

MESSAGE FROM THE EDUCATION CHAIR "Last Ed. Message" Section Members & Honored Eavesdroppers,
Business is up for me but the additional time out-of-town and increased workload precludes me from maintaining an adequate level of support to this section. I have been unable to attend any local meetings let alone provide the Education Chair services I would expect to ensure that we provide a valuable service to our members. With this in mind, it is with regret that I have to resign from the position of Education Chair so that a more deserving and available candidate can be selected/elected. If you are interested in the position or can recommend another member, please contact our Chair Doug McCloskey. Most Recent Test Proctoring Statistics Emelito Ong and his team are reporting the following results regarding test taking during our March 3, 2007 exam. Note that only about half of all of the choices were offered. Current Educational Course Status Please continue to sign up for the courses you are interested in. 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. Other Announcements 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

The Board of Directors of the San Diego ASQ, on behalf of the membership, would like to congratulate Keith Boyle. The upswing in his business is a testament to his capability and we'd like to thank him for 2 years of service to the local section as Education Officer. All of us that have taken classes from Keith, either through his consulting practice ( www.qprs.com ) or at the University of San Diego are grateful for his commitment to education.

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 Part11 -HaltHass" (176kb pdf file; viewer at page bottom) by Hank Posters Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) and Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS) are different from standard life testing. Contrary to quantitative accelerated life testing described in previous chapters, the goal of qualitative accelerated test methods like HALT and HASS is to identify failures and failure modes without attempting to make predictions as to the product’s life under normal use conditions. The main purpose of HALT is to quickly detect and eliminate the weak elements of a design or product. HALT is not intended to demonstrate that a product will function in its intended environment.

	"HACCP E-book" FDA web tool link See http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/haccp.html HACCP is an acronym which stands for Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point. The FDA offers an extensive site (E-book) on the subject of this process control based methodology.

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: August 17, 2007

Then again on:

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 June 2, 2007

Then again on:

December 1, 2007

Upcoming Workshops and Modular Courses

See more information on our 3-hour workshops page.

TOPIC	Taught By	Date	Cost	Contact
Reliability Tips and Tricks	Hank Posters and Team	Your company? Late this month	Free for you at your company	Kim to set this up.
No food will be included. Plenty of parking. 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 info on our Workshops page.
Our workshop coordinator is looking for speakers, interesting topics, and a meeting location. Contact Jenny Gossett (CQA-CBA), Director of Quality; e-mail:

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