Holiday – Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (on May 31 in 2010). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in military service to their country. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the civil war), it was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action.
ASQ Baltimore would like to honor and remember the brave men and woman who have defended their country through the armed services. Thank you.
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End of Year Wrap-up.
Thanks to our members for helping make this a great Program Year.
We have had some interesting programs, some new events and hope to continue this year’s success into the next year.
The Board will be addressing most of the issues brought up during the SWOT Analysis that was started. Look forward to improvements coming up. The input will be the primary discussion at the year-end Strategy meeting.
The website will also be updated (mostly content) over the summer and should be checked somewhat regularly if you are interested in keeping up with the Membership news.
The proposed schedule of next year’s events will be announced soon, as well as some opportunities for the membership to help implement some of the suggestions that we have received over the last year.
Event/Program Location Contest
We are listening to your comments. And we hear that you want a meeting on the North side of Baltimore. As a result, we are pleased to announce a location contest. Locate a venue that meets the criteria and provide us your suggestion. If we use your suggestion, you will receive a coupon for a free dinner meeting for the meeting held at that location. In the case of more than one suggestion for a location that is used, we will draw the winner from all who suggested the location.
We are looking for a venue similar to Snyder’s Restaurant with the following criteria:
- Seating 50 – 75
- Private meeting room
- On-site catering under $30/person including the meeting room
- Ample on-site parking
- Easy access to major highways
Note that Red Brick Station and Williamsburg Inn have been used in the past and were found to be less than satisfactory because of the meeting room conditions.
Please submit your suggestions (venue name and address) to 
We are looking forward to your suggestions.
Program Committee
Website Hosting Issues
Unfortunately, the hosting company was having issues last night after 5:30pm. The issues were not resolved until this 7:20am morning.
If you were trying to connect to the ASQ Baltimore or ASQ JobSeekers website last night, please try again.
This was affecting both the ASQ Baltimore website and the ASQ Baltimore JobSeekers website. We are working on resolving the various issues that we have been experiencing over the past year.
Thank you.
Eric F, Webmaster, ASQ Baltimore
Certification Exam Schedule Updated
Updates were made to the Certification Exam Schedule page (click on Advancement » Exam Schedule) to see the updates to the rooms for the exam and the maps and links on the page, which has been updated.
If you have any questions, please contact Chief or Assistant Proctor through the Proctor web page, or email: 
Thank you.
Proctor
May Lean Six Sigma SIG Announcement
May Lean Six Sigma SIG – Case Studies in Lean Six Sigma
Information on the third meeting of the new Lean Six Sigma Special Interest Group (LSS-SIG), being held on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, has been posted:
Program: “Case Studies in Lean Six Sigma”
Click on Events » Lean Six Sigma SIG on the webpage so you can get details on the dinner.
Click on Events » Lean Six Sigma SIG on the webpage or email 
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Join us for our third SIG meeting of the 2009-2010 Program Year! Look forward to seeing you there for networking and a great meeting topic.
Stay tuned for upcoming announcements.
Lean Six Sigma Liaison
CQA Refresher April-June 2010 – Cancelled
The ASQ 0509 section is starting a Certified Quality Auditor Refresher course at Prince Georges Community College. Details are available here. The Section is also considering a CQA Refresher in Montgomery County. If you are interested, contact the ASQ 0509 Education chair, Charles Snipes at 
Update: Please note that this course has been cancelled due to low enrollment. Please watch this site for future Course offerings.
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