Inside this issue:

Chair's Message

Professional Development Meeting

Special News for the Month

Special Interest Group Meeting Information

Member Recognition

Leadership Team

TL 9000 SIG

Marion Bize The TL 9000 SIG meets the first Tuesday of each month.
The TL 9000 SIG’s mission is to be the local force within the telecommunications industry to improve the quality and reliability of products and services through promotion and adoption of TL 9000, best practices, and business excellence acceleration models.

TL 9000 SIG Chair: Marion Bize - (972)477-0297

Next Meeting: October 7, 2008 - 6pm

Meeting Location: UTD Waterview Science & Technology Center
CSEPI Conference Room
17919 Waterview Pkwy.
Dallas, TX 75252

Lean Six-Sigma SIG

Bob Shelton The Lean Six-Sigma SIG meets the third Thursday of each month.
The Lean Six-Sigma SIG’s objective is to provide a forum to promote the business values of Lean Six-Sigma concepts through professional development, sharing business successes and providing problem resolution resources.

Lean SS SIG Chair: Bob Shelton (972) 708-8205

Next meeting: September 18, 2008 - 6pm

Topic: This session will provide an overview of basic TRIZ concepts and how they feed into other tools like the Morphological Matrix and Pugh Matrix. TRIZ is a very powerful technique that stimulates creative thought and identifies the root elements of a design problem.

Meeting Location: OsteoMed
3885 Arapaho Road
Addison, TX, 75001

Audit SIG

The Audit SIG meets the second Tuesday of each month.
The Audit SIG provides a venue for developing an understanding of various auditing skills and techniques. Speakers provide insight into audit methodologies that include subjects like preparation, evidence collection and people skills. From this, participants are able to broaden their knowledge of auditing and leave with techniques that can be applied both for internal and external audits.

Audit SIG Chair: Jerry Capstick (972) 596-6529

Next meeting: October 14, 2008

Meeting Location: TBA

ISO 9000 SIG Looking for Officers

We are currently working towards starting up the ISO 9000 SIG again. We need a volunteer to chair this group and we are also looking for officer volunteers.

If you are interested in participating as an ISO 9000 SIG Chair or officer and want to help us create policies, rules, and a mission statement, please contact Marion Bize, Section Chair, at marion.bize@alcatel-lucent.com or (972) 477-0297.