News of the Month

Holiday Inn SelectNew Professional Development Meeting Location!!!

Dallas ASQ Section 1402 has a new meeting location effective with the September 25 meeting. We are now meeting at the Holiday Inn Select, 1655 North Central Expressway in Richardson. The choice of a new meeting location was made by the ASQ Dallas 1402 Leadership Team after careful consideration of multiple factors at several locations around the DFW area.

New lower prices for member registering early! As a result of the arrangements at our new location, we are able to offer our members who register early for the meeting a dinner price of $15. The early registration deadline will be announced in the newsletter and on the website, but is generally the Sunday prior to the meeting. The price for member late registration and non-member registration remains at $25.

Note on directions to the new location: A map and directions are available on our website at http://www.asqdallas.org/directions/directions.html. Of course the route you take depends on your originating location, and it is difficult to go anywhere in the DFW area during rush hour without encountering traffic. However, if you are coming from the west most of the mapping websites have you take IH 635 to Hwy 75, then go up to Campbell Road . The experience of the Leadership Team members, who have met a couple of times at the new location, is that a better route is to take an east-west road such as Campbell, Arapaho or Beltline over to 75. Likewise, westbound 190 (GBT) can become very congested and it may be faster when coming from the northwest to take a southbound road down to one of those mentioned above, then go east over to 75.

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Golf TournamentNorth Texas Quality Golf Tournament

Join your colleagues for an exceptional golf tournament at Bear Creek Golf Course. The 2 nd Annual North Texas Quality Classic Golf Tournament is on Friday, September 26 2008 at Bear Creek Golf Club. If you missed last year's tournament, mark your calendar now! Register for $100 until September 23; it is $150 after that. Golfers of all skill levels are invited to participate in this full day of networking, friendship, and fun. The tournament features contests for hole-in-one, longest drive and closest to the hole. Sponsorship opportunities are also available; visit http://ntexqualitygolf.org/sponsorship.htm for details.

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2008 Texas Quality Cruise – It's Not Too Late!

Cruise InformationDon't delay – reserve your cabin today for the Seminar at Sea! Prices have gone up but there are still cabins available. Join ASQ Sections from Houston , Dallas , Austin and Fort Worth (host Section) along with the Quality Texas Foundation and ASQ Human Development and Leadership Division for the Texas Quality Cruise October 26 – November 2. Seminar sessions will be held on days at sea with up to 3.0 RUs available depending on participation. The rest of the time is yours!

Prices start at around $800 for an inside cabin plus $125 for seminar participation. Compare this to $1500 and up for conference fees plus lodging, meals and ground transportation if you were to attend a “land-based” conference.

For more information and to register, click on the logo above.

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Certification Exam Deadline

Maximize your ASQ benefits by obtaining an ASQ certification. Register by October 10, 2008 (extended from October 3, 2008 ) for the following certification exams:

  • Calibration Technician
  • Quality Auditor
  • Quality Engineer
  • Quality Improvement Associate
  • Quality Process Analyst
  • Six Sigma Green Belt
  • Software Quality Engineer

Please ensure you select the correct exam date since the application usually lists several options

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Special Rates at the 2008 Information and Data Quality Conference

The International Association for Information and Data Quality (IAIDQ) extends a special invitation to members of the Dallas ASQ section to attend the 2008 Information and Data Quality Conference. It takes place in San Antonio , TX , on September 22-25, 2008 at The Marriot Riverwalk.  

Section members are offered a registration discount of up to $100. Just enter the code ASQ when registering.
See all conference details at www.idq-conference.com.

Several additional discounts exist:

  • $100 early bird (if paid by Aug. 25th)
  • Group discount (4 for the price of 3)
  • Academic discount (approx. 40%).

Of particular interest to ASQ members, the 2008 program celebrates the quality roots of the information quality discipline .  Highlights include:

  • A keynote by Harry Hertz, Director, Baldrige National Quality Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Five speakers showcasing examples of Six Sigma methods applied to information quality improvement
  • Five practitioners sharing best practices and success stories on how to make the case for information quality and secure management support
  • One tutorial and one case study on the application of fundamental principles of quality to information as the product of business processes
  • One tutorial and three case studies on the application of statistical process control ( SPC ) to information quality measurement and improvement
  • Two case studies on how to incorporate information quality in an organization's overall quality system
  • Five experience reports on how best to assure health care information quality
  • A special session on Systems Thinking in information quality.

Find all details and register at www.idq-conference.com.