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Vision: To obtain and deliver world class quality practices Mission: To provide quality improvement through education, certification, goal setting, sustainability, and ethics CURRENT TOPICS ASQ Cruise to Alaska March Meeting January Meeting November Meeting September Meeting May Meeting March Meeting November Meeting September Meeting May Meeting April Newsletter February Newsletter January Newsletter Performance Scorecard Training Team Effectiveness Presentation December Newsletter November Newsletter October Newsletter ASQ Alaska Joins Chamber/Monday Luncheon Greeters September Newsletter ALASKA SECTION 2010-11 Officers: Chair - Peter M. Lang Chair Elect - Tom Sheffrey Treasurer - Alan Muise Secretary - Teresa R. Lang Membership - Robert Bowlus Auditing Chair - Robbie Robinson Nominating Chair - Larry Blachut Committee Heads: Education Chair - Michael Engblom-Bradley Certification - Anna Cline Program Chair - Casey Wiese Officer At Large - Dick LaFever “Helping Alaskans attain their Quality Goals” If you are interested in becoming a member, upcoming training or would like to request a specific type of training, please contact us.	Welcome to the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Alaska Section's website. This site is available to both members and the community as a communication vehicle about our sections activities, such as our monthly lunch meetings, other events and upcoming training. We have dynamic officers dedicated to education and serving. In 2010/2011, we will explore our Quality roots of ASQ and promote training and certification. Our meetings will be quality-informative and an arena to network and learn with each other. 2010 September Kick Off Meeting At this month’s meeting we will introduce our new officers and discuss the 12-month plan in terms of meetings and educational opportunities (see next article).We will have food and a door prize. Only ASQ Alaska Section members qualify for the door prize. , September 9th, 2010, 17:30 - 19:30 Anchorage BP Energy Center ASQ Cruise to Alaska The Ft Worth ASQ Section and HD&L Division are co-hosting a "Seminar at Sea" ASQ Cruise to Alaska August 14-21, 2010. The cruise is with Norwegian Cruise Line and the Ports of Calls are: Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, & Prince Rupert BC. For more information, click HERE ASQ SOCIETY ANNOUNCEMENTS ASQ'S WORLD CONFERENCE ON QUALITY AND IMPROVEMENTS ASQ’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement, May 24-26, 2010, St. Louis, MO MARCH MEETING American Society for Quality - Alaska Section 0608 Thursday, March 12th, 2009, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. BP Energy Center 900 E. Benson Blvd. Speakers: Dr. Steve (Hsueh-Ming) Wang, Coordinator of ESM program, Assistant professor, University of Alaska, Anchorage Dick LaFever, Crossroads Leadership Institute (CLI) Catalyst for Positive Change The meeting is open to the public and light dinner will be available. For more information about Dr. Wang, click HERE JANUARY MEETING American Society for Quality - Alaska Section 0608 Thursday, January 15th, 2009, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. BP Energy Center 900 E. Benson Blvd. Speaker: Dr. Wang, Coordinator of ESM program, Assistant professor, University of Alaska, Anchorage The meeting is open to the public and light dinner will be available. For more information about Dr. Wang, click HERE Quality Management Symposium Anchorage Marriott Downtown December 9-10, 2008 The State of Alaska’s Petroleum Systems Integrity Office (PSIO), in collaboration with the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and the Alaska Performance Excellence Program (APEX), is proud to sponsor a Quality Management Symposium for the oil and gas industry on December 9 and 10, 2008, in Anchorage, Alaska. The symposium will focus on the value of quality management systems in the context of process safety management, integrity management, performance measurement and improvement in the areas of service and product delivery. For more information and to register, click HERE NOVEMBER MEETING American Society for Quality - Alaska Section 0608 Thursday, November 15th, 2007, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. KTUU Channel 2 Newsroom Tour 701 East Tudor Road Speaker: Mr. John Tracy, KTUU Executive Producer and Anchor Program: Channel 2 Tour Due to the limited space available at the tour site, this November session will be for members only and dinner will not be available. The agenda for the meeting is available HERE SEPTEMBER MEETING American Society for Quality - Alaska Section 0608 Thursday, September 20, 2007, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Providence Health & Services Alaska (PHSA) Providence Health Park, Piper Street, Building 9, Pulliam Room Speaker: Theresa Carté, Director of Operational Excellence Program: PHSA Journey to Operational Excellence The agenda for the meeting is available HERE MAY MEETING American Society for Quality - Alaska Section 0608 Thursday, May 24th, 2007, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport – North Concourse McKinley Room – Second Level Speaker: Mr. Rich Wilson, Development Director Program: Excellence in Aviation Join us for an enlightening and stimulating look at one of the finest airports in America. Just recently our own Ted Stevens International Airport was awarded the “2007 Air Cargo Airport Award of Excellence” for U. S. airports handling a million or more tons of freight. The airport also has the distinction of being the #1 Airport in the U.S. for landed weight of cargo aircraft; #1 Airport for excellent service, '05 & '07; and the #3 Airport in the world for cargo throughput. We will be having a light dinner service (at a minimal charge), and in addition to the regular program, Mr. Wilson has arranged for a bus tour of the airport. The tour will highlight the development work on-going, plus a look at future development. We will also get to hear about a couple of inventions by airport employees to improve service and efficiency. This will be a wonderful opportunity to really see what’s happening at a major economic engine here in Anchorage, and in Alaska. Don’t miss this meeting. Parking at the North Terminal will be validated! Call either Dick LaFever at 258.7002 email: lafever@alaska.com, or Larry Blachut at 762.1687/email: larry.blachut@veco.com To find out more about the airport go to: http://www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/index.shtml MARCH MEETING American Society for Quality - Alaska Section 0608 Thursday, March 29th, 5:45 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Sourdough Mining Company “Records and Information Compliance – Choices with Costs ” Guest Speaker: Jeffrey C, Schowen, CRM President, Acumen Information Services, Inc. CEO, ARMMS, Inc. (Acumen’s Records Management Made Simple) Jeff has 34 years of Information and Records Management experience. He is a Certified Records Manager (CRM) and sits on the Board of Directors for the Alaska Chapter of the Association of Records Managers and Administrators. He is also a standing member in the Association for Information and Image Management and the Nuclear Information and Records Management Association. Jeff's company specializes in Records Management Consulting and leasing professional Record Keepers to companies with any type of record or information challenge. Jeff has co-presented with industry leaders and is published nationally for his thoughts on Records and Information Management. He is expert in all facets of Micrographics, Electronic Imaging, Electronic Document Management, and Information Risk Management. Jeff is a fun presenter using real-life examples of Records Management to engage his audiences Presentation: Records and Information Compliance – Choices with Costs This presentation explores today’s most current industry standards and legal requirements for the creation, use, preservation and destruction of paper and electronic records. Using the idea that “no business or government entity is exempt from the legal requirements of record keeping”, Jeff reviews what’s required and how-to respond to today’s critical records program audits and information subpoenas in a discovery process. Costs will be reviewed for attaining compliance versus the costs associated with non-compliance and discoveries. Concepts will range from audit-worthy Records Retention Management to Meta Data management on computing infrastructures. Participants are encouraged to question and engage Jeff as Jeff will absolutely involve the audience in developing an understanding of the good, the bad, and the really icky parts of Information Compliance. RSVP Dick LaFever - 258.7002 lafever@alaska.com Larry Blachut - 360-3143 larry.blachut@veco.com NOVEMBER MEETING American Society for Quality Alaska Section 0608 November 9, 2006 5:30 pm- 7:15 pm Wild Berry Theater Join us for this wonderful evening. We will have a tour of the Alaska Wild Berry Facility as well as the new Wild Berry Theater “60 Years of Success The Rich Tradition behind Alaska Wild Berry Products” Guest Speaker: Ann Reddig, Facilities Manager, Wild Berry Theater Every summer since 1946, children and adults in Alaska have had a favorite summer activity - picking wild berries for Alaska Wild Berry Products. We always welcomed their gatherings with open arms to make the finest wild berry jams and jellies in Alaska. That great tradition continues today, 60 years later. Our berries now come from all corners of the state, our goal remains the same - Bring the taste of wild Alaskan berries to as many people as possible. These "Wild Berry Products" started in 1946 with just a few items and have since expanded to 19 jams and jellies, plus 6 syrups and sauces. In 1987, we took those same jellies and created our Chocolate Covered Wild Berry Jelly Centers, the most unique candy available in Alaska. 5:30 p.m. Registration at the Theater and Tour 6:15 p.m. catered dinner from Dianne’s Presentation by Ann Reddig 6:45 p.m. Featured film: Alaska: the Land Beyond (30 minutes) at Wild Berry Theater located in Wild Berry Park across the street from Sourdough Mining Company next to Alaska Wild Berry Products 5225 Juneau Street * 562-5467 To RSVP or for more information regarding ASQ contact: Dick La Fever, Chair - Alaska Section 0608 258.7002 Cell 727.6187 lafever@alaska.com www.asq-ak.org Larry Blachut, Secretary 762-1687 larry.blachut@veco.com SEPTEMBER MEETING What: ASQ Alaska Section Membership Meeting - Open to the Public. No Cost to Attend - Dinner on Your Own/Buffet Available When: Thursday, September 14th, 2006 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Where: China King Restaurant (Corner of Seward Highway and Fireweed) Next to Fireweed Theaters. Buffet Dinner - On Your Own Program: "The Boeing Aerospace Support Journey to Excellence and the Alaska Performance Excellence Program". Speaker: Mr. Ben Park, CEO Alaska Performance Excellence Program (APEX). For more information (agenda, speaker business experience and background and Alaska Performance Excellence (APEX) Program), click HERE. Please RSVP to Dick La Fever at 258.7002 (lafever@alaska.com) or Bob Bowlus (bowlrh@bp.com). APRIL NEWSLETTER The April newsletter is available HERE. FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER The newsletter with meeting notes from the February meeting is available HERE. Also avaialbable are the Announcement and the Agenda JANUARY NEWSLETTER The January newsletter available HERE. Also avaialbable are the following handouts from the meeting: Handout \| Strategic Plan Overview \| TQM Readiness Survey-APU \| CI Quiz \| Agenda PERFORMANCE SCORECARD TRAINING In February the Alaska section of ASQ will offer Performance Scorecard training to members and the public. This four session evening course will be held at the BP Energy Center starting on February 21 at 6pm. During the course you will be introduced to basic Performance Scorecard concepts, recieve an overview of the Performance Scorecard process, and be able to assess your current Performance Measures. For detailed information, please read the flyer HERE. TEAM EFFECTIVENESS PRESENTATION The American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) is offering a lunch presentation on Wednesday February 8th, 2006 from 11:30AM – 1:15PM at Alaska Pacific University’s Atwood Center. The topic of the presentation is "Hot Groups and Extreme Teams: How to Create Smarter Groups Faster". Networking and lunch at 11:30; presentation at Noon. The cost is $10 for non-members. Please read more in the public service announcement HERE. (ASTD Alaska Chapter) DECEMBER NEWSLETTER The December newsletter covering our latest meeting is available HERE. NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER The newsletter covering the November meeting is available HERE. Also available is the Lean Presentation and a job description. OCTOBER NEWSLETTER The newsletter highlighting the October meeting and other current topics is HERE. Also available is the Conflict and Dialogue paper. ASQ ALASKA JOINS CHAMBER/MONDAY LUNCHEON GREETERS Your local ASQ Alaska Section have joined the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. With the membership comes the benefit of member only privileges. On October 24th, several officers represented the ASQ Alaska section as greaters at the Chamber's Egan Center luncheon. Dick LaFever, Section Chair, gave a brief presentation and was able to get a few laughs from the audience. The Alaska Section was well represented with seven officers greeting attendees as they came through the doors. Click HERE for more pictures As an ASQ section member you are now eligible to participate in all Chambers events. For more information and upcoming schedule, please visit the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce website. SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER Fresh of the press, ASQ Alaska's September Newsletter and Kevin McManus presentation from the September meeting.