American Society for Quality
Section 0904 - East Central Indiana
PO Box 3147 Muncie, IN 47307-1147
www.asq904.org
The source of Quality Professionalism in East Central Indiana
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September 2006 Membership Meeting Wednesday, September 20, 2006
About the Program: About our Speaker: Pre-Clinic: The Fall 2006 Pre-clinics are a 3-part series on the Define, Measure, and Analyze steps in the Six-Sigma DMAIC process. Bob Arnold filled in for Steve Zylka in explaining the Define phase. Post-Meeting Follow-up: The September 2006 Meeting was attended by 14 Quality Professionals. Bob Arnold was the lucky Door Prize Winner and selected "The Reliability Engineers Handbook" donated by Quality Press. Chair Chat - by Steve Harmeyer - September 2006 Section Chair Letter ASQ0904 September 9, 2006 Letter from the Chair: There have been some unforeseen changes in our Section’s leadership organizational structure. Steve Scott, who was voted in as this years new Chair, has had to resign his position due to personal reasons beyond his control. This is an unfortunate situation as Steve Scott has long been a valued contributing volunteer to our section. Over his years of service, Steve Scott has performed many duties on the leadership committee including, but not limited to Secretary, Treasure, Scholarship, Chair Elect and more. His contributions and his presence will be missed by all. On behalf of the section leadership volunteer committee, I extend our thanks and best wishes to Steve Scott. In light of this event, as Chair elect I volunteered to fill the position one year early. This was voted on and approved by the leadership committee. I look forward to the challenge. With the help and support of the leadership committee volunteers, we will be able to provide to our section a great program year. Look forward to hearing great speakers, great topics and, as always, great give a ways (books, gifts, etc.). Most important is the ability to network with other professionals from all the various disciplines in quality; leadership, management, engineering, technicians, and others. Sticking to recent tradition from last year, we have attained a speaker from Parkview Hospital in Ft. Wayne who is heavily involved in their quality program. September is recognized as Quality in Health month, and Michele Hill, will be our main topic presenter on September 20th. I hope everyone will plan to attend this event as it will provide an opportunity to hear from the service sector that provides health care. This topic allows us to learn a little more about the ongoing quality efforts in the medical field. With the continued loss of manufacturing jobs and the ever-growing population
of the service sector, it is important to learn as much as possible about
quality in service. We never know when opportunities may present themselves and
we may find it a necessity to move from manufacturing to the service sector.
Therefore, I encourage all of you to be here for this first meeting. I would also like to take this time to extend an invitation to our members who have thought that they may like to get involved in ensuring our Section is on target towards the Vision. Come experience the leadership committee meeting. We currently meet on the 4th Thursday of the month. In closing, I encourage you all to visit our web site ( http://www. asq904.org) or HQ's (http://www.asq.org/) There is good information about the upcoming programs and events. Last but not least, a word of thanks to the Management and Team Members of the Sirloin Stockade for providing to us a place to gather.See you at the September Dinner Meeting, Wednesday the 20th. The Pre-Clinic
is at 6 PM and the main speaker follows dinner at 7:30 PM. Steven Harmeyer, ASQ Certified; Six Sigma Black Belt, Quality Manager, Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor, and Mechanical Inspector GMU; Certified Master Statistical Engineer harmeyermn@aol.com ASQ904 Section Chair and Program
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