ASQ SD Membership:

Our March meeting will be on Wednesday March 18^th instead of our normal date on Tuesday the 10^th.  March will be a special meeting with APCIS and IIE at Kings Garden.  Please join us for an evening of discussion concerning current issues and strategies with Top San Diego Biotech/Pharmaceutical executives.  We are anticipating 80 – 100 people for the combined event and will host a special ‘Networking Event’ to make further business connections.  See details below.

Other Announcements & News

• Submit your officer nominations now for the 4 executive board positions to Emelito Ong at emelito.ong@remecbroadband.com  or call him at (858)312-6943.  See http://www.asqsandiego.org/officerdutydescr.htm  to identify the duties of the different positions. Volunteer for the other appointed officer positions listed on the same link to help out our organization.  Note that we have three members running for Treasurer.  We posted one profile in our last mailer, here's the other two.  We plan to elect one of these candidates during our next meeting:

  • Huizhen Zhu:  Materials Engineer at SMI in San Diego, CA since 2005 Research/Teaching Assistant U of T, Toronto, Canada 2000 2004 Sr. Engineer/Vice Director HRIW, Harbin prior to 1999.   Master in Materials Science and Engineering U of T, Canada Mar., 2005 • Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering Tsinghua University, China • Certified Quality Engineer ASQ June, 2004 • Certified Welding Engineer European /German Welding Federation 1996 I have more than ten years accounting experience in personal and family's life but not any organization. I am doing it very well from routine activity, tax return for myself and others, to property management. I am not only a fast learner but also keep my commitment seriously. I am really confident that I am able to deliver the results on time if I work in the committee of ASQ San Diego Section as a treasurer.

  • Nancy Pasquan:  I joined ASQ in 1984 and had only one small lapse in membership since then ( I was BUSY!). I am now a senior member and have attended many meetings and functions over the years. I have two certificates: CQA and CSQE, both attained in the last few years. I have successfully participated on many teams, I have adequate spreadsheet skills, and lots of experience with book keeping for my own business and personal finances including four rental houses. Professionally, I have 25 years experience in software quality assurance and development for military, commercial and FDA regulated companies. My main focus has always been process improvement and compliance with standards and regulations. I conduct software supplier audits with these principles in mind. I started my own consulting business in 2004 and have enjoyed the opportunity to establish my own methods and working with a wide variety of clients.

• New Linked-in Group: A few of our members have started a Linked-in ASQ San Diego Group.  Join us if you like to chat about quality or our section.  See http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1234957&trk=anet_ug_hm 

• Sign up:  for the CSQE, CQE, or CQA course.   If you are unemployed or unable to pay for the course you want to take please contact our Education Chair for more details at david.clinard@gmail.com. We offer these courses to you as a service to our members to help them get certified as an ASQ Professional.  The pdf file for the sign up application and the course schedule for 2009 is at  http://asqsandiego.org/attach_files/ASQCertCourseSched_111908.pdf  Please call (619) 244-2797 Dave Clinard or e-mail david.clinard@gmail.com if you have any questions.

• We recently had our 724th job ad!!  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. 

• Don't forget to check out other local events on our local event calendar. 

This Month's Meeting

This month ONLY we are a new day and place, see below

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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               (Recently updated table)

 

If you are interested in pursuing any of these certifications, we recommend that you click on the links below that take you to the National ASQ page where you can read the body of knowledge for each certification type.  

 

Certification Types and Links to "Body of Knowledge", & Additional Information	Application Deadline	Exam Dates
CQT - Quality Technician CRE - Reliability Engineer CQI - Quality Inspector CMQ/OE - Manager Q&Org.Ex. CSSBB - Six Sigma Black Belt CHA - HACCP Auditor CBA - Biomedical Auditor	Every January and August Next is August 14, 2009 Then again on: January 2010	Every March & Oct. Next is March 7, 2009 Then again on: October 17, 2009
CQE  - Quality Engineer CQA - Quality Auditor CSQE  - Software Quality Eng. CQIA - Q Improvement Associate CCT - Calibration Technician CQPA - Quality Process Analyst CSSGB - Six Sigma Green Belt	Every April and October Next is April 10, 2009 Then again on: October 9, 2009	Every June & Dec. Next is June 6, 2009 Then again on: Dec. 5, 2009

 

Workshops, Modular Courses, Tech Clinics, Study & Discussion Groups 

Workshops:  No workshops currently scheduled.  Our workshop coordinator is looking for speakers, interesting topics, and a meeting location.  Contact our Education Chair Dave Clinard  Modular Courses & Tech Clinics:  No modular courses currently scheduled in lieu of pre-meeting technical clinics.  15-30 min tech clinic speakers needed.  Can you share a model, method, or tool with us?  Perhaps a student paper or a case study from work?  Contact our Ed Chair or Programs Chair as applicable.    Study & Discussion Groups:  Our section supports both ASQ sanctioned and informal study and or discussion groups.  You just missed the Food & Drug discussion group meeting on Sampling Plans and the Six Sigma discussion group on Experimental Design.  Contact Kim Niles if you want to help plan our next Six Sigma DG meeting, an on line demo by a Minitab statistician in April.

 

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Newsletter Sponsors

 

Our newsletter sponsors this month are:

 

New Sponsor:  Quality Systems Integrated Corporation   Electronic contract manufacturer specializing in circuit card, cable and chassis assembly; San Diego electronic manufacturing. www.qsic.com/

Mail application with check to:  PQS, 6977 Navajo Road , San Diego , CA 92119 For more information phone: (619) 713-6555, Fax (619) 342-2661, www.pqsinc.org or email sharky.watkins@pqsinc.org

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Our refresher courses are now held at National University.  See our Education page

 

Be Our Sponsor - Contact Kim Niles

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