ASQ Chair Message 1Q19
Date: April 8,2019
Message from the Chair Bill Forthofer
I would like to take this opportunity to again thank you, our membership, for your continued support of our ASQ Hartford Section in 2019.
We have been very successful in scheduling the CQE/CQT, CMQ/OE courses that started in February/finish in May. We have a total of 25 students enrolled!!! Classes are held at the Central Connecticut State University Institute of Technology and Business Development.
See Table Below: Note those listed as TBD are still under development.
Please provide feedback to the Education Chair (education@asqhartford.org) if you have an interest in being an Instructor or ideas for Quality Topics to be considered. Visit ASQHartford.org for Registration & more information.
| ASQ Hartford Events Schedule - Tracker 2019 | |
| Membership Monthly Event | Date |
| AESQ Standards | 10-Jan |
| Valentine’s Day Celebration Adams Mill | 14-Feb |
| Cyber Security (CONNSTEP) | 14-Mar |
| REACh and Materials of Concern | 11-Apr |
| Tour: UTC Collins Aero Customer Resp. Ctr | 9-May |
| Zero Defect Plans (ZDP) | 13-Jun |
| Cources/Workshops | Date |
| CQE/CQT Course (Active) | Feb 5, 2019 |
| CMQ/OE Course (Active) | Feb 7, 2019 |
| PPAP Workshop | Fall 2019 |
| Lean Six Sigma | TBD (Fall) |
| Capacity Planning | TBD (Fall) |
| Other | TBD (Fall) |
We are very interested in hearing for you on what Guest Speaker Events/Subjects we can deliver in September, October and November of this year.
We hope to continue to grow our attendance at our monthly meetings; this is a great opportunity to expand your awareness in the Quality field and “Network” with other Quality Professionals. Familiar faces are always welcomed back and I hope those numbers grow as well!!
Sincerely,
Bill Forthofer, Chair Hartford Section 0103
March 14, 2019 Event - Cybersecurity
Thank you to Jeff Orszak for his informative presentation on Cybersecurity
Presentation material can be found here.
Please join us in April for our next member event!
Hartford 0103 Leadership 2019
Hartford Section ASQ 0103 2019 Leadership Team Candidates/ Appointees
| Elected Position | Candidate |
| Chair | Bill Forthofer |
| Secretary | Stephen Gabbert |
| Treasurer | Roy Duff |
| Committee Chairs | Appointee |
| Arrangements | Roger Jahn |
| Audit | Tom Gallagher |
| Awards | Richard Ott |
| Education | Mark Roy |
| Membership | Vivian Vidal Otero |
| Nominations | Tom Gallagher |
| PAR | Bill Forthofer |
| Programs | Dennis Gareau |
| Publicity/ Marketing | Nicole Boney-Sharpe |
To be presented to ASQ 0103 at November 8, 2018 Membership Meeting.
| Tom Gallagher |
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| Nominating Committee Chair | |
| October 12, 2018 |
Call For Instructors
ASQ Hartford Section welcomes both suggestions for Education Topics and Candidates offering their services as Instructors.
**ASQ Hartford no longer processing recertifications**
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