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Message from the Chair

Larry Wilkins, our chair, musing on the state of the section.

Section Overview

ASQ 0511 is governed by a board of elected officers and appointed committee chairs. The officers are elected annually in January and serve from the following 1 July thru 30 June of the following year. Committee chairs are appointed as vacancies occur or as the need arises.

• Current Section Board Contact Information
• Goals & Objectives
• Position Descriptions
• Section Operating Agreement 29 April 2009
• Previous Section Operating Agreement [formerly called Bylaws] 13 August 2004
• Board Meetings Minutes
• Forms

Current Section Developments:

• Linked-In Group

  The section has a Linked-In group, Northern Virginia Section of the American Society for Quality, where it conducts topical discussions, please join us.

• Nominations

  Every year in April we elect member leaders to serve as our section officers including a Secretary, Treasurer and Chair Elect. The Chair Elect position serves as the understudy to the Chair (Section Leader) in the year that after the election and then will automatically become the Chair in the following year.
  Each one of these positions requires a significant amount of time and energy to accomplish the requirements of the positions. Criteria for nomination include: being a member of the section; being a paid up member of ASQ; having a quality background or at least one ASQ certification; be willing to attend all monthly meetings and devote at least 10 hours a month outside of the meetings to Section business.
  In order to be nominated, an individual must submit a petition with the signatures of at least 20 regular members of the section supporting the nomination or be selected as a candidate by the nominating committee. Download the section Nomination Petition Form from the section website in either PDF or RTF formats. Please send an e-mail to the Nomination Chair if you'd like more information about running.
  Please send in your completed nomination form to both the Secretary and the nominating committee chair. All nominations must be received before the first of April to be considered valid. By serving in one of these positions, you can earn 1.5 Recertification Units (RUs) for each year you serve.

• Committee Chair Positions

  Additionally, Section 0511 has several appointed Committee Chairs who also serve on the section leadership committee. These chairs include, but are not limited to the following:

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