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Section 1118 website!

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Next Meeting

Please be advised that our meeting location has changed to:
Hermitage House Smorgasbord at 3131 Lebanon Pike, Nashville, TN.
Dinner cost will be $12.00 this year.


Get more information about the Hermitage House at www.hermitagehousesmorgasbord.com 

We have two interesting topics for the clinic and main presentation on Thurs, Sept. 11, 2008.

5:15 pm - Ric Conover: 'Internal Auditor'

This one hour clinic is a brief review of ISO9001:2000 and ISO/TS16949:2002 Internal Audit. This presentation reviews audit definitions, roles and responsibilities, as well as audit preparation and execution of the audit.

6:15 pm - Dinner & Sectional Business, as necessary

7:00 pm - George Aslinger: 'Six Sigma and Quality Management'  

If you plan to attend, please contact the Reservations Chair - Bill Martin Reservations@ASQ-MiddleTN.org

For more detail information, click here.



Chair-Elect Nominees Needed


ASQ Middle Tennessee is seeking a nominee for the Section Chair-Elect role for the 2008-2009 year.  This person will automatically transition to the Section Chair for the 2009-2010 year.  If you are interested in this highly visible and pivotal leadership role in our section, please e-mail Dave Roller (Nominations Chair) at:                      Nominations@ASQ-MiddleTN.org.



********* Special Announcement **********

ASQ Middle TN Section 1118 is sponsoring the following
CQE and CQA Certification Development Classes

• These in-depth courses promote the attendee’s growth and eventual readiness for a CQE or CQA Exam Preparation Class.

• The Exam Preparation Classes typically address the complete Body of Knowledge for CQE or CQA as a higher-level overview.

• See details for the classes by clicking on their links.  

Topic: Date:       Instructor:
Statistical Process Control 12-14 Aug 08   Martin (NQS)
Internal Auditor ISO9001:2000 23-25 Sep 08   Martin (NQS)
Internal Auditor ISO/TS 16949:2002 11-13 Nov 08   Martin (NQS)
Statistical Methods for Quality Engrg. TBD       Ross (QSI)
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing 12-13 Nov 08   Ross (QSI)
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis 2 Dec 08   Martin (NQS)
 (Click on a class for more info)