ASQ member leaders Dennis Arter, Aimee Siegler, and Will LaFollette are ASQ World Conference attendees. They have different schedules and interests; however, they will share their experiences with you through the World Conference blog. This is a great opportunity to view the conference through the words of fellow ASQ members. Make sure you visit daily to keep up to date. And start now—the bloggers are already posting, informing readers of their World Conference preparations. Visit the ASQ World Conference blog.

The May issue of The Measure – our section’s monthly newsletter – is now available on our website. Various unforeseen circumstances caused delays in the newsletter production and, in the interest of providing timely information to our members, the Leadership Committee decided not to go through the printing and mailing process.

The Journal of Quality Technology (JQT) has created a new Case Studies department and is actively seeking submissions from engineers and statisticians.

Case studies may focus on new techniques or existing methods applied in an interesting context. Submissions should provide instructive examples, illustrated with data so that readers can reproduce the results. Papers must be written in the specific format described on the case study instructions page.

The Certification workgroup is seeking 12 volunteers to participate in a Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) Spanish-Language Cut Score workshop at ASQ headquarters June 22 and 23, 2007. If you are fluent in Spanish (written and oral) and you are a current CQE please submit your résumé to Mary Martin. Each participant will receive 2 RU credits to apply toward recertification. For additional information please e-mail Mary Martin, or call her at 414-298-8789 x 7746.