Therefore, now is the time to get the most out of your membership. Please get involved in either or all of the following aspects our section provides:

Networking - by attending workshops and meetings.... or send us other networking ideas for us to implement using our feedback form.
Socializing - by attending our social events, workshops and meetings ... or send us other social ideas for us to implement using our feedback form.
Education - We've got workshops, refresher courses (5 currently in progress), regular meeting educational topics, sponsored educational events, and a rather extensive library that was just highlighted by Quality Progress magazine (see our home page announcement). We think there is something for every quality professional need but if not then let us know using our feedback form.
Job Hunting - Our jobs page not only includes positions available but it also includes a page of unemployed member profiles, links to member company HR pages, and links to other professional job boards. If you know if a related resource that is missing then please let us know using our feedback form.
Benchmarking our Peers - If you can't find at least several of your co-members with the same title as you to benchmark then you are not trying. See a list of member job titles on our membership page.

See you during our regular meeting on the 8th. See details below.

Best regards,

Don Griego

Executive Chair

ASQ Section 0703

THIS MONTH'S MEETING

Our October meeting will be held on Tuesday Oct. 8, 2002.

Four Rules & a Box of Tools

What To Do When Foreign-Language Software

Invades Your QA Lab?

by: John White

Email: jwhite@1-for-All.com

With http://www.1-for-all.com/about.html

Your Engineering, Product Marketing, and Web Apps teams have finally delivered versions of your product in French, Spanish, and Japanese. Are you ready to test them? How will you do it? What will you need and how will you set it up?

The good news is that you and your QA team really can do what it takes to sign off on versions of your software that have been "localized" or modified to meet the needs (language of UI, settings, configuration) of users in other locales. In this presentation you'll learn some rules of thumb for building test benches on which to run the products. You'll also see the kind of tools (software, hardware, plans) you'll need in your lab, whether you need to do this once in your career or once every three months.

Topics we'll cover:

The difference between functional and linguistic QA
What goes into the localization test plan
Expertise you'll need and don't realize you already have
Expertise you'll need and probably don't have, and how to get it
Different multilingual test bench configurations, and how to choose among them
What to do with bugs you find in the localized products

About our speaker

John White of 1-for-All Marketing http://www.1-for-all.com helps companies like HNC Software, Qualcomm, Peregrine Remedy and Skydesk market overseas versions of their products through internationalization, localization, and worldwide product marketing. He has conducted presentations and training on international products in many ways and to many audiences since the late 13th century, helping Marco Polo adapt Asian pasta for the Venice market, for instance. He is constantly testing localized versions of his clients software, and enjoying it immensely.

Meeting Details
RSVP Required	Please use the RSVP form below.
Meeting Date	Tuesday October 8, 2002 (2nd Tuesday of the month)
Agenda	5:15 pm Registration 6:00 pm Dinner 6:55 pm ASQ Announcements 7:00 pm Main program 8:00 pm Adjourn
Menu	Chicken with gravy, mashed potatoes, garden salad, drinks and desert.
Price	$14.00 if reservation is made by Monday before the dinner and $19.00 if made after Monday at 9 am. Non-members add $3.00
Dress	Nice Casual
Location	Ericsson building (see desk just inside) 6455 Lusk Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92121; their phone: 858-332-5000 . Find a map at http://www.mapquest.com/ or see our map.
Parking	Ample free parking

Regular Section Meeting RSVP Form

Please RSVP using the form on our meetings page

Other Miscellaneous News

Current Refresher Class Schedule. Individual classes are often available for $20 per night. Ask the class contact for more information.

Link	Contact	Start Date	Schedule	Cost	Location	Evening	Duration
CQE	Stacy Apostol	May 22, 2002	In-Process Join @$20 per-class	$200+bks	Kodak Spin Physics	Wed. 6-9pm	20 Weeks
CMI	Rich Ostrin	July 31, 2002	In-Process Join @$20 per-class	$105 + bks	Carpenter Specialty Products El Cajon	5:30PM to 8:00PM	10 Weeks
CMI	Rich Ostrin	Aug 1, 2002	In-Process Join @$20 per-class	$105 + bks	Aurora Bioscience Sorrento Valley	5:30PM to 8:00PM	10 Weeks
CQE	Daniel Mueller	August, 6 2002	In-Process Join @$20 per-class	$250+bks	Delta Design	Tue. 6-9pm	17 Weeks
CQA	Daniel Mueller	Sep 5, 2002	In-Process Join @$20 per-class	$175+bks	Nokia Scripps Summit	Tue. 6-8:30pm	12 Weeks

Current Exam Dates Schedule

Certification Types and Links to ASQ.org Additional Information	Exam Dates	Application Deadline
CQT/CRE/CMI/CQM/Six Sigma Black Belt / CQA-HACCP/ CQA-BioMedical	October 19, 2002	~~August 23, 2002~~ Past
CQE/CQA/CSQE/CQIA	December 7, 2002	Extended to October 18, 2002, was Oct.4
CQT/CRE/CMI/CQM/Six Sigma Black Belt / CQA-HACCP/ CQA-BioMedical	March 1, 2003	January 10, 2003
CQE/CQA/CSQE/CQIA/	June 7, 2003	April 4, 2003
CCT pilot	December 6, 2003	October 3, 2003

Upcoming Workshops

TOPIC / Link	Taught By	Date	Cost	Contact
Theory of Constraints	Jane Marshall	10-23-02?	$40/$50	Don Griego

Other related pages on our website:

EVENTS page
3 Hr. WORKSHOPS page
Our Virtual Library
See our main Education Page.

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