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FY 2009/2010

FY 2009/10 Section 1414 Meetings and Events

 

 

December 9, 2009

Holiday Dinner Meeting

This year's Holiday dinner meeting was at Marie Callender's. ASQ members and guests attended to this great event. A fire place, a Christmas tree, wonderful food, and the door prices made this dinner a great event to share with friends and piers. Thank you to all the ones that made this another successful event. Click thumbnail for larger view of photo.

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November 11, 2009

Regular Meeting: Quality and Regulatory Environment in Medical Device Industry

 

Evangeline Loh, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Emergo Group, a consulting firm with international offices, delivered the presentation “Quality and Regulatory Environment in Medical Device Industry” This presentation introduced the attendants to the regulations affecting medical devices in different countries. Evangeline was very engaging and knowledgeable. Thanks to Evangeline for such a good presentation and sharing her material with us.

For a  copy of the presentation used by Angeline, please click here.

Below you will find some pictures of the latest section monthly meeting. Click thumbnail for larger view of photo.

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Speaker's Presentation

First slide of the “Global and Regulatory Environment in Medical Device Industry” presentation

 

November 14, 2009

Training Event: A Lean Tool-Kit for Project Leaders

On November 14 ASQ Austin conducted a workshop introducing concepts on how to apply lean tools to project management. Adil Dalal was the instructor. This seminar is part of the 3-part FY 2009/2010 scheduled educational events. Attendants with different Quality professional backgrounds said that the content was very interesting and relevant for their job related engagements. Much appreciation to Adil for developing and sharing this presentation with ASQ Austin.

Below you will find some pictures of this training event. Click thumbnail for larger view of photo.

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Attendants at the Training Event

The training event had 27 people in attendance and was well received

 

FY 2009/10 Section 1414 Message from the Chair

07-01-09, Chair Message

03-01-10, Chair Message

 

FY 2009/10 Section 1414 Newsletters

Check the Section Information page for the current newsletter

FY 2009/10 Section 1414 Meetings and Events

Date 

Speaker / Host 

Topic

Wed, September 9, 2009 Adil Dalal
Pinnacle Process Solutions, Intl
Got Lean? Critical Lean Tools for
Surviving and Thriving in Current Economic Crisis

Wed, October 14, 2009

Perry Duke
Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Plant Tour
Agilent Map

Wed, November 11, 2009

Evangeline Loh
Emergo Group

Quality & Regulatory Environment in Medical Device Industry 

Wed, December 09, 2009

N/A

Holiday Dinner Meeting 

Wed, January 13, 2010

Tony Perez
UTCPE

Performance Excellence (UTCPE Examiner Training) 

Wed, February 10, 2010

David Ciambrone 

The Effective Transition from Design to Manufacturing 

Wed, March 10, 2010

Jeff Salisbury
Flextronics

Flextronics Plant Tour
Flextronics Map

Wed, April 14, 2010

Skip Weed
Dell, Inc.

Monte Carlo Analysis Demo 

Wed, May 12, 2010

N/A

Awards Dinner Meeting 

FY 2008/2009

FY 2008/09 Section 1414 Meetings and Events

Gallery of Photos From County Line Awards Dinner

County Line Awards Dinner - May 16, 2009

Photos from DJO Surgical Plant Tour

DJO Surgical - ASQ Austin April 9th Meeting

Annual Education Event - Excel 2003/2007 by Calvin LeBlanc - March 28, 2009

TECO-Westinghouse Plant Tour

Photos from TECO-Westinghouse Tour

Scott Killen Presentation - Agile's Antecedents - Feb 12, 2009

Scott Killen Biography

Forrest Breyfogle Presentation Jan 8, 2009

Regular Meeting - 08 January 2009

Dinner Meeting - 11 December 2008

November 13 Mtg - Excel 2003-2007 Efficiency Features

November 13 Mtg - Excel_2003_Demo

November 13 Mtg - Excel_2007_Demo

November 13 Mtg - Excel ribbon mapping workbook2

Presentation - 13 November 2008

Calvin LeBlanc Biography

  

Special ASA/ASQ Meeting - 20 October 2008

Presentation - 20 October 2008

  

Regular Meeting - 09 October 2008

Presentation - 09 October 2008

Matthew Mireles' Biography - 09 October 2008

Regular Meeting - 11 September 2008

Presentation1 - 11 September 2008

Presentation2 - 11 September 2008

Presentation3 - 11 September 2008

FY 2008/09 Section 1414 Message from the Chair

From the Chair FY 2008-09

  FY 2008/09 Section 1414 Newsletters

March Newsletter

December Newsletter

September Newsletter

FY 2008/09 Section 1414 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

June 2008 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2008-06-04

July 2008 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2008-07-02

August 2008 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2008-08-06

September 2008 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2008-09-03

October 2008 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2008-10-01

December 2008 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2008-12-03

January 2009 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2009-01-07

    Business Plan - 01-07-09 2008-09 ASQ Section 1414 business plan

February 2009 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2009-02-04

    Business Plan - 02-04-09 2008-09 ASQ Section 1414 business plan

March 2009 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2009-03-04

Attachment 1 - Draft of Community Good Works

Attachment 2 - ASQ Section 1414 Business Plan 2009-03-04

Attachment 3 - Section 1414 Check Register 2009-03-04

April 2009 - Section 1414_Minutes_LC_2009-04-06

Attachment 1 - ASQ Section 1414 business plan 4-6-2009

Attachment 2 - 04-01-09 FY 2009-2010 Elected Officers - Committee Chairs

May 2009 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2009-05-06

Attachment 1 - 05-06-09 - 2008-09 ASQ Section 1414 business plan

Attachment 2 - 05-06-09 - FY 2009-2010 ElectedOfficers-CommitteeChairs

ASQ 1414 Internet Liaison Passdown: Internet Liaison Passdown by Jon Fitch 5-10-09

ASQ 1414 Arrangements Chairperson Passdown: Arrangements Chair Passdown by Jon Fitch & Wayne Drews 5-16-09

FY 2008/09 Section 1414 Meetings and Events

Date

Speaker

Topic

September

11

Todd James

LinkedIn - Beyond the Basics

October

9

Matthew Mireles, PhD, MPH

The U.S. Healthcare System: Are We Near Breaking Point?

October 20th*

(Monday) 5:45 p.m.

Dr Joseph Voelkel

The Comparison of Two Measurement Devices (utilizes statistical method of Maximum Likelihood)

November

13
Calvin LeBlanc

Excel 2003/2007 Practical Guide for Busy Professionals

December

11

N/A

Holiday Dinner Meeting - County Line on the Hill

January

8

Forrest Breyfogle

A Business Governance System that Blends

Scorecards, Strategic Planning, and Business Improvement

February

12
Scott Killen

Agile's Antecedents

March

12

Host - Lana DeLeon

Plant Tour of TECO Westinghouse

March 28
Calvin LeBlanc

Annual Education Event - Excel 2003/2007 Skills Development

April

9

Host - Dean Moses

DJO Surgical Plant Tour

May 16

(Saturday Evening)

N/A

Year End Awards Dinner - County Line on the Lake

* Joint meeting with the Austin Chapter of the ASA (American Statistical Association). 

 

FY 2007/2008

FY 2007/08 Section 1414 Meetings & Events

Articles are in MS Word Format with Presentations in MS PowerPoint Format

Dinner Meeting - May 2008

Brainstorm List of Potential Monthly Meeting Topics from May 2008 Dinner Meeting

Regular Meeting - April 2008

Presentation - April 2008

Regular Meeting - March 2008

Presentation - March 2008

Regular Meeting - February 2008

Presentation - February 2008

AmCon Show - February 2008

Regular Meeting - January 2008

Dinner Meeting - December 2007

Regular Meeting - November 2007

Presentation - November 2007

Worksheets - November 2007

Regular Meeting - October 2007

Regular Meeting - September 2007

Presentation - September 2007

2007 Region 14 Leadership Conference

FY 2007/08 Section 1414 Meetings and Events

Date

Speaker/

Instructor

Topic

September

13

Bill

Sampson

Regular Meeting

"Implementing Lean using Kaizen Methodology"

October

11

Ben

Northrup

Regular Meeting

"Portable Dimensional Measurement and Laser Scanning Technologies Versatile Applications"

November

8

Lloyd

Provost

Regular Meeting

"Deming Red Bead Experiment"

December

13

N/A

Holiday Dinner Meeting

Tien Hong

8301 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX

www.tienhong.net

January

10

Forrest

Breyfogle

Regular Meeting

"Why Go Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard?"

February

13

Jon

Fitch

Regular Meeting

"Maximizing Customer Value Through Advanced

Testing and Design for Reliability Methods"

Dell PS3 Building

March

13

Wayne

Drews

Regular Meeting

"An Overview of Clustering and Multidimensional Scaling"

April

5 & 12

Phil Flories & Aura Stewart

Education Event

"PDCA - Positive Delightful Complete Audits"

City of Round Rock - Baca Center

April

10

Dan

Kolar

Regular Meeting

"When You Include Their Demographics in Your Design,

        You Will Have a Satisfied Customer"

April

19 & 26

Rai

Chowdhary

Education Event

"Business Finance for Professionals"

City of Round Rock - Baca Center

May

7
N/A

Year End Awards Dinner Meeting

County Line (On the Hill)
Bee Cave Road just past 360
http://www.countyline.com/

FY 2007/08 Section 1414 Newsletters

Newsletters are in MS Word Format

Spring Newsletter - March 2008

Winter Newsletter - December 2007

Fall Newsletter - September 2007

  FY 2007/08 Section 1414 Message from the Chair

Frank Leonardi - Message from the Chair

 

FY 2007/08 Section 1414 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

August 2007 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2007-08-23

September 2007 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2007-09-27

October 2007 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2007-10-18

November 2007 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2007-11-14

December 2007 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2007-12-20

January 2008 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2008-01-24

February 2008 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2008-02-21

March 2008 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2008-03-19

April 2008 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2008-04-23

May 2008 - No Executive Committee Meeting was held

 

FY 2006/2007


 FY 2006/07 Section 1414 News

Articles are in MS Word Format with Presentations in MS PowerPoint Format

SMP-Section Management Process 2007-03

Section Newsletters 2007-04

Section Election Process 2007-04

Member Unit Training Offerings 2007-04

Member Leader Resources

Each One Reach One 2007-04

Branding Update 2007-08

Business Plan PDCA - 2007-04

Leadership for Success - 2007-07

2007 Region 14 Leadership Conference

May 2007 Article

April 2007 Article

April 2007 Presentation

March 2007 Article

March 2007 Presentation

February 2007 Article

February 2007 Presentation

January 2007 Article

January 2007 Presentation

December 2006 Dinner Meeting Web Site Notice

November 2006 Article

October 2006 Article

September 2006 Article

September 2006 Presentation

 

FY 2006/07 Section 1414 Meetings and Events

Meeting

Date

Main

Speaker

Main Meeting

Topic

September

14

Mike Harkins Scott Berman

The New Tools of Quality using Excel

October

12

Dr. Richard Grant
Quality Teams - The Impact of Personal Dynamics

November

9

William

Grundstrom

Create an Environment for Sustainable

Performance Improvement in Your Organization

December

14

N/A

Christmas Dinner Meeting

Tien Hong

8301 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX

www.tienhong.net

January

11

Paul Hancock Betsy Neidel

Six Sigma Applications in Services Process Re-engineering:

A Case Study

February

8

Pat

Nahas

Measurements & Measurement Systems

March

8

Donald McLachlan
Conflict Resolution for Teams

April

12

Mary McDonald

Root Cause Analysis – Getting Started

April

14, 21, 28

Rai

Chowdhary

Spring 2007 Education Event

Team 2000

www.hownwhy.com

May

10

N/A

Year End Awards Dinner Meeting

County Line (On the Hill)
Bee Cave Road just past 360
(512) 327-1742

http://www.countyline.com/

July

13, 14

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Region 14 Leadership Conference

Austin Community College HBC

http://www.austincc.edu/locations/hbc.php

 

FY 2006/07 Section 1414 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

May 2007 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2007-05-17

April 2007 -  Section1414_Minutes_LC_2007-04-19

March 2007 -  Section1414_Minutes_LC_2007-03-15

February 2007 -  Section1414_Minutes_LC_2007-02-15

January 2007 -  Section1414_Minutes_LC_2007-01-18

December 2006 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2006-12-21

November 2006 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2006-11-15

October 2006 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2006-10-24

September 2006 - Section1414_Minutes_LC_2006-09-21

August 2006 - Section1414_Minutes_Exec_2006-08-17

July 2006 - Section1414_Minutes_Exec_2006-07-13

June 2006 - Section1414_Minutes_Exec_2006-06-04

   

FY 2005/2006

FY 2005/06 Section 1414 News

Articles are in MS Word Format with Presentations in MS PowerPoint Format

Dinner Meeting - May 2006

Regular Meeting - April 2006

Presentation - April 2006

Regular Meeting - March 2006

Presentation - March 2006

Regular Meeting - February 2006

Regular Meeting - January 2006

Dinner Meeting - December 2005

Regular Meeting - November 2005

Regular Meeting - October 2005

Presentation #1 - October 2005

Presentation #2 - October 2005

Regular Meeting - September 2005

In Memory of Carroll Morrison - September 2005

Region 14 Leadership Conf, July 2005

 

FY 2005/06 Section 1414 Meetings and Events

Meeting

Date

Main

Speaker

Main Meeting

Topic

September 8 Forrest Breyfogle

Beyond Lean Six Sigma

and the Balanced Scorecard

October 13 Pat Nahas with Gail Bickling

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 2005, and the UTCPE

November 10

Mike Harkins

Six Sigma, Shainin, and Snake Oil or 

How Quality Got a Bad Name

December 8 N/A

Holiday Dinner Meeting

(Old San Francisco Steak House)

January 12

Mary McDonald

Discovering the Hidden Gems in your Process

February 9

Walid Ballouli & Doug Andrews

 Zero Defects

A Focus on Quality, Growth, and Profit

March 9

Kristin Case

ASQ Region 14 Director

What's New at ASQ

April 13

Nobuo Suga 

The Future and Fate of The Inch System

A Struggle to Survive

(Dixie Tool Crib)

Dixie Tool Crib, Inc.

May 11

N/A

Awards Dinner Meeting

(County Line on the Hill)

The County Line BBQ

 

FY 2005/2006 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

April 2006 - Section1414_Minutes_Exec_2006-04-27

March 2006 - Section1414_Minutes_Exec_2006-03-16

February 2006 - Section1414_Minutes_Exec_2006-02-16

January 2006 - Section1414_Minutes_Exec_2006-01-19

May - no meeting held

   

FY 2004/2005


FY 2004/05 Section 1414 News

Articles are in MS Word Format with Presentations in MS PowerPoint Format

Dinner Meeting - May 12, 2005

Panel Discussion - April 14, 2005

Regular Meeting - March 10, 2005 

 ASQ Overview - March 10, 2005

  Software Risk - March 10, 2005

 Regular Meeting - February 10, 2005

Elevator Speech - February 10, 2005 

Regular Meeting - January 13, 2005

Presentation - January 13, 2005

Dinner Meeting - December 9, 2004

MTAPP Presentation - December 9, 2004

Regular Meeting - November 11, 2004

Regular Meeting - October 14, 2004

Six Sigma Project using Lean, Oct. 2004

DOE using JMP - October 2004

Regular Meeting - September 9, 2004

Unblocking Your Creativity Outline - Sept 2004

ACC Service Award - August 10, 2004

 Region 14 Leadership Conference - July 17, 2004

 

FY 2004-2005 Section 1414 Meetings and Events

Meeting

Date

Pre-Meeting Speaker

Pre-Meeting

Topic

September 9 N/A N/A
October 14 Reza Ziai Six Sigma Project
November 11 Doug Menke Weibull Analysis
December 9 N/A N/A
January 13
Rai Chowdhary
Review of the 7 Quality Tools
February 10
Barbara Metzger
Networking
March 10
N/A

N/A

April 14
Rai Chowdhary
Six Sigma & Lean Manufacturing
May 12
N/A
N/A

 

Meeting

Date

Main

Speaker

Main Meeting

Topic

September 9

Phil Flories

Unblocking Your Creativity

October 14

Dr. Mike Pore,

  Fred Norton

Design of Experiments Practical Application and JMP Software Demo

November 11

Dr. Keith Forbes

Quality and Reliability - How are they related?

 

December 9

David Jackson

MTAPP Air Force Supplier Development Program

Holiday Dinner Meeting

January 13
Dr. Sam Holland
Implementing Traditional Quality Tools in a Service Environment
February 10
Julianna Harris
Job Seeking Skills
March 10
Dr. Don Shafer

Software Quality

April 14
TBD
Six Sigma Panel Discussion
May 12
N/A
Year End Dinner Meeting - Awards Presentations

 

FY 2003/2004

FY 2003/04 Section 1414 News

Articles are in MS Word Format with Presentations in MS PowerPoint Format

May 2004 Dinner Meeting 

 May 2004 Educational Event

Six Sigma Sessions #1 & #2 - May 2004

FMEA Session #3 - May 2004

SPC Session #4 - May 2004

April 2004 Meeting

     Presentation from April Meeting

April 2004 Golf Tournament

March 2004 Meeting

Presentation from March Meeting

February 2004 Meeting

Presentation from February Meeting

January 2004 Meeting

  Presentation from January Meeting

   December 2003 Dinner Meeting

  November 2003 Meeting

Presentation from November Meeting

Presentation from November Meeting

October 2003 Meeting

Handout from October Meeting

September 2003 Meeting

 

FY 2003-2004 Section 1414 Meetings and Events

Meeting

Date

Main

Speaker

Main Meeting

Topic

September 11 Mac McGuire

UTCPE - Excellence: What is it and can ASQ get involved?

October 9 Judith Sanders

Developing People Skills

November 13

Paul Tobias

Roadmap and Tools for Assessing Reliability

December 11 Kandi Gongora

Park Place lexus winner of 2003 Quality Texas Award for Performance

January 8

Mike Romanies

How to Survive a Business Startup

February 12

Mike Morton

Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and Regulations

on Medical Devices

March 11

Bill Thomas

Achieving New Heights in Customer-Supplier Relationships

April 8

Doug Frank 

Process Validation for Bio-Tech Industry

May 13

N/A

Awards Dinner Meeting

 

FY 2002/2003

FY 2002/03 Section 1414 News

Articles are in MS Word Format with Presentations in MS PowerPoint Format

ASQ May 2003 Dinner

April 2003 Meeting.

March 2003 Meeting

 February 2003 Meeting

January 2003 Meeting

December 2002 Dinner Meeting

November 2002 Meeting

October 2002 Meeting

September 2002 Meeting

ASQ Booth at Dell Education Day

Region 14 Leadership Conference, July 19 and 20, 2002

Installation of FY2002-03 Officers for Section 1414

FY 2001/2002

FY 2001/02 Section 1414 News

Articles are in MS Word Format with Presentations in MS PowerPoint Format

American Society for Quality (ASQ) Awards Sulzer Carbomedics Facilities Personnel for their Contributions

American Society for Quality (ASQ) Awards Sulzer Carbomedics for its Contributions to the Society

 May 2002 Meeting

Carroll Morrison receives the 2002 Section 1414 Volunteer Excellence Award