American Society for Quality

***** RADFORD – ROANOKE ASQ SECTION 1107 MEETING *****

B U F F E T M E N U

An Assortment of Entrees,

Vegetables,

Salad, Rolls, Dessert, and Beverage

Meal Cost: $20.00 per person

$10.00 students w / I.D.

Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Place: Holiday Inn, Roanoke

Time: 5:00 pm Registration

5:30 pm No Pre-Meeting Program Scheduled

6:15 pm Meal

6:55 pm Business Meeting & Announcements

7:00 pm Program

7:45 pm Adjourn

Speaker: Mr. Coy Renick

Business casual dress is suggested

Non-members are welcome to attend

Program “How to prepare yourself in this weird Job Market”

1) Finding Jobs that need to be filled but not advertised

2) The Change from Manufacturing Based Economy to Transactional (Like Banking) Job Skills.

3)Marketingyour professional skills and abilities

Speaker: Paul O'Quinn

25 years of Corporate HR Experience – last position was VP of HR at Stanley Furniture

5 years as Business Owner – The Renick Group, Inc. "Professional Recruiting & Staffing"
Past President Roanoke Valley SHRM
Past President Virginia SHRM State Council – 2005/2006

Bachelors Degree Business – Radford University

MBA from Averett University

·  SPHR – Senior Professional in Human Resources

Reservation Deadline: Mon. February 15, / SAVE: The presentation at 7:00 p.m. without dinner is Free!
Note: Changes after this date and dinner “no-shows” will be billed to the person who made the reservation.
Cost: $20 includes dinner ($10 for full-time students with ID) / Reservation Contact: Barry Duncan or Mike Stinson. E-mail your reservation request to and /or . Or you can call Barry Duncan at 818-5481. Please provide your company name and phone number and if you will attend total program (meal & program) or just the program only.
Next Meeting: March 16, 2010 in Blacksburg – features a special guest speaker talking about TRIZ.
(TRIZ is methodology for generating innovative ideas and solutions for problem solving.)
4:00 – 6:00pm. Workshop: Innovation using TRIZ
6:15 Dinner
7:00 Talk: Increasing the Impact of Six Sigma & Lean via Integration with TRIZ
Speaker: Peter Hanik, PE, the founder and president of Pretium Innovation, LLC.
Attendees will not only understand TRIZ but take away practical skills to enable use of TRIZ thinking.
ASQ Section 1107 Board for 2009-10 / Area Code is 540 unless noted.
Section Chair: Harry Mott
Secretary: Mike Stinson 745-7620

Treasurer: Mary Woissol 674-5320
Chair Elect: Frances Hoang
Arrangements Chair: Barry Duncan

Auditing Chair: Larry Latimer
Re-Certification Chair: David Greer 639-7522

Database Chair: Rick Groesbeck

SMP Chair:

Education Chair: Harry Mott / Examining Chair: Rocky Rhodes 772-7212

Immediate Past Chair: Mike Stinson 745-7620 .
Internet Liaison: Rick Groesbeck 231-2006

Membership Chair: OPEN
Newsletter Editor: Mike Stinson 745-7620
Program Ch: Barry Duncan barry.duncan@aspenadvisers.
Publicity Chair: OPEN
Regional Director: Diane Byrd
Student Liaison: Bill Woodall 231-7792
/ Examining Chair: Rocky Rhodes 772-7212

Immediate Past Chair: Mike Stinson
Internet Liaison: Rick Groesbeck 633-5535

Newsletter Editor: Mike Stinson 745-7620
Program Ch: Barry Duncan 818-5481
Publicity Chair: OPEN
Regional Director: Clay Hodges
Student Liaison: Bill Woodall 231-7792

ASQ 1107’s Website is: http://www.asq.org/sections/mini-sites/1107/ It has lots of useful information and contacts.

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