Newsletter October 2014

ASQ Raleigh Section Newsletter
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ASQ Raleigh Section Newsletter
October 2014
ASQ Raleigh Section, P.O. Box 5589, Cary, NC 27518
www.asqraleigh.org
Stephanie Ploeger
Inside This Issue
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Condolences
ASQ Volunteer Opportunity
Communications
Six Sigma Special Interest Group
and Upcoming Prep Courses
Call for Papers for the 2015 QIT
5 Certification Opportunities
Career Opportunities
6 Upcoming Events
It is with heartfelt sadness that ASQ Raleigh communicates the
passing of Stephanie. She was our dear friend, colleague, and
treasurer. ASQ Raleigh wishes to express our deepest condolences
to Stephanie’s family, friends, and colleagues. Stephanie was the
Quality Assurance Manager at Grifols Plasma Operations. With a
degree in Chemistry, she also had experience as an Analytical
Chemist in the Precious Metal and Chemical industries, Laboratory
Supervisor, Quality Manager, Supply Chain Manager and
Transportation Manager. She was an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer
and Six Sigma Black Belt and had been active with the Leadership of
the Raleigh ASQ Section since 2006. She served as Section Chair,
Section Vice Chair, Section Treasurer (twice), and Arrangements
Chair.
7Member Recertification and
Recertification tip and ASQ Dinner
Meeting Cancellation Policy and Did
you know-ASQ Email Settings
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2014 Raleigh Section Leadership
Council
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Section Scholarship
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ASQ Raleigh LC Open
Positions and Eventbrite Link
Keep up with ASQ Raleigh throughout the month by following us on
Facebook | LinkedIn | and Twitter!
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ASQ Food Bank Volunteer Opportunity
Mary Chris Easterly coordinated our food bank event on Sept. 27th. Matt Demko, Pam Schodt,
Frank Gray, and Francis Ignacio (picture shown) attended the event. They sorted and bagged
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2,000 servings of grape-tomatoes that were sent to agencies for distribution Monday, Sept 29 ,
and of course they wore protective gloves.
We look forward to having you volunteer for our next event at the Food Bank of Eastern & Central
North Carolina Saturday, Nov. 15th, from 9am-12pm. Registration is available on our website.
Join us in helping the hungry in our state as we approach the holiday season. Family and friends
are welcome; children must be 12 or older and accompanied by an adult. If you register and later
find out you are not able to participate, please contact Jim Murrell at [email protected]
The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina is located at 3808 Tarheel Drive, Raleigh,
NC 27609. We look forward to seeing you at the Food Bank.
Recertification Units adhoc: 0.2
Register for this event now at:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/asq-volunteer-opportunity-food-bank-of-cenc-date-11152014tickets-12489118289?aff=rss
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Did you know that you can earn
RUs by attending pre-meeting
workshops and tours?
Workshops / Clinics – Earn 0.1 RU per hr up to a
maximum 0.3 RU
Communications
Prefer a different email address?
ASQ Raleigh pulls your email from ASQ.org. Go
to My Account at ASQ.org to manage your
contact information.
Tours – Earn 0.3 RU
[email protected]
Send us your ideas for tours!
Is a local company employing interesting or
cutting edge technology? Are they on the
front lines of quality toolkit implementation?
Submit your ideas for dinner
meetings!
If we use your idea, you can attend a meeting
for FREE!
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and view the ASQ Strategic Plan for 2014!
Submit a communications request to the
Communications Committee or post directly on
Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter!
Let us know what you want!
The Communications Committee is dedicated to providing you with information that is the most
relevant to you in the most efficient way possible.
Help us be more effective by letting us know what you are interested in, sending us ideas for
content, and even how you prefer to be kept informed.
You can email the Communications Committee or
send us a message on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter!
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Six Sigma Special Interest Group
We feel we have had another successful year with our Six Sigma Special Interest Group (Six Sigma SIG). Six speakers presented
a varied array of topics to our group and there were lots of discussions and learning that took place in the process. Looking
forward we would like to put some dates out there for everyone to save for next year. Please save the following dates for our
2014/15 Six Sigma SIG.
10/28/2014, 11/25/2014, 1/27/2015, 2/24/2015, and 3/31/2015.
It also looks like all of these meetings will occur at Gregory Poole Equipment Company located at 4807 Beryl Road in Raleigh.
If you or one of your coworkers would like to present to our group next year we would really appreciate your support. If you
had a successful project in the past or are currently working on an interesting problem we would love to hear your story. Please
drop Mark Morton or Fred Rich a line and we will work on getting you scheduled.
We are looking for speakers for October, November, January 2015, February 2015, and March 2015. Please contact Mark
Morton [email protected] or Fred Rich [email protected] if interested.
Upcoming Prep Courses
Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) Exam Prep Course, 10/17 to 11/21/2014, at NCSU University
Club, 4200 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC..
Eventbrite link: www.eventbrite.com/e/certified-quality-engineer-cqe-exam-prep-course1017-to-11212014-tickets-13241695267?aff=eorg
Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) Exam Prep Course, 10/23 to 12/2/2014, at NCSU University
Club, 4200 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC.
Eventbrite link: www.eventbrite.com/e/certified-quality-auditor-cqa-exam-prep-course-1023-to1222014-tickets-13241390355?aff=eorg
Call for Papers for the 2015 Quality in the Triangle Conference
ASQ Raleigh is pleased to announce its Call for Papers for the 2015 Quality in the Triangle Conference on May
19, 2015 at the McKimmon Center at NCSU in Raleigh. Abstracts for presentations are due on December 19,
2014 and space is available for vendors to exhibit at no charge. For further information, please review the Call
for Papers information located on the ASQ Raleigh website at http://asqraleigh.org/qit-conference-2 or contact
Mike Porter at [email protected].
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Certification Opportunities
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Apply by October 17 (late application October 22nd) for Certification exams to be held
December 6th! Exams held in December include Calibration Technician, Pharmaceutical
GMP Professional, Quality Auditor, Quality Engineer, Quality Improvement Associate,
Quality Process Analyst, Six Sigma Green Belt, and Software Quality Engineer.
Career Opportunities
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Sr. QA Auditor - Quintiles
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Quality Engineer - Greensboro, NC
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Design Assurance Quality Engineer - CS Medical, LLC - Creedmoor, NC
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Biological Quality Supervisor - Kelly Services - Rocky Mount, NC
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Associate Director, EMQO - Eisai, Inc. - RTP, NC
Placement Chair – Angie Lucas [email protected]
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ASQ Raleigh Section Newsletter
Upcoming Events/Conferences
October 21, 2014
5:30pm Tour Carolina Brewery in Pittsboro for ASQ members, optional dinner. Register
October 28, 2014
Six Sigma Special Interest Group
November 15, 2014
ASQ Food Bank Volunteer Opportunity
November 18, 2014
ASQ-Raleigh Tour
November 25, 2014
Six Sigma Special Interest Group
December 16, 2014
Dinner meeting
January 20, 2015
ASQ-Raleigh Tour
January 27, 2015
Six Sigma Special Interest Group
February 17, 2015
Dinner meeting
February 24, 2015
Six Sigma Special Interest Group
March 17, 2015
ASQ-Raleigh Tour
March 31, 2015
Six Sigma Special Interest Group
April 21, 2015
Dinner meeting
September 15, 2015
Dinner meeting
October 20, 2015
ASQ-Raleigh Tour
November 17, 2015
ASQ-Raleigh Tour
December 15, 2015
Dinner meeting
May 4-6, 2015
WQCI
May 19, 2015
QIT
Is a local company employing interesting or cutting edge technology? Are they on the front lines of
quality toolkit implementation? Send us your ideas for tours!
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Member Recertification – September 2014
Nancy R. Garcia CQE CSQE
Janette L. Noerenberg CQA CSQE
Michael W. Young CQE
Recertification tip:
Just a reminder to check your recertification due dates. Recertification applications can be submitted up to six months in
advance of the recertification due date. There is also a six month grace period for submission of recertification
applications after the recertification due date.
ASQ Dinner Meeting Cancellation Policy:
Cancellation notification must be received no later than 48 hours prior to the start of the event in order to
receive a full refund. To request a cancellation, please send an email to ASQ at [email protected]
Registration for Dinner Meeting Events after Registration is closed in Eventbrite:
To register for an event after the deadline, please send an email to ASQ at [email protected]. ASQ Raleigh
can only accept cash or checks when paying at the door. Credit or debit cards are not accepted.
DID YOU KNOW? You can manage your ASQ email preferences at http://asq.org/members/account/emailpreferences.html.
You may have a no email flag on your record, which affects all ASQ email.
A no email flag can occur if you’ve clicked on a link in an ASQ headquarter-generated message indicating you do not
wish to receive any ASQ email (rather than opt out of a specific type of email) or if there are a number of bounces or
unsuccessful email attempts to your address.
After removing the flag, you may wish to opt out of specific ASQ communication you do not wish to receive at the
page you’ll be directed to, and then add [email protected] to a safe senders list in your email account to
facilitate receipt of other ASQ email.
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2014 ASQ Raleigh Section Leadership Council
Chair
Joanne Mayo
Past Chair
Vice Chair/QMP Chair
Stephanie Ploeger
Treasurer
Joey Martin
Open
Secretary
Adam Dahlke
Arrangements
Victoria Camaione Lilli Abdullahi Joy Young
Audit
Bob Carter
Certification
Heather Payne
Communications Chair
Frank Golden Tauna Schachle Jessica Frazier Doug
McCorquodale
Communications
Newsletter Subcommittee Chair
Sandy Waddell Megan Summerlin Cynthia Stokley
Website Manager, Web page updates and website calendar
Joy Young
Eventbright and ASQ emails- Pam Schodt
Social media- Tauna Schachle
Community Good Works
Ingrid Felton
Education
Pierre Bock
Historian
Adam Dahlke
Membership
Stacey Dunlop Michael McDermott
Mentor Committee Chair
Joanne Mayo
Nominations
Jim Murrell
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Placement
Angie Lucas
Programs
Doug McCorquodale – Co-Chair Mike Porter – Co-Chair
Kimberly Washburn
Publicity
Helen Sims
Quality Conference
Recertification/Examining
Mike Porter
Stuart Walker
Six Sigma SIG
Fred Rich – Co-Chair Mark Morton - Co-Chair
Student Advisor
Jeremy Summerlin Wendy Haines
Scholarship
Wendy Haines
VOC Chair
Joey Martin
Executive Quality Round Table
Carol Poindexter Lilli Abdullahi Melissa Austin Minal Shah
Food Bank
Mary Chris Easterly Co-Chair Jim Murrell Co-Chair
Interested in joining the Raleigh Section Leadership Council? Contact Joanne Mayo [email protected] or
any of the leaders. We welcome new talent and ideas. It’s a perfect opportunity to develop leadership skills
and build relationships. Come join us.
ASQ Raleigh Section Scholarship
“Got Quality?” The ASQ Raleigh section has established a scholarship to encourage
students who seek a career that incorporates quality concepts, technology, and tools to
improve the workplace, products, and themselves. The ASQ Raleigh Section scholarship
of $500 per semester ($1000 annually) will be awarded to an eligible Raleigh section
member or an individual sponsored by an eligible Raleigh section member. Applications
are currently being accepted for the Fall 2014 – Spring 2015 semesters. The scholarship
is open to persons enrolled in either an undergraduate or graduate field of study at an
accredited university or college. The application form and the requirements for selection
are located on the Raleigh ASQ website, along with directions for submission of
completed applications. The deadline for submission is October 17, 2014 with award
notification on November 7, 2014. Please submit an electronic copy of your award
application [including transcript and letter(s) of recommendation (maximum of 3 letters)]
to Wendy Haines at [email protected] by October 10, 2014. All award
recipients will receive free admissions to all ASQ Raleigh Section Dinner Meetings for a
year. Please direct questions or concerns regarding the ASQ Raleigh Section
Scholarship to Wendy Haines- [email protected].
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ASQ Raleigh has openings on the following committees:
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Website
Social Media
Arrangements
If you are interested in any of these positions or other opportunities within
the ASQ Raleigh Leadership Council, contact Joanne Mayo @
[email protected]
Click on the orange Eventbrite link to view all the current ASQ-Raleigh live
events, and to register. It is recommended that you bookmark it in your
browser.