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.
April Dinner Meeting Announced
April Dinner Meeting – Strategic Planning Breakthrough for Quality
Information on the Tuesday, April 13th Dinner meeting has been posted:
Program: Strategic Planning Breakthrough for Quality”, Jim Creiman, Past Chair, ASQ Pittsburgh Section and ASQ Region 8 Deputy Regional Director .
Tutorial: Results from October’s ‘SWOT – A Practical Approach’”, Kevin Gilson (with assistance from other Section 0502 Board Members)
Click on Events » Dinner Meetings on the website so you can get details on the dinner.
Click on Events » Event Reservations on the webpage in order to reserve your spot at the dinner.
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Join us for our last official dinner 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 for our new Program for the upcoming year.
Check out our all our local upcoming events and training (see the Calendar of Events). Check out our education page for recent and upcoming certification courses.
Program Committee
Holiday: April Fool’s Day
April Fools’ Day or All Fools’ Day is a day celebrated in various countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbors, or sending them on a fool’s errand, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible.
Traditionally, in some countries, such as the UK, Canada, Australia, and South Africa the jokes only last until noon, and someone who plays a trick after noon is called an “April Fool”.[1] Elsewhere, such as in France, Ireland, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Russia, The Netherlands, Brazil, and the U.S., the jokes last all day.
The earliest recorded association between April 1 and foolishness can be found in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (1392). Many writers suggest that the restoration of January 1 as New Year’s Day in the 16th century was responsible for the creation of the holiday, but this theory does not explain earlier references.
