June 2012 Editor: Allen Grizzard-Paul asq0709@gmail.com
Ok we are rapidly coming to the close of our
2011/2012 ASQ year, with the last meeting /social event coming up on the Saturday 16 th June. This also means this will be the last newsletter for a couple of month. Yah!! We are dark during July and August, so that we can all enjoy the summer and the new leadership team can start planning for next year. By the way it is not too late to volunteer for this team as we still have some positions open. I would be delighted if you would like to earn some extra RU’s and give a little of your time in helping our section be successful. Drop me an email allen@aerotronics.net
if you are interested.
When: Saturday, June 16, 2012, 10:00 a.m.
Place: The Santa Barbara Botanical Garden, located at 1212 Mission Canyon Road in Santa
Barbara
Topic : “T he preservation of our natural world” .
Presented by: This will be a docent lead tour.
Cost: Garden tour and meal $20 for adults and
$10 for children below 12 year of age, to be collected at the event.
Unlike our typical section meeting, this month's meeting will be held on Saturday, June 16 at
10AM and open to both section members and their guests. June will allow us to view another aspect of quality...the preservation of our natural world.
The docent led tour will explain to us the history of the garden and how it is currently preserved today. After enjoying a 1 - 1 1/2 tour, we enjoy the rest of the day with a bbq picnic (i.e. tri tip/chicken and the fixings) at the garden.
Please RSVP to asq0709@gmail.org no later than Monday 11 June 2012. Thank you!
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Here is another opportunity for us to reach out into our community by volunteering to assist in a program that encourages the youth to get interested and, hopefully stay interested, in a technical career.
I met Dr. Jerry Clifford at the National Engineering
Week Banquette where I had the honor of presenting him with an award for his outstanding work in encouraging High School Student to become interested in engineering.
Engineering Innovation (EI) Lite is a pre-college program for underserved and underrepresented students based on the very successful Engineering
Innovation program developed by Johns Hopkins
University School of Engineering. It has been designed to challenge students who may not have the academic background or experience that would prepare them for the college-level EI program.
Dr. Clifford currently teaches physics and astronomy at California State University Channel Island, and he has introduced the EI Lite program to meet the specific needs of the Hueneme High Schools
Engineering Pathways program.
If you are interested in helping out with this summer program by introducing these students to quality tools that may encourage them to seek a career in the
Quality Field, then let me know and I can send you more information about this program.
Please take a look at the list below and see if you would be willing to help out by filling some of the open positions.
Here is a list of our Leadership Team for 2012/2013.
Chair – Allen Grizzard-Paul
Secretary – Cecily Hintzen
Treasurer – Tom Myers
Vice Chair/SMP – James Schwartz
Membership Chair – Chritine Nolte
Examining Chair – Diane Mussmacher
Nominating Chair – Allen Grizzard-Paul
Auditing Chair - Richard Ramsey
Historian – Cecily Hintzen
Placement Chair – Orson Green
Recertification Chair – Hal Campbell
Internet Liaison – Allen Grizzard-Paul
Voice of the Customer – Atri Shukla
Newsletter – Allen Grizzard-Paul
Education Chair - Open
Certification Chair – Open
Arrangement Chair – Open
If anyone wants to know more about any of these position, please let me know and I will send you a description of tasks to be carried out with an estimate of time commitments.
If you are interested in joining our team or helping in any way please contact me Allen
Grizzard-Paul at allen@aerotronics.net
or asq0709@gmail.com
Final Reminder for 2012 Region 7 Leadership
Training
When: Saturday, June 23, 2012
9:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Where: Palm Springs Hilton, 400 East Tahquitz
Canyon Way, Palm Springs. 92263
Phone (760) 320-6868 Toll-free 800-522-6900 www.palmsprings.hilton.com
Who Should Attend: Anyone who will be taking a
Member Leader Position in our Section?
Cost: Registration Fee $80 – This will be covered by our Section.
Our section has a limited budget to cover some of the travel or accommodation expenses. The amount of reimbursement will depend on the number of people attending.
Sessions: The morning sessions will cover training for Chair/Vice Chair, Treasurer/Auditing,
QPM/SOA, Secretary, Membership, Programs,
Education, and Newsletter.
In the afternoon there will be a Quality Café with subject TBD.
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If anyone is interested in attending, please email
Mariel asq0709@gmail.com
and she will be able to keep you updated as we get more information from the Region.
When : September 12-14, 2012
Where : Arvada Center of performing Arts
6901 S. Wadsworth,
Denver, Colorado
Sponsored by ASQ Section 1300 asqdenver.org
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When : Saturday, November 3, 2012
Where : Kellogg West Conference Center/Hotel
3801 W. Temple Ave., Bldg. 76
Pomona, CA 91768
Topics : Career Development
Risk Management
Supplier Management
Lean Six Sigma
Quality Tools
Early Bird pricing before August 3 is $75 for ASQ
Members and $85 Non-Members
Pre-conference Workshop available on Friday,
November 2.
Here is the final section of our business plan with some suggestions of how you can help and how you have helped our section meet its goals.
Objective
People:
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Increase Member Leader satisfaction
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Increase Member satisfaction
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Increase number of Member Leaders participating in
Section Activities
What is our activity plan to achieve this?
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Ensure board members are informed of the Leadership techniques provided by the Region
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Actively work with new members to fill Member
Leadership Positions How can you help?
Results:
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We did have 4 members attend last years Leadership
Training.
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Thanks to your support we filled 90% of the Leadership
Positions and as the results show, we once again had a very successful year.
Upcoming Exam Date: October 6, 2012
Application Deadline: August 17, 2012
 Biomedical Auditor
 HACCP Auditor
 Manager of Quality/Organizational
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Excellence
 Quality Inspector
 Quality Technician
Reliability Engineer
 Six Sigma Black Belt
Here are the current classes being offered by
San Fernando Valley Section 706:

ASQ Certification Refresher class Six Sigma
Black Belt

Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics –
This is not a refresher but a basic Prob & Stats
If you are interested in taking one of these classes, contact:
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Carole Elm, ASQ CQE
10-12 ASQSFV Education/Cert Chairs
818-586-7120 www.asqsfv.org
I have just checked with CMCSEARCH and to the best of his knowledge this position is still open.
A position has opened up in Ventura for a
Quality Assurance Manager. The person must have a background in RF/Microwave products and have experience with ISO9001 and AS 9100.
For this position the person will spend approximately 80% of their time hands-on
Quality Engineering and the other 20% of their time managing a small group. If you are interested or know someone who would be a good fit for this position please contact Dave
Landsman, Career Management Consultant (805)
526-2333 CMCSEARCH@aol.com
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This one is also confirmed as still being open .
C&D Zodiac, a Worldwide Leader in Aerospace
Manufacturing is looking for a Quality Engineer to join our team! We are a leading manufacturer of integrated interior systems for aircraft. We currently have over 5,000 Employees worldwide and are looking for an energetic addition to our team!
Responsibilities of a Quality Engineer include:
Creates, implements and evaluates Aerospace quality assurance process sampling systems, procedures, and statistical techniques.
Specifies inspection and testing methods and equipment.
Analyzes production and service limitations and standards.
Recommends revision of specifications.
Formulates and helps develop quality assurance policies and procedures.
Conduct training on quality assurances concepts and tools.
Monitor and assist in First Article Inspection (FAI) processes.
Drive improvement of the quality process using data collected from operations and customers and applying problem solving techniques.
Interested Applicants please submit resumes complete with salary requirements to: smcareers@zodiacaerospace.com
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