ASQ Kansas City Section 1301 

• May Annual Business Meeting
• ASQ Section 1301 Committee Openings
• Certification Exam Information for 2012
• Kansas City Section 1301 Member Benefits
• Global Book Donation Project
• Lean Six Sigma Training
• Project Lead the Way (PLTW)
• ASQ Reliability Division

ASQ 1301 May Event

Annual Business Meeting

Come find out what the Kansas City Section 1301 has been doing this year! 

Committee board members will give reports and we will share the highs and lows from the last year.  We will also vote in the 2012-13 board at this meeting.

This a great opportunity for members, who may be interested in volunteering with the Kansas City section, to meet the current board members and learn more about the various committee roles and section activities. 

ASQ Section 1301 Committee Openings

Are you a Kansas City section member looking to share your time and talent? 

Our section has immediate volunteer opportunities for you to consider.

Newsletter Editor

Reservations Chair

InterNet Liaison Co-Chair

To learn more about the section committee roles please refer to the Board Positions link http://www.asq1301.org/BoardPositionsandDescriptions.asp  on the www.ASQ1301.org  website and the Positions link  http://www.asq.org/member-leader-community/positions on the www.ASQ.org website. 

Those interested in volunteering for these positions please contact:

Tom Fesserden (Chair) fessendent@yahoo.com

Certification Exam Information for 2012

For Information regarding certification descriptions, requirements, exam dates and application deadlines for exam sites around the globe http://prdweb.asq.org/certification/control/index .

Information regarding certification exam dates/times and application deadlines for exams conducted in the Kansas City area is located under the Certifications tab of the ASQ 1301 website Click here and on the Calendar.  Exam locations will be posted as they become available. 

For additional questions, please contact the ASQ 1301 Certification Chair, Dana Yarnell, danayarnell@hotmail.com

Kansas City Section 1301 Member Benefits

Are you an ASQ member who is not receiving email updates regarding Kansas City Section activities and events?  It may be that you have a membership type of Associate or one of the Organizational memberships (Site, Enterprise) which doesn't include the Kansas City Section membership. 

ASQ organizational member employees who are current Full, Senior, or Fellow ASQ members are encouraged to keep their individual memberships to maintain benefits like:

• Quality Progress (print version)

• Participation in sections, forums, and divisions

• Voting rights

• Elected volunteer opportunities

• Continuity of membership for unemployment and retirement dues relief programs and for advancement to Senior and Fellow membership levels

You can join or re-join the Kansas City Section by paying an additional $20 to ASQ and telling them you want to be in Section 1301 (Kansas City).

For information regarding ASQ memberships/Section Memberships please refer the Membership section of this website or http://asq.org/membership/why-become-a-member/overview.html or contact the KC Section Membership chair, George De Lullo, at gd7cm@aol.com

University of Central Missouri (UCM) - ASQ Student Chapter
Global Book Donation Project

On March 17, 2011 the ASQ headquarters donated 166 books to the Global Book Donation Project which is organized by the ASQ Student Chapter at the University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg. All books are new, quality management and statistics related.  ASQ Kansas City 1301, a student section sponsor, provided $100 for the shipping cost. 

This project focuses on the books in Quality Management, Technology, and Engineering disciplines. The purposes are to: 1) distribute donated books and media to people worldwide who desperately need yet cannot afford them; and 2) support student learning activity in serving the community. After the books are logged into the system, the first 30 books will be delivered to the university in Ghana.

Project Leaders Joseph Owusu, George Yiadom-Boakye, and students Sneha Chitturi, Carlos Cervantes, Paresh Kumthekar, and Lacey Eidson unpacked and checked in the donated items.

Please refer to the Photo Gallery on the ASQ 1301 Website for pictures of the book donation activities.

Washburn University is a primary resource for continuous improvement education in Topeka and the surrounding area. Professional development courses in Lean Six Sigma (LSS) are offered by the Office of Academic Outreach and School of Business in a partnership that provides academic and programmatic support to ensure excellence in content and instruction. Course instructors include area ASQ members.

Participants in Lean Six Sigma programs receive a certificate of completion issued by the University once they have demonstrated content knowledge and applied methods and tools in the work world.

Course descriptions and the 2012 schedule are provided in the link below and in the Education Opportunities section of the ASQ 1301 Website.

Courses are also available to organizations by contract.

The LSS program is a unique joint venture with Washburn University, the Topeka Chamber of Commerce, and local businesses to "provide education, support, and direction in the Topeka area to develop, grow, and attract a quality and customer focused community". There have been over 50 companies and over 1000 individuals who have benefited from the program.

For more information about the Lean Six Sigma program visit the web site: www.washburn.edu/ao/professional_development/six-sigma/index.html or call the Office of Academic Outreach at (785) 670-1399.

I am excited to contact you about a new pilot project being conducted for Project Lead the Way (PLTW) schools in Kansas City. Project Lead The Way's mission is to ensure that America succeeds in the increasingly high-tech and high-skill global economy, by partnering with middle schools and high schools to prepare students to become the most innovative and productive in the world.

We are partnering with YouthFriends, a regional youth mentoring program, to implement eMentoring with students taking PLTW classes. We are targeting volunteer engineers in engineering professional societies to help us with this project.

Volunteer engineers will be matched with PLTW students to help them complete a class project. The project will include weekly email exchanges over the course of 8 weeks. Questions will focus on the e-mentors specific engineering field as well as their personal experience as an engineer. We are currently looking for 50 volunteer engineers to help launch the pilot project in Harmon and SchlagleHigh Schools in KCKS.

If you are interested in volunteering, register with Youth Friends to be an eMentor: http://www.youthfriends.org/ementoring/eMentoringPLTW.html.

Thank you for considering this unique volunteer opportunity. We know your time is valuable, and we believe this is a great way to leverage technology to help virtually connect students to the real world of engineering.

Kind regards,
Ann Zimmerman
Industry Council Coordinator
Project Lead the Way-Kansas City
3200 Broadway
Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2429
cell: 913-961-9444

ASQ Reliability Division

The Reliability Division is the largest group in the world who promotes reliability training and education.  The division provides reliability articles, webinars, discussion boards, and regional activities to relay current reliability trends and practices.

Information regarding the ASQ Reliability Division is available at http://www.asq.org/reliability.

The division is always looking for new ideas and there are several opportunities for participation in the various division activities. Please contact Mitch Rausch, ASQ Reliability Division Regional Counselor, at Mitchell.rausch@gmail.com if you are interested.  Comments, ideas, or suggestions would be welcome in order to enhance the value of the reliability division for the Kansas City ASQ membership.