Announcements

More Education Courses Offered

Ed Landauer has added three more courses to his course offerings for 2010. Check the Education page for details and contact Ed Landauer at 503-869-0731 for information and registration.

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Food Quality/Safety Training Offered

Anne Ochs, the presenter at the September dinner meeting is holding 3 Food Quality/Training classes in April. Check the Education page for details.

Sponsors sought

The SLC has decided to open up sponsorship opportunities for Section activities. Companies and individuals wishing to become sponsors should contact Jim Mattocks at jim.mattocks@isovolta-or.us for more information. Note that, while we are seeking sponsors, we will not be accepting advertising for our website or newsletter.

Next Section Leadership Committee meeting

The next SLC meeting will be an on-line meeting at 5:00pm on Tuesday, March 9th. Non-SLC members wishing to attend should contact Shauna Wilson for information on how to join in.

ASQ Portland Section 0607 Events

Date Event Speaker Details Register Online
03/18/10

The Red Bead Experiment

Experience the fun and interactive red bead game to understand Deming's philosophy of variation.
Ed Landauer View Register
04/13/10

Using the Internet to Conduct ISO 9001 Audits for Dispersed

A discussion of virtual auditing to replicate the local working environment for dispersed companies. Shauna will present a host of benefits that could help these companies solve their distal communication issues.
Shauna Wilson View Register
04/23/10

ASQ-SWWA Quality Conference

This is the second annual Quality Conference presented by the SW Washington Section in Vancouver, WA. The conference theme is "Quality in an Emerging Economy".
Cost is $100 per person, or $95 if registered by March 31.
Keynote Speaker - Peter Andres, ASQ President View Register
05/18/10

Plant Tour of Coca-Cola Bottling in Wilsonville

 
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05/25/10

Do It Right the First Time: How to Improve Data Accuracy

Have you or your employees ever made a mistake processing transactions? Have you entered incorrect data, transposed numbers, left out key information, or misspelled customers’ names? Do you wish you could concentrate better on your work?

Systems approaches, such as revising forms and simplifying processes, can only do so much. They don’t eliminate human error. Evelyn Mareth, accuracy expert and author, has pioneered a unique approach to accuracy improvement by focusing on the visual and perceptual side of human error.
Evelyn Mareth View Register
 

Election of Officers for Next Year - March 18, 2010

The Section Nominating Committee has submitted the following names for the elected positions for next year:
Chair: Jim Mattocks
Secretary: Linda Pugh
Treasurer: Steven Ohm
Chair-elect: open
Any member wanting to run for one of these positions must submit a petition stating your name and the position signed by ten fellow members of the ASQ Portland Section to Kathy Harris no later than Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Other appointed positions are also open. If you want to be considered for one of those positions, contact the current Chair, Steven Ohm.

21 New Certifications - Congratulations!

On December 5th, we had 34 people take certification exams and 21 (over 60% !!) passed. Congratulations to:
Calibration Tech - Frederick Grauel, Gregory Guile, Lauri Hooks
Quality Auditor - Nathan Lewis, Scheyere Moir, Olga Panfilova, Penny Sims, Ligaya Zipagang
Quality Improvement Associate - Donna Collier, Marian Engstrom, Hillery Krebs, Scott Lawley, Kristin Mathes, Karol Schrems
Quality Process Associate - Kelly Valk
Six Sigma Green Belt - Thomas Blair, Alex Bianu, Thomas Flynn, Tho Le, James Noll
SW Quality Engineer - Randy Carpenter

Welcome new members in February, 2010

PLEASE WELCOME THESE NEW MEMBERS TO THE PORTLAND SECTION 607:
John Elliott - Real Oregon Green LLC
Dr. Adriel Garay - Oregon State University Seed Laboratory
Kris Glaser
Bob Halligan - The Willamette Valley Company
Mr. Ioan Iancu - Sandvik Medical Solutions
Ms. Daniele McCallum - Lane Education Service District
David Payne - The Standard
Mr. Leland Perry - AVI BioPharma
Ralph Pledger - Life Technologies

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