ASQ – Boston
Leadership Team Meeting
Fiscal Year 2014

Minutes

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14 JANUARY 2014
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LT Meeting
Meeting called by / ASQ - Leadership Team Meeting
Attendees: (11) / Maryse Constant
Phil Lamory
Ralph Girardi
Stephanie Long
Theresa McCarthy / Arnie Greenbaum
Christina Wong
Deb G. (guest)
Jim Shore
Jim Turner
Laura Ploude

Agenda

1.  Call meeting to order and verify quorum.
2.  Approval of 18 December 2013 LT minutes.
3.  Treasurer’s Report
4.  Welcome and introduction – All. Spend a few minutes introducing ourselves and brief on your role.
5.  Updates from Committees
6.  New Business
7.  Announcements
8.  Close the meeting
February LT Meeting date will be 4 February 2014 at 6:00 pm.
Discussion
The meeting was called to order at 6:20 pm at Aloft Hotel in Lexington, MA. The Chair verified that there was a quorum - 2 elected officers and 25% of the leadership committee.
The 18 December 2013 LT minutes were approved.
Discussion Items
The meeting was chaired by the Section Chair, Phil Lamory.
Will follow Roberts Rules of Order.
Roundtable introductions.
Theresa presented Phil with the Boston Section gavel.
Jim Shore is on the ASQ Corporate BOD. Jim Shore discussed the new PAR initiative – Performance Awards and Recognition, formally the QMP. “Being compliant is not a reward; it’s an expectation.” The PAR goal: “How to provide more value to members”. Sections will be rewarded for spending more money on the membership. Not worried about making money, the focus is member value and member retention - 70% of revenue should be spent on member value. Examples of member value are more training and workshops, speakers, free books, increased scholarship money, etc. Here is the link for more information: http://asq.org/member-leader-community/key-tasks/par.
Chair
Phil would like to run the Section like a business for maximum efficiency.
Phil requested that his email address be changed to .
Open roles: Auditor, Chair Elect, PAR Plan Chair (new position), and Programs Chair. All roles will be open to membership.
Start ½ way through the year keeping metrics on how the Section is doing as per the PAR.
Treasurer
Maryse presented the Section bank balance.
Falgun to stop writing checks as he is no longer Treasurer.
Maryse, the new Treasurer, has received no training yet.
Several unpaid 2013 reimbursement vouchers remain open.
2013 Audit to be scheduled, tentative date: 01 Feb 2014.
Education
Certified Biomedical Auditor (CBA) course is being held at Boston Scientific in Marlborough, Ma. Ten students have registered. Jim Shore, Steve Carty, and Dave Manalan are the instructors.
At present to break even, a course was run if 6 or 7 students registered. As per the PAR, the Section may run a course if as little as 3 or 4 students register.
Theresa proposed a goal to develop a certification prep course for the ASQ Certified Pharmaceutical GMP Professional. The body of knowledge covers the GMP principles as regulated and guided by national and international agencies for the pharmaceutical industry. Theresa asked Ralph and Stephanie who work in Biologics to assist in developing the course.
Theresa shared another Education Goal to implement an Instructor Validation Process. Ralph has expressed an interest in delivering the Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) course. Theresa will engage Ralph in the Instructor Validation process.
Theresa mentioned she will visit with the current CBA class at some point at Boston Scientific in Marlborough to greet the students and have an opportunity to observe the workshop.
Arnie proposed the Section consider reinstituting entry level quality courses commenting that many organizations have eliminated instructor courses for employees to learn the basics of quality systems.
Arnie will send suggested topics to Theresa.
Programs
Theresa provided an update on the first workshop of 2014 on 23 January on ISO 9001:2015. Theresa commented on how helpful Aaron has been in updating the website for the program, sending email blasts and working with Christina on WordPress. Jim Turner also commented that he can assist with Website updates if needed.
There will be no February member workshop. The 3rd week of February is school vacation, attendance has been historically low. Theresa indicated she is going to use the month of February to work with Chris Mundy, Chair of the Boston Section Healthcare Special Interest Group.
Theresa presented the tentative 2014 programs list through September 2014 based on the most recent Voice of the Customer Survey. Topics in place speakers are needed.
Members in attendance were asked if any were interested in assuming Leadership of the Programs Committee. Our guest Deb will take it under consideration and get back to Phil. The 20 March Workshop on Audit Planning is in progress.
Maryse suggested Section workshop metrics and survey results be communicated to the LT.
Outreach
Ralph to draft a proposal for the next ASQ Outreach activity.
Membership
No Update
Arrangements
Arnie would like feedback (pros, cons, or indifferent) on the new venue, Aloft Hotel, for LT meetings. Please comment on the meeting room, a/v & wifi, the food, location, etc. and copy Phil.
Certification
The deadline to register for certification exams is 15 January 2014. Suggested a reminder to be sent to members.
Jim Turner provided an update on the venues for the March exam.
Jim Shore offered Nypro Healthcare in Clinton, MA as a venue option.
Arnie offered Boston Scientific in Quincy, MA as a venue option.
Communications
Christina is the new Communications Chair.
Laura is the Education Committee liaison to the Website.
Phil recommended inviting your boss to workshops.
Ralph recommended “Yammer” use to the Communications Chair and Committee.
Theresa would like the LT to comment on the Section workshops via LinkedIn. Aaron Jones started a great discussion on our 23 Jan workshop. We need others to comment.
Recertification
No update.
NEQC Update
No update.
Boscon 2015
No update.
Future Business
Arnie reported increased scholarship inquiries. Discussion included should we consider increasing the scholarship amount? The 2014 PAR has the amount advertised on the Section website.
Announcements
Discussion included an interest in our Storage Facility in Burlington including what is in it, who is paying for it, and where is the key? Theresa volunteered to look into. Jim Shore provided the historical background to utilizing the storage unit.
New Business
LT members requested to send your plans to Phil, i.e., goals, actions items, and progress – example: 50% complete, etc.
Meeting ended at 7:18 pm.

Parking Lot Items

**Closed/completed action items will be moved to the last section of the minutes.

Sort Column / Parking Lot Action items / Person responsible / Status/
Deadline /
Chair / 1.  Next LT meeting / LT / 04 Feb 2014
Chair / 2.  LT will inform the chair in advance if bringing new people to the meeting / LT / Ongoing
LT / 3.  LT will send agenda items to the Chair before the LT meeting / LT / Ongoing

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