Page 1 American Society for Quality March April 2008 ASQ Section 1302 Next Meeting April 17 at Pfizer in Lincoln Inside this issue: Nominations Approved for Next year s Section Officers Juran Memorial 2 Section Members receive Certifications! 2 2 The next section meeting will be a tour of Pfizer in Lincoln. Pfizer in Lincoln is a manufacturer and developer of vaccines and pharmaceuticals for animals. Date: April 17, 2008 Tour Time: 6:30 p.m. you to the parking area. Dinner Time: Following the tour, drop by Luckies at 1101 W. Bond, Lincoln, Nebraska for dinner and social/networking opportunities. The attached map also shows how to get from Pfizer to Luckies. We will just order off of the menu. Edgerton Awards In Grand Island May 5 E-Week at UNL: Board Members to promote Student Membership 3 4 Address: 601 W. Cornhusker Lincoln, Nebraska See the Map attached below. Please take main entrance to guard station. Sign in and guard will direct RSVP: Contact Al Schrader at RSVP or 402-467-3784 by April 15th. Special points of interest: Service Quality Section offering chance at Conference Reimbursement. What s the Buzz about the Next ASQ Section Meeting? Training coming to Lincoln Advertising Rates
Page 2 New Officers Elected to Section Board New Section Officers were elected at the 1302 Section and Sub-Section meeting in York in March. By acclamation, the following positions were filled: David McCracken will continue next fiscal year as the Section Chair. Likewise, Becky Nickel will again serve in the position of Section Secretary. Retuning board member, Jon Ridgway has agreed to take on the duties of Section Treasurer. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NEW SECTION OFFICERS! Joseph M. Juran 1904-2008 The new board officers will begin their new duties on July 1, 2008. Thanks to all of the Section Officers for their Hard Work and Time It is most important that top management be quality-minded. In the absence of sincere manifestation of interest at the top, little will happen below." -Joseph Juran Section Members receive Professional Certifications Congratulations to the following Section members who successfully received new Professional Certifications! From December of 2007 Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) Harlan K. Seyfer Robert M. White From October 2007 Examinations: Certified Quality Inspection (CQI) Robert Dawson Certified HACCP Auditor Jim R. Wohlgemuth CONGRATULATIONS ALL!!! A full Quality Toolbox is a great asset Scholarship Meeting Coming up in May The application deadline for the Phil Shanline Scholarship has now passed. Randy Nelson, the Scholarship Chairperson has organized a Scholarship Committee which is now reviewing the applications and essays. They will be making nominations and selecting awardees over the next couple weeks. Awards meeting will be held at Mahoney state park again. Further details will be announced on the section website. We all anxiously await the committee s selection of Scholarship winners, and look forward to meeting the scholarship winners in person at the May meeting. The annual Phil Shanline Scholarship
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Page 3 National Service Quality Section offers Conference Promotion they will be entered in to a drawing for a free registration and up to $750 US in travel expenses The Service Quality Section of ASQ is offering a unique promotion this World Conference on Quality and Improvement (WCQI). For any of our section members attending WCQI and that join the Service Quality Division (SQD), they will be entered in to a drawing for a free registration and up to $750 US in travel expenses to attend the SQD Fall Conference in Orlando, FL as gusts of the SQD leadership committee. If they have a friend or coworker that joins SQD, they will be given one chance to win. The friend will just need to let us know that they are the sponsor. The new member will be entered into the drawing also. If you can not attend the fall conference but would like to be entered to win, you can send the application and payment to Paul Tanner, but it must arrive prior to his departure on Friday 2 May 2008. Contact Paul as noted below for his shipping/ mailing address. As we do not have access to the WCQI special membership forms, please use a standard ASQ membership form Conference Details Service Quality: The Emerging Body of Knowledge Link: http://www.asq.org/ conferences/servicequality/index.html 17th Annual Service Quality Conference September 15 16, 2008 Rosen Center Hotel Orlando, Florida The ASQ Service Quality Division announces its annual conference bringing you the latest topics in service quality. Learn how to improve service, reduce costs, and increase customer loyalty and satisfaction. Session tracks include: Driving Process Improvement, Quality Systems that Work, Measuring for Success, Understanding Your Customer. This is an exceptional educational opportunity that includes how-to s, step by step advice, success stories and implementation guidance on major organization changes. Attending ASQ Quality conferences Can help keep your skills sharp! Edgerton State Quality Award to be Presented in Grand Island The Edgerton Award will be presented in Grand Island this year at the Heartland Event Center. The Edgerton Award is Nebraska s State Quality award, which is modeled after the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. The event is scheduled for Monday, May 5th and will include Lunch preceding the awards presentations. Following the presentations an afternoon of tours of local manufacturers, golfing and an evening reception are planned. Check out the following link to get the latest information about the Edgerton award directly from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development. Hope to see you all there!! http://www.edgertonaward.com/
Page 4 ASQ Section 1302 P.O. Box 83335 Lincoln, Nebraska 68501 Excellence in Section Management. Check out the Bling! Are you Interested in advertising In the Newsletter? Here s what you need to know. To promote quality awareness in Section 1302 through education in quality technology and systems, while fostering communication and interaction among quality professionals. We re on the Web! www.asq-1302.org Rates: $25 for 1/4 page $50 for 1/2 page $100 for a Full page ad $200 for a 2-Sided Full-Page insert. Contact the Newsletter Chairperson, Bryce Pearson at Brycepear@aol.com, or any other section board member. Corrections: In the January-February issue of the Newsletter Jon Ridgway s name was misspelled in his Welcome back article. Our Apologies to Jon. E-Week Open House April 25th up at UNL Since 1913, E Week, has been dedicated to recognizing and rewarding engineers' accomplishments. The annual E-Week Open House runs from 9:00 to 3:00 Friday April 25th in the engineering complex (Othmer Hall, Walter Scott Engineering Center, Nebraska Hall) During E Week open house, senior engineering students display their research projects, corporate representatives host booths to promote their companies, and high school E Week: Since 1913 Watch Engineering Students Using the Tools of the Trade students partake in information sessions and hands-on activities that highlight the benefits of becoming an engineer. This year, in an effort to promote student membership and start a Student ASQ section at UNL, the ASQ board is presenting a program to students about the benefits of ASQ membership. Ram Bishu and Bryce Pearson will be giving this presentation during a pizza party. http://www.eweek.unl.edu/