

MESSAGE FROM THE EDUCATION CHAIR "Workshop Experiment" Section Members & Honored Eavesdroppers,
Workshop Experiment Since the purpose of providing educational assistance is not to make money, we've decided to experiment with a sliding scale. This month's two hour workshop on the 24th on the topic of "Measuring Your Measurements: MSA, Gage R&R, etc." will cost only $5 each if we can get 50 people. The current price is $39 with 7 people and three presenters as outlined on our workshops page at http://www.asqsandiego.org/3hrwrkshp.htm. See scale below. See more details on our workshops page or below. December Test Date Status Our proctor chair Emelito A. Ong, Sr. Quality Engineer with REMEC Broadband Wireless, LLC. (Tel (858)312-6943 or e-mail: emelito.ong@remecbroadband.com) reports the following numbers related to certification tests taken in San Diego on the December 2, 2006 test date. One can see that only about half of those that planned to take the test actually did take the test. This is actually slightly worse than we've seen in years. If you were one of these "no shows", please contact me and let me know what we might have done differently to assist you. Current Educational Course Status Our CQI refresher course just started Jan. 2nd at 5:00PM for 10 weeks (Tuesday's); 5:00PM for 3 hours a night at Nuvasive in the UTC area at 4545 Towne Center Court. Cost is $299 per student. Contact Rich Ostrin to join at rostrin@roadrunner.com We have a CQA course in the works and a CQE course in the works. Do you have an ASQ certification and a desire to earn RU's, and cash while helping our education board plan and or teach courses? Contact me if so. Key Announcements Our section welcomes Gregg Oliver who has stepped forward to assist us as the newly elected Vice Chair which was an open position for several months now. However, all officers need to be re-elected in two months for positions that will take affect in July. If you are interested in participating as an officer candidate or on the committee to develop the officer slate, please contact Emelito Ong at emelito.ong@remecbroadband.com Several new jobs have recently been posted on our jobs page. See http://www.asqsandiego.org/jobs.htm and keep sending them in. Don't forget to check out our sponsor pages. Great courses and products being offered!! See links at the bottom of this email. Here's some details: I look forward to hearing from you and or seeing you soon,
	Sincerely, Officers at large in behalf of Keith Boyle Education Committee Chair ASQ Section 0703

FEATURED ARTICLE LINKS

	Share your experiences, term papers, or Quality oriented commentaries with us. Authors needed see author guidelines. This month we are highlighting:

Photo made small at author's request	"Reliability Testing Part 10" (298kb pdf file; viewer at page bottom) by Hank Posters This is the third article in a series of articles on Reliability Testing. This article highlights the Inverse Power Law Model.

	"Free Tool: Excel Charter Form" (114kb MS Excel file) by Ric Vander Linden with http://www.progressivedge.com/ Last month we highlighted a Project Charter form in MS Word format. This month we are highlighting another form in Excel format provided by member Ric Vander Linden. Charter forms help to make sure all reasonable expectations of a project are well thought out in advance.

Make sure you visit our virtual Library, open 24 Hrs/day, 7days a week, and please bounce back your favorite Quality related library thoughts and submissions (i.e. comments, e-book links, old term papers, article links, articles you've written, etc.).

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS UPDATES

Our section proudly sponsors a variety of educational and professional training

opportunities. See our main education page and our current refresher course training schedule.

Current Exam Dates Schedule

Certification Types and Links to "Body of Knowledge", & Additional Information

Application Deadline

Exam Dates

CQT - Quality Technician
CRE - Reliability Engineer
CMI - Mechanical Inspector
CQM - Quality Manager
CSSBB - Six Sigma Black Belt
CHA - HACCP Auditor
CBA - Biomedical Auditor

Every January and August

Next: January 12, 2007

Then again on:

August 17, 2007

Every March & Oct.

Next is March 3, 2007

Then again on:

October 20, 2007

CQE - Quality Engineer
CQA - Quality Auditor
CSQE - Software Quality Eng.
CQIA - Q Improvement Associate
CCT - Calibration Technician
CSSGB - Six Sigma Green Belt

Every April and October

Next is April 6, 2007
Then again on:

October 5, 2007

Every June & Dec.

Next is Dec. 2, 2006

Then again on:

June 2, 2007

December 1, 2007

Upcoming Workshops and Modular Courses

See more information on our 3-hour workshops page.

TOPIC	Taught By	Date	Cost	Contact
"MSA/Gage R&R: Panel of Experts"	3 instructors pending, one is Kim Niles - MSQA Kniles@deltad.com	Wednesday January 24, 2006 2hr 5:30-7:00 Alpha Scientific	$39 See sliding scale experiment that will reduce as people sign up see below	Jenny Gossett or Kim

See how this workshop relates to CQE, CRE, CSSBB, and CSGB courses in Keith's message from the education chair July, 23, 2006. RSVP and see more information on our 3-hour workshops page.
Our workshop coordinator is looking for speakers, interesting topics, and a meeting location. Contact Jenny Gossett (CQA-CBA), Director of Quality; ALFA SCIENTIFIC DESIGNS, INC.; POWAY, CA 92065; PHONE: 858.513.3888 x 314; e-mail: jgossett@alfascientific.com

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