American Society for Quality Vancouver Section 408

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American Society for QualityVancouver Section 408

• Annual General Meeting
• April 7th , 2005

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Agenda

• Acceptance of Agenda
• Acceptance of Minutes from 2004 AGM
• Thanks to Our Sponsors
• Thanks to Our Members
• ASQs Vision, Role Long Term Objectives
• Section Highlights
• Presentation of Committee Reports
• Election
• Introduction of 2005-2006 Executives
• Introduction of 2005-2006 Committee chairs and
  members
• Thank you
• Adjournment

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Thanks to Our Sponsors

• Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
• British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
• Helix Consulting Group

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Thanks to Our Members

• For more than a half century, the ASQ has been
  home to quality professionals in the world. A
  strong foundation built upon our members
  collective knowledge has allowed ASQ to survive
  and thrive.
• From certification to professional development,
  networking to knowledge sharing, ASQ is
  considered the worlds leading source of quality
  information and expertise.
• And while our history provides our foundation,
  its the members that define who we are and who
  we will become for the next 50 years, and beyond.
  
• Thank you very much for all your support.

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ASQs Vision

• By making quality a global priority, an
  organizational imperative, and a personal ethic,
  the American Society for Quality becomes the
  community for everyone who seeks quality
  technology, concepts, or tools to improve
  themselves and their world.

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ASQs Role Long Term Objectives

• To be stewards of the quality movement by
  providing increased society value from ASQ
  activities
• To be stewards of the quality profession by
  providing member (customer) value

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Vancouver Section Highlights- Progress since July
2004

• Enhanced website Quality Practitioner Community
  Forum will be launched soon.
• New energetic committee members joined (Amelia,
  Richard, Jennifer, Ferdie and Cherry)
• BCIT Scholarship
• On-line Newsletters.
• Face of Quality starting on the Newsletter
• Continuing to measure program meeting
  memberships satisfaction
• Member Retention Survey conducted by the
  membership committee.
• Welcome packages for new members with free coupon
  for the program meeting
• Improved success rate for recertifications
  achievements
• On going successful Six Sigma Special Interest
  Group
• Promoting Each One Reach One Program

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Treasurers Report

• Balance Sheet
• June 2004 April 2005
• Bank a/c 11,630.32 9,386.47
• Receivables 3,433.50 3,433.50
• Payables 3,005.10 310.00
• Total Assets 12,058.72 12,509.90

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Program

• Creates a schedule of programs and quality
  clinics
• Arranges for speakers on the desired topics
• Confirms location and refreshments.
• We had joint event with APICS in late September
  2004, Plant tour in October.

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Membership

• Handles inquiries from potential members
• Obtains member feedback
• Welcomes new members to our section
• Surveys membership satisfaction level
• Promoting Each one Reach one program

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Newsletter

• Ensure that Section members receive an
  informative newsletter on a consistent and timely
  basis.
• Oversees and coordinate the Design and Layout of
  each newsletter issue.
• We are introducing on-line only newsletter
  starting April 2005.

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Publicity

• Publicizes Section meetings and programs to the
  membership and community in a timely manner and
  prepares related media releases.
• Establishes and/or enhances links between ASQ and
  parallel organizations committed to quality.
• Establishes ASQ as a means to access and actively
  participates in the hidden job market

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Sponsorship

• Obtains sponsors for monthly meetings and
  newsletters

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Education

• Markets certification courses and offer refresher
  courses
• Promotes and leads study groups
• This Year we offered 1 day CQE/Six Sigma
  Statistics refresher course with six
  participants.
•  A Special Interest Group for Six Sigma began
  last year, headed by Jon Morris and Vladimir
  Kajdan. It meets once a month and covers exam
  preparation and advanced topics.

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Certification

• Administers and proctor certification exams 4
  times a year
• In conjunction with Education chair, plans and
  delivers refresher courses for the exams
• Advise/supports members on the certification
  process/preparation for the exams

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Certification Exams - Data

• This year (from 06/2004 to 03/2005) 41
  candidates wrote the various exams and the
  successful certification results are
• CQA - 8 CQE - 4
• CRE - 1 CSQE - 4
• CQT - 2 HACCP - 3
• CCT - 1 CQA (Bio-Med) - 1
• TOTAL 24 out of 41

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Recertification

• Summary
• AGM 2005 AGM 2004
• 88 MEMBERS INVOLVED, WITH 79 MEMBERS INVOLVED,
  WITH
• A TOTAL OF 118 CERTIFICATIONS A TOTAL OF 111
  CERTIFICATIONS
• WHICH REQUIRE RECERTIFICATION. WHICH REQUIRE
  RECERTIFICATION.
• Certifications
• CQE 49 CQE 49
• CQA 29 CQA 25 CQM 10 CQM 12 CRE
  8 CRE 7 CSQE 9 CSQE 8 CSSBB
  9 CSSBB 9 CHACCP 3 CHACCP
  1 CQA-BIOMED 1
• TOTAL 118 TOTAL
  111
• Note These totals do not include the following
  certifications for which Recertification is not
  required.
• Certified Quality Technician
• Certified Mechanical Inspector
• Certified Quality Improvement Associate
• However, the new Certified Calibration
  Technician, CCT, certification will require
  Recertification.

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Recertification

• Success Rate (end of grace period)
• Recertification Success Rate (by the end of the
  grace period)
• Grace period ended Dec 03 June 04 Dec 04
• Expiry Dates June 03 Dec 03 June 04
• No. of Candidates 12 12 13
• Recertified 9 9 10
• Rate 75 75 77

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Database
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Database
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Database
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Database
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Registration

• Arranges preparation pick-up of name tags
• Registers meeting attendees
• Balances registration fees
• Meets and greets members and guests

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Website

• Develops and maintains a continuous reliable
  source for Section/Division/Interest Group events
  and other pertinent information relating to
  quality and information via the Internet.
• Web Forum is soon to come.

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ASQ.BC.CA website Statistics
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Website Statistics March Overview
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May Website statistics - Referrers
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March Website statistics Hourly usage
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Election

• Nominees for the Executives
• for July 2005 to Jun 2007
• Chair Kay Kobayashi
• Vice Chair Dieter Thies
• Secretary Cherry Trinidad

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2005 - 2006 Executive

• Treasurer Vladimir Kajdan

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2005 2006 Committee Chairs and members

• Program Richard Vurdula, Jennifer Del Rosario
• Membership Zhenqi Liu, Willa Choy
• Newsletter Tariq J. Malik
• Publicity Heather Delgatty, Ferdie Dupa
• Sponsorship Amelia Trinidad, Karen Delaney
• Education Don Mallory
• Certification Venugopal Ganesan
• Re-Certification
• and Examining John Lloyd
• Database Vitorio Stana
• Registration Walter Wardrop
• Website Mark Silvester
• Auditing Vacant

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Thank You!

• We welcome your suggestions to enhance our member
  satisfaction.
• Please feel free to forward your suggestions to
  executives or committee members.