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Congratulations to the newly elected Cleveland Section Officers for the 2009-2010 term

Section Chair – Kurt Costantino
1st Vice Chair – Bill Buterbaugh
Treasurer – Chuck Beargie
Secretary – Denice Marcinko

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Upcoming Events:

Member Meetings

What/When: Technical sessions at 5:00 pm (when listed on this site), dinner at 6:00 pm, member meeting at 7:00 pm. Generally the 3rd Wednesday of each month, September through May (except December).

Where: Polaris Career Center. 7285 Old Oak Blvd, Middleburgh Heights, OH 44130 – Near Hopkins Airport. Directions: From Bagley Rd Exit on I-71, go West on Bagley Rd past Southwest General Hospital, (SGH is on south side of Bagley Rd). Go South on Old Oak Blvd (first street past SGH). Polaris is on the east side, with ample parking.

Please contact the Meeting Reservation Line at 216-556-0723 to register for dinner and / or meetings. Deadline is noon on Monday before meeting date. Member meetings take place at 7:00 pm, attendance earns 0.3 RU towards recertification.

2009-2010 Speaker schedule:

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 5pm: Tamela A. Serensits, "Introduction to Minitab, Inc., and Minitab Tips and Tricks."

Tammy Serensits is a member of the Minitab Commercial Sales Team. She is actively involved in developing new and managing existing Minitab customer relationships. Previously, Tammy worked as a Product Manager for a start-up software company, creating innovative data analysis solutions for DNA researchers and scientists. Tammy earned a BS from Penn State University and is a former US Navy Lieutenant.

A brief overview of Minitab the company - history, vision and current state. (15 min)

An overview of helpful features and functions in Minitab Statistical Software version 15 – import from Excel and ODBC databases, worksheet organization, graph editing capabilities, customization and automation.
(60min)

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 7pm: Donna Campbell , "Quality Management System for FDA’s Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA)"

Donna Campbell is a Consumer Safety Officer (Investigator) with the Food & Drug Administration. She conducts inspections in multiple FDA-regulated areas including food, drugs, biologics and bioresearch. She also performs a full range of Import work which covers all FDA commodities. She is a member of the foreign inspectional cadre. She was recently selected as the Quality Program Specialist for the Cincinnati District office.

 

February: Donna Campbell & Denice Marcinko, "The Café" (Wednesday 2/17/10)

March:  TBA (Wednesday 3/17/10)

April: Donna Campbell (Wednesday 4/21/10)

May: Apryl Lytle (Wednesday 5/19/10)

Technical Sessions

These generally take place from 5:00 – 6:00 PM, and attendance earns 0.3 RU towards recertification.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010: No Technical Meeting (5pm speaker listed above)

Possible future TP sessions (we need your suggestions and feedback as we plan ahead): 
*Some examples of logical expressions in Excel.*
*Hypothesis testing in Excel.*
*Excel Database functions*. 
*ANOVA using Excel.*
*Some applications of Excel VBA .*
*Comparisons between Excel and Open Office.*

Please contact Dave Brown, DBrownBear@aol.com, 330-425-4250 x120, with topic suggestions or offers to present. Thanks.  

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