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Attention Section 800 Members

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS:

Only 3 weeks remain until the application deadline. Past recipients of scholarship awards from the Section may re-apply.

ASQ Cleveland is now accepting applications for the 2012-2013 academic year, which can be downloaded here. Applications must be received by Polaris Career Center no later than Friday, February 24, 2012. Contact the Scholarship Chair or Committee with any questions.

CANTON SECTION SPRING CONFERENCE: Friday March 16, 2012

For the first time in MANY DECADES Section 0810 is able to bring a nationally acclaimed speaker into our region: Mike Micklewright is currently Vice President of Global Continuous Improvement and Supplier Development for HydraForce, Inc., based in the Chicago area. Prior to that he was an independent business and quality consultant, a trainer, a keynote speaker, a Dr. Deming impersonator, and an author. You may be familiar with his e-mail newsletters or his column for Quality Digest in which he is known as the WHYS GUY. 

Conference Sessions: A One Man Show by the “WHYS GUY”, he will stretch your thinking, entertain you and train you. There will be ample time for questions and book signings.
1) Creating a Leaner Quality Management System
2) The Relationship Between Root Cause Analysis and Lean
3) Out of Another @#&*% Crisis ! (the Dr. Deming impersonator session)
4) Creating a Lean Culture

Prices:
$ 245.00 for ASQ members and non-members for the full day
$ 56.00 very special rate for STUDENTS for the full day – must prove enrollment in high school, college or graduate school

Register for this Conference at gerryspringconf@gmail.com. Download the full description and Registration Form here.
Register early, as we anticipate a “sold out” situation.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWLY CERTIFIED - December 2011 Exams

Certified Quality Auditor
Otho W. Artis, Travis D. Dent, Edvin Musai, Danita Y. Thomas

Certified Quality Engineer
Jim Henry Howerton, Michael H. Southworth

Certified Quality Improvement Associate
Rebecca L. Brown, Cynthia A. Long

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt
Donna L. Campbell, Zackery Carroll, Erin E. Dunlavy, Ron Glunt, Gianna Ligato, Craig E. Mikin, Kim Van Valkenburgh, Paul Vanvalkenburgh

CONGRATULATION TO OUR RAFFLE WINNERS - January 2012

Jeff Prahst, Zhihuei Liu, Danita Thomas

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! - Januray 2012

Jeanine King, Tony Quarrick, Eric Snodgrass, Michael Stefko

MONTHLY MEETING DETAILS

Location:         Polaris Career Center at 7285 Old Oak Blvd, Middleburgh Heights, OH 44130, unless otherwise noted.

Directions:       From Bagley Rd Exit on I-71, go West on Bagley past Southwest General Hospital, on south side of Bagley. Turn left (South) on Old Oak Blvd. (first street past SGH) Polaris is on the left side (east), with ample parking in the front, side and back of the building.

Schedule:         5:00 to 6:00 PM                      Technical Session – when listed

                        6:00 to 6:45 PM                      Dinner and Networking (reservation required)

                        6:45 to 7:00 PM                      Registration, Networking and Announcements

                        7:00 to 8:00 PM                      Presentation/Questions

Dinner Prices: $10.00 – ASQ Members

                      $15.00 – Non ASQ Members

Reservations for dinner are required to allow proper planning to ensure everyone who placed a reservation receives a meal.

***New members attending their first meeting will receive dinner for FREE, please call in your reservation.

Please call the Meeting Reservation Line at 216-556-0723 to register for dinner and/or meetings no later than 12 o'clock noon the Monday prior to the Wednesday meeting.

MEETING SCHEDULE – TECHNICAL AND MEMBERSHIP

February 15, 2012

Technical Session & Membership Meeting – Bill Chamberlin

Topic – Fueling Our Future Transportation Needs. Conventional transportation fuels are becoming increasingly strained motivating an aggressive search for alternatives, especially alternatives which can be domestically sourced. Our society has diverse energy choices. Biomass, coal, natural gas, and solar or wind energy are among the resources which can be used to synthesize fuels including hydrogen, alcohols, and conventional type fuels. The emergence of electrics and plug-in hybrids adds a new dimension to consider in fueling transportation. While availability and cost are critical; safety, environmental impact, storage properties, infrastructure, and national security must be considered. The talk will review past failed efforts to change our fuel sources and assess options for our future.

Bill Chamberlin spent 34 years in R&D at The Lubrizol Corporation involved in advanced crankcase lubricant applications. He retired in 2004. Advanced lubricant applications that Bill has worked on include: rotary engines, direct injection two-strokes, and alternatively fueled engines. In 2003 he was recognized as the Outstanding Chemist of the Year by the Northeast Ohio American Chemical Society Section. Bill was elected a Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Fellow in 1995. Bill has also been active in the SAE including; Chair of the SAE Emerging Technology Committee, Chair of the Cleveland Section, and member of the SAE Sections Board. He holds 15 patents and has authored or co-authored 19 papers. He holds BA (1966) and MS (1970) degrees in chemistry from Miami University (Ohio).

March 21, 2012

Technical Session & Membership Meeting - Bob Doering

Topic - CorrectSPC: the correct use of SPC in precision machining. This presentation is very controversial, as it destroys the myth of the normal curve in precision machining! I go into the correct distribution, and the proper setup of control charts that allow absolute control of the process! I go into how Cpk's cannot be calculated for precision diameters and lengths - because the distribution is non-normal (see AIAG PPAP 4th edition 2.2.11.5, NOTE), and how compression control limits increases variation, and is not continuous improvement! It sounds like blasphemy, but it is all true - and once you see the facts, it is impossible to argue!

April 18, 2012: The April meetings will be held at Cuyahoga Valley Career Center, located at:

8001 Brecksville Road
Brecksville, Ohio 44141
P: 440-526-5200
info@cvccworks.com

The school is conveniently located one mile east of the I-77/Wallings Road exit, diagonally across from Wallings Road on State Route 21/Brecksville Road. Directions are here: http://www.cvccworks.com/howtofindus.aspx

Technical Session & Membership Meeting – Dilip Shah

Topic -  Evaluating and Selecting a Calibration Supplier (part 2 of 2). If an organization is registered to ISO 9001 (or similar specific standards) or accredited to ISO 17025 standard, it needs to ensure that the Inspection, Measurement and Test Equipment (IMTE) it sends out for calibration has measurement (metrological) traceability. In addition, the organization needs to evaluate its calibration supplier.

Part 1 of this presentation will help the audience evaluate, identify and select an ISO 17025 accredited calibration supplier.
Part 2 of this presentation will help the audience evaluate, identify and select a calibration supplier who is not accredited but still meets the customer's requirement for metrological traceability.

Dilip Shah is a coveted trainer and speaker within the Metrology and Quality community circles for many years. Having over 35 years of experience in many disciplines, he is a consultant for a variety of organizations. He has given sessions on, taught, and consulted on Measurement Uncertainties and meeting laboratory accreditation requirements all over the USA and abroad. He has written a multitude of papers, held both conference tutorials and sessions, and participated in countless NCSLI and ASQ region & section meetings as a guest speaker covering subjects including the CCT Primer & Exam Refresher, Measurement Uncertainty, Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Risk Analysis Measurement, and Quality. He is a member of the following organizations: IEEE, NCSLI, MSC and ASQ. He is a member of the Board of Directors of A2LA and Board Secretary, a senior member of the American Society for Quality and has served as the Chair of the Measurement Quality Division and Akron-Canton ASQ Section 810. He was a driving force in the ASQ Certified Calibration Technician program and led multiple CCT exams, workshops for writing and reviewing the exams, and the cut-score workshop. 
He is a co-author of the Metrology Handbook and is one of the volunteers for the 2011 update. Dilip is a frequent contributor to the ASQ Quality Progress magazine’s Measure for Measure column. He has contributed to the 2010 re-write of the CCT Primer by the Quality Council of Indiana. He is a voting member of the Joe D. Simmons scholarship Board
He was a chair of the NCSLI 164.1 committee as the Learning & Development Marketing Liaison and was a committee member for both phase one and two of the ASQ-MQD/MSC/NCSLI multimedia DVD initiative.
He also participates with the NCSLI Learning & Development Group in their collaboration efforts and presence with the American Society of Engineering Education Conference.
He has previously been recognized for his outstanding contributions in several organizations by being awarded the:
• MSC’s “2003 Algie Lance” award for the best paper on “Gage R&R vs. ANOVA”
• ASQ Measurement Quality Division’s “2005 Max J. Unis” award -recognizing outstanding contributions to the Metrological community.
• And the MSC’s “2010 Andrew J Woodington” award, the Measurement Science Conference’s highest award for his overall contributions to the field of Metrology.
• NCSLI’s “2011 Education and Training” award.

May 9, 2012

Technical Session & Membership Meeting – Bob Skillman

Topic – Six Sigma

PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS

November 2011- Click to download Dilip Shah's presentation: "Calibration Supplier Selection"

October 2011 - Click to download John Cachet's presentation: "Bridging the Gap Between Quality and Finance."

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

The Welcoming committees need your help! Speakers to conduct the Technical Sessions are also needed. Chairing or helping a committee or presenting at member meetings are a great way to earn CEU's towards recertification. Contact the Chair or Vice Chair for more information.

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