What is ASQ?                  Click here to    JOIN    
ASQ NATIONAL CURRENT EVENTS


       

10/01/08 North Jersey Section 0304
Executive
Board Meeting Minutes


ASQ-NJ Section Executive Committee Officers
Attendance
(Use "X" to indicate present)

Chairman    - Wayne A. Merrifield -
Chair Elect  -
Sandy Cifrodelli -
Treasurer    - Sue Serradilla-Smarth
-
Secretary
   -
Stephen W. Becker - X

ASQ-NJ Section Executive Committee Members/Guests

Name/Responsibility Name/Responsibility
Ed Barabas -                       Gertrude Martin - X      
Joseph Kenol -      Bob Pennella -              
Elijah Iman - Carl Perini - X
Ed May - Russ Nichols -
Michael Parrillo - X  Joel Schwartzman -
Jorge Rosas - Hank Nanke -
Matt Benning -  Jim George -  
Dave Levy - ASQ Regional Director - Sandy Liebesman -
Paul Nair -  Lucy Kahn - X
Vasant Shah -  Fred Denude - X
Frank Corcoran- X Van Stogner - X

Agenda Item

Time Speaker Notes/Topics
Call to Order/Roll Call 18:45 Lucy Kahn Lucy called the meeting to order. Wayne could not attend.
Minutes - Last Month
N/A

Not commented on.

Chair Report   Lucy Kahn

Lucy will ask Wayne to send out an updated roster that includes all EB members contact information.

Treasurer Report  

Sue Serradilla-Smarth

No report.
Education   C. Perini

Summer session is over, Fall begins next week.

Recertification   Hank Nanke

No report.

ASQ Exams   Paul Nair

Upcoming Exams are October 18, 2008

Placement   Ralph Hiltebrand No report.
Section Audit   Joel Schwartzman No report.
Section Management Program   Lucy Kahn

Business plan for 2008-2009 submitted in September with the Section budget plan for 2008-2009.

Membership   Stephen Becker

Several items to review and analyze. Becker to obtain membership graphs from ASQ HQ.

Lucy will email welcome letter and coupon to Becker.

Becker contacted Karen Vernon. Last welcome letter was sent in March 2008.

Scholarship   Ed May No report.
Member Survey   Stephen Becker No report.
Programs   Joseph Kenol General Electric Plant Tour is on! Flyer distributed. Limited to first 20 respondents. ASQ 304 will cover cost of $17 each.

November speaker identified. Details to be worked out.

Arrangements   Gertrude Martin

Since the GE plant tour is this month's meeting and dinner at La Quinta will not be required, Gertrude will see what La Quinta's policy is. Perhaps we can get a credit.

Spring Conference   Lucy Kahn SQC meeting was held immediately after this EB meeting. The possibility exists for us to have the Director of NASA be the keynote speaker!! Lucy coordinating. Publicity was discussed as well as possibly creating a budget line item for marketing to other organizations members such as IEEE, SRE, APICS etc. Lucy will send Gertrude the registration flyer. After is it update it will be posted on the SQC website. We are hoping for early registrations.
NEQC   S. Liebesman

Reminder of the 57th NEQC Conference, CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF SERVICE, 5 days; Oct 13-17, 2008; Conference dates are Oct 14-15, 2008; Seminars on Oct 13, Oct 16-17; 2008. I am presenting the paper "Risk Management: Essential in Today's Global Economy." On Tuesday, October 14.
Information on the conference can be downloaded from://www.neqc.org//conference/57/. I will report back about the conference at the next executive board meeting.

Publicity   Carl Perini

No report.

Awards   Russell Nichols Website updated with latest information.
Archives   Mike Parrillo No report.
Website   Stephen Becker The website was unavailable for a short time due to a problem at the ISP. Website is now working fine.

 

Old Business Status
None discussed.
 
New Business Status


 

Additional Information: Kim Thompson (Maiden name - Olson) at ASQ HQ is an excellent contact if help is needed.

 
Meeting Adjourned: Adjourned 7:20


Respectfully submitted,
Stephen W. Becker
ASQ-NJ, Secretary



@ 2002 - 2012 ASQ