About this time of year I get a feeling it's time for change. The time change is disorienting. The warm weather is disorienting. The massive amount of work we get prior to the holidays is disorienting.

Ric Van Der Linden told us a couple months ago that change requires vision, skills, incentive, resources, and direction. If vision isn't present we get confusion. If skills aren't present we get anxiety. If incentive isn't present we get delays. If resources aren't present we get frustrated. If direction isn't present we get false starts.

Perhaps it's because of the warm weather, or the time change, or the fact that it's been almost a year since our new year's resolution / vision ... I'm not sure. Either way, it's time for change. Let's create that change by attending this month's meeting. Just think, if we all attend and bring a friend or two we could have a couple thousand people turn up instead of the regular 50 or so. Something to think about.

See you Tuesday (11/14). Our meeting is still on the second Tuesday but that Tuesday is a bit later in the month. This month's topic will be one most of use don't know much about yet it directly effects most of us and will indirectly affect all of us as quality professionals.

Workshop Status

Last month's DOE workshop went well. We had 12 people and managed to review all basic experimental design principles, a case study, and perform a catapult experiment in just two hours.

The prior month resulted in a similar workshop on basic statistics. Great job Kim and Jenny for pulling off two months of workshops.

Our next workshop wont be until January due to Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. The default topic will be MSA and Gage R&R but we are working to develop other interesting topics and speakers as well.

Other Key Announcements

JMP statistical software is holding a free four hour event on Tuesday (11/14) off the 56 freeway at the Marriott San Diego Del Mar hotel. Dr. Flaig who writes articles for our section highly recommends this event as he has heard Dr. Little speak. For more see http://www.jmp.com/about/events/seminars/ca_11142006.shtml
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:

See you next week,

Doug McCloskey
ASQ San Diego Section Leadership Committee Chair
dm@grantrothbard.com
http://grantrothbard.com

This Month's Meeting

Nov.14, 2006

Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) & Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Requirements: Implementation & Challenges

Vinay Goyal

Sr. Product Environmental Specialist with
Beckman Coulter Inc.
Fullerton, CA
Tel: (714)-773-8978

vinaygoyal@sbcglobal.net

Guest Speaker Larry Yen

www.pacific-oaks.com

Abstract

The increasing globalization of electronics manufacturing and obsolescence due to faster innovation of electronics products has raised their impact on the environment. Most of the electrical and electronic devices are subject to RoHS and WEEE directives. These two directives originated from the European Union but in a very short time are becoming International directives.

This presentation will cover related EU country specific requirements; understand how your products are likely to be impacted and nuts and bolts of complying with the RoHS and WEEE directive. Based on personal experience with the directive, common pitfalls and best practices will be offered.

Speaker Biography

Vinay Goyal is the team leader of Beckman Coulter Inc., RoHS and WEEE Compliance Core Team, responsible to coordinate RoHS and WEEE implementation between various intra company business centers, departments, Beckman Coulter suppliers and customers. He has successfully implemented RoHS and WEEE programs in several world class companies prior to joining Beckman Coulter Inc. He was also one of the members of IPC-175X series materials declaration standards development team.

Vinay has an extensive background in both OEM and Contract Manufacturing environments. Vinay has worked as a Director of Quality, Manufacturing and Test engineering in various companies in the past. He is a certified instructor of IPC workmanship standards e.g. J-STD-001 and IPC-A-600.

Vinay received his Bachelors degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee in India. He is also ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt.

Meeting Details

RSVP Required

Please use the RSVP form on our meetings page. Attendance fee includes a delicious dinner.

Meeting Date

Tuesday November 14, 2006 (2nd Tuesday of the month)

Agenda

5:15 pm             Registration & Happy Hour Begins

6:00 pm             Dinner

6:35 pm             Announcements

6:45 pm             Main program

7:45 pm             Raffle and Speaker Prizes

7:55 pm             Adjourn

Menu

Great buffet meal. Special selection of Pasta and Basil chicken.

Price
RSVP Form Here

These are sponsor
subsidized prices
Dinner With RSVP Dinner Without RSVP No Food Arrive Late

ASQ Student Members $10 $12 Free

Regular Members $20 $22 Free

Non-Members $24 $26 Free

Door Prizes We averaged $185 in door prizes per meeting last year!!

Dress
Nice Casual

Location
This month we're at:

Country Inn & Suites By Carlson (formerly Prime Hotel, formerly Wyndham San Diego North). 5975 Lusk Boulevard, San Diego CA 92121. Their Phone: (858) 558-1818

see map here

Parking
Ample free parking

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS UPDATES

Our section proudly sponsors a variety of educational and professional training

opportunities. See our main education page for more details.

Classes to be Held This Month

See classes that are under way this month on our Refresher page and Modular page. Keep signing up for any courses you'd like to take and we will keep adding more so that perhaps the class you want will be held next month. If you have any special requests, please make them also as we will try to accommodate you.

Current Exam Dates Schedule

Certification exams are held in member company meeting rooms around San Diego and administered by proctors. They are held on Saturday mornings twice per year as shown in the table below. Note that these dates don't include special quality conference tests. Main ASQ certifications page.

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

For future month workshops see upcoming workshops.

TOPIC	Taught By	Date;Tm;Loc	Cost	Contact

No workshops planned until January No food will be included. Plenty of parking in upper parking lot. 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

Newsletter Sponsors

Our newsletter sponsors this month are:

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