) Membership by Kunita - We got 42 new members in February and March.  They were mailed invitations to be our guests at the May or June meeting.  Steve thinks ASQ will carry unemployed members on scholarship for a year if they request it, but will confirm through ASQ.

15) Around the Table - Jim - My Company did not let email from Bizmanualz, it thought it was spam.

Denise - Pass

Resa - Pass

Steve Hyland - Pass

Kunita - Pass

John - Let’s encourage attendance for the May meeting.

Steve Mundwiller - Let’s adjourn, It’s 8:21.

Section 1304

Minutes of 3-10-09 ASQ Leadership Committee Meeting

At Kobe Japanese Grill, 12^th Floor of the Westport Gold Tower, Maryland Heights, MO

Prepared 3-29-09 by John O’Reilly

Participants:      Steve Mundwiller, Steve Hyland, Kim Rochetti, Tony Indihar, Randy Thompson, Denise Arthur, Eric Schellenberg, Resa Manson, Kunita Gear, and John O’Reilly

1)  Meeting called to order at 6:13 PM by Steve Mundwiller. 

2)  February 09 Minutes Approved as Revised - John had corrected some earlier information from Sally Young, the “Around the Table” section.  A motion was made and seconded to approve the revised version of the minutes.  The motion was approved.

3)  Additional Proposed Elected Officers by John - There have been no other candidates nominated for section offices.  Our candidates are:

Chair - Steve Mundwiller;  Vice Chair - John O’Reilly;  Secretary - Kim Rochetti;  Treasurer - Resa Manson.  We still have an opening for Chair-Elect.

4)  Treasurer’s Report by Resa - We have a checking balance of $84,929.  This reflects the investment account move-over to checking of $82, 174.  The Treasurer’s report was accepted as presented.

5)  Additional Financial Information by Resa - We have decided to stop paying the yearly fee associated with the credit card machine.  Since we have gone to 123SignUp for meeting registration, we were only using the credit card machine for book sales at the Spring Conference.  Cash or check at the bookstore, an ATM is at the Crowne Plaza.  We may list the credit card machine on Craigslist or EBay, no decision at this time.  Resa found that US Bank does not offer very good CD rates, and charges us $10/month for a business checking account.  She’s looking at other banks, in addition to Bank of America, which has a good program called Business Advantage.  Kunita will check with Costco, they may offer a similar program.  No audit report back from Kathy yet.

6)  General Feedback by Steve Mundwiller - A) Beth Cudney needs 2 volunteers for the IIE Conference coming to St. Louis this fall. [John O'Reilly has volunteered and been accepted to serve.]  These volunteers are expected to find 3 speakers and moderate a conference session.  In return, they receive a discounted price to attend the conference.  They also need to participate in a monthly conference call.  Talk to Steve Mundwiller or Beth if you’re interested.  Our ASQ section can be a sponsor at no cost by providing two volunteers with duties as described above.  RU points are available. 

B)  The SIU - Carbondale Student Chapter contacted Steve with an appeal for speakers at their Spring Conference on Thursday, April 16^th.  In past years, members the St. Louis Section have supplied most, if not all of the speakers for their conference.  Kim may be interested in speaking, she is working with them.  Brenda Bishop may also be interested. They are looking for quality or business topics. 

C)  Steve feels we should attempt no other conferences in 2009/2010.  Between the IIE conference this fall, and the ASQ WC in spring of 2010, we’ll be busy.  [Chris Anderson has been nominated and elected to serve as our Volunteer Coordinator for the 2010 WC.]  Let’s concentrate on mini-workshops.

D) Steve discussed our plan for travel to this year’s WC in May.  We’re renting an SUV and have room for passengers.  There’s room for officers and others who are interested in attending.  Talk to Steve if you’re interested.  Right now, Steve and JO’R are attending; Resa and Steve Hyland have conflicts and are not attending.  We need to plan on driving up Friday and returning Wednesday or Thursday.  If no one else is interested in riding with us, we’ll probably fly.

7)  Spring Conference Update by Steve Hyland, John, and Resa - Right now we’ve got the hotel (Crowne Plaza), all speakers on board, 3 paying vendors, one sponsor (ABB), and Bizmanualz is trading a vendor fee for a workshop.  We got the brochures mailed out.  Our Chief Proctor is Eric and he’s got one other proctor lined up.  31 people signed up to take an exam [97 as of 3/29!]  We have $700 in books ordered and here.  We’ve got everything but people, only 4 signed up.  Steve Mundwiller recommends we cancel the Spring Conference.  Matter was discussed by LC, with Tony and Kunita coming out in favor of holding the conference and offering cut rate prices if need be to bring in more attendance.  At this point, it could be smaller than a monthly meeting.  We need 60 paying people to break even.  We will try to email non-members who attended last year.

  Education by Kim and Denise - CQE refresher class is a go, to be taught by Bill Bishoff.  CQA not a go, but a week or so left to sign up.  Deadline is March 20^th.  Classes would start April 7^th.  What would generate more interest? 

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14) Membership by Kunita - We’ve done 3 certification mailings for the March meeting.  50 invitations sent.  76 New member letters mailed out inviting them to a meeting, 4 people have attended a meeting.  We discussed general membership incentives including Savis Center night, Cardinals night, bring a friend, and a meeting at the art museum or science center. 

15)  Doctor Bob by Steve - Sally and Steve will hold this at the March meeting next week.  Steve was unable to locate any of Dr. Bob’s family.  Sally contacted Florissant Valley Community College, but they were also shocked to hear of his passing. 

11)  Scholarships by Tony - An impartial selection was held.  The two scholarship winners for 2009 are Stephanie Mundwiller and Brenda Bishop.  Tony is preparing the awards and recognition brochure for next week’s meeting at Dave and Busters.

12)  Awards - The awards were discussed and distributed and can now be put into the minutes:  Ed Lanser received the Dr. Robert Deufel Extra Measure Award,

Rob Herhold received the Vezeau Award, Steve Mundwiller received the Kauffman Award, and Shailesh Panth received the Volunteer Excellence Award.  Ed Lanser is in hospital (open heart surgery) and will receive his later, but the other 3 were surprised and delighted!

17)  Around the Table -

Steve Hyland - Pass

John - Everybody recruit people for the Spring Conference.

Eric - 5 people took an exam last Saturday at the Engineer’s Club.  Even Denise Arthur is in the alt section.  We need to look at this and try to get our area members to select section 1304, so we get a dues rebate from them.

Randy - Pass

Tony - Can we put Award winners and Scholarship winners on our website?

Resa - Pass

Kim - We need to get the May mini-workshop on the section calendar.

Kunita - Our section meetings are now on the ASQ National Calendar.

Steve Mundwiller - Let’s adjourn, it’s 8:40.

Later additions to minutes:  Elections were held at the March section meeting at Dave and Busters on 3/17/09.  Elected were:

Steve Mundwiller - Chair

John O’Reilly - Vice Chair

Secretary - Kim Rochetti

Treasurer - Resa Manson

We still have an opening for Chair-Elect.  Talk to one of the LC members or Steve Mundwiller if you’re interested.