Section Leadership Committee

Meeting Minutes – 10/20/2016

Meeting Date: October 20, 2016

Location: Michigan Blood; 1036 Fuller Avenue NE; Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Attendees: Andrea Ward, Lisa Rosochacki, Juan Loera, Steve Constant, Linda Moon, Marina Rupp, Amber Heffelbower Ken Phillips (Secretary)

  1. Call to order –6:17 PM
  1. Review & Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes

Motion to approve the minutes from the 09/15/2016 SLC Meeting.

Motion by Amber Heffelbower, support by Steve Constant, the motion carried.

  1. Standing Reports

Treasurer’s Report, Juan Loera– Available balance $47,108.82. Discussed timely deposits and assuring a second person deposits the money. We will try sealing an envelope with the amount written on it and Juan would deposit it. Par value = 70%

  1. Event Report

Survey results –Speaker = 4.81, topic = 4.63 and overall = 4.25. The tutorial, main topic and speakers were well received, there was discussion regarding the room set-up. Did the speakers like being up on the stage? In general, people did not mind the new arrangement.

Arrangements - 34 signed up, 3 no shows and 6 walk-ins= 37; paid the Bluff for 37 people.

Officer Election – The officer election was held at the October ASQ Presents! Meeting. There was a motion from the floor to approve the slate of candidates as presented at the September Section 1001 Meeting.

Motion to approve Andrea Ward as Section 1001 Chair, Juan Loera as Treasurer and Ken Phillips as Secretary.

Motion by Brian Horstman, support buy Alison Solomon, the motion carried.

  1. Chair Reports

Program Chair, Sarah Waddell

  • Need bio information for Jeff Eves, Linda Moon will provide.
  • Member roll back pricing proposed for January meeting to encourage attendance and timely sign-up.
  • Juan needs to provide a tutorial for his event.

Education Chair, Steve Constant

  • Refresher courses are in full swing, CQA has 8 students, and CQE has 4 students.
  • CQM course discussion, suggested promoting in Region 10 facebook.
  • Virtual presentation of courses and even section meetings, hopefully would draw regionally.
  • In January, CQT, CSSBB, CQM will be offered, proposal to mail a post card to market the classes.

Nomination Chair, Jim Anderson

  • The slate of chair nominees was presented at the October 13thASQ Presents! Meeting and the section voted to approve the presented nominees.
  • Internet Liaison, Rob Riemersma, no longer wants to support this position.
  • Jim Van Wieren has resigned from the SLC.
  • Don Brecken to provide Fellow form for the arrangement table, which would be handed out to attendees. We need to maintain the Fellow spreadsheet, even if it is not covered in a tutorial.

Marketing Chair, Marina Rupp

  • Advocated for a minimum of $500.00 for marketing budget next year.
  • Need to print the 100 program post cards for general distribution at the arrangement table.
  • Discussed marketing tools like calendars and the budget to support them.
  • Andrea will pass on passwords for LinkedIn and Facebook to Marina Rupp.

A motion to approve spending funds to purchase 100 additional program postcards.

Motion by Amber Heffelbower, support by Sharon Swadner, the motion carried.

Membership Chair & Student Branch –Amber Heffelbower

  • Student section held a very exciting panel discussion event October 19th.
  • Founder’s tour is in jeopardy.
  1. Old Business

No old business.

  1. New Business

We need to start program planning earlier, beginning with next year. Will work on program each SLC meeting for the next four months.

Community give back, donation enters you into a drawing for a free dinner.

Section quarterly financial report due 10/31/2016 for the 3rd quarter. Officer signatures are not required for this quarter.

  1. Adjournment

Motion to adjourn the meeting.

Motion by Steve Constant, support by Marina Rupp, the motion carried.

Meeting adjourned at7:55PM.

Motion Log

Item / Description / Date / Initiator / Status
01 / Motion to approve the minutes from the 11/19/2015 SLC Meeting. / 01/21/2016 / Don Brecken / Carried
02 / A motion by Paul to install Linda Moon asLead Proctor, Sarah Waddell as VOC, / 01/21/2016 / Paul Prunty / Carried
03 / Motion to adjourn the meeting. / 01/21/2016 / Andrea Ward / Carried
04 / Motion to approve the minutes from the 01/21/2016 SLC Meeting. / 02/18/2016 / Rob Riemersma / Carried
05 / Motion to approve the Treasurer’s report as sent by Juan Loera. / 02/18/2016 / Rob Riemersma / Carried
06 / Motion to set price point of Forrest Breyfogle May workshop at $125.00 for members, $150.00 for non-members. / 02/18/2016 / Linda Moon / Carried
07 / Motion to adjourn the meeting. / 02/18/2016 / Amber Heffelbower / Carried
08 / Motion to adjust the pricing for the Forrest Breyfogle May workshopto $140.00 for members, $165.00 for non-members AND to offer a $15.00 per registrant discount for early registration prior to April 18, 2016, AND a $10.00 per registrant group discount for groups of five or more from the same organization who register at the same time. / 02/25/2016 / Amber Heffelbower / Carried
09 / Motion to approve the minutes from the 02/18/2016 SLC Meeting. / 03/17/2016 / Jim VanWieren / Carried
10 / Motion to adjourn the meeting. / 03/17/2016 / Don Brecken / Carried
11 / There was a motion to adjust the early registration date from April 18 to April 25, 2016; for the Forrest Breyfogle May workshop. / 04/11/2016 / Sarah Waddell / Carried
12 / Motion to approve the minutes from the 03/17/2016 SLC Meeting. / 04/21/2016 / Juan Loera / Carried
13 / Motion to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented by Juan Loera. / 04/21/2016 / Amber Heffelbower / Carried
14 / Motion to cap lunch expense at $25.00/person. / 04/21/2016 / Amber Heffelbower / Carried
15 / Motion was made to nominate Don Brecken for Region 10 Director. / 04/21/2016 / Andrea Ward / Carried
16 / Motion to adjourn the meeting. / 04/21/2016 / Amber Heffelbower / Carried
17 / Motion to approve the minutes from the 04/21/2016 SLC Meeting. / 05/19/2016 / Amber Heffelbower / Carried
18 / Motion to adjourn the meeting. / 05/19/2016 / Steve Constant / Carried
19 / Motion to approve the minutes from the 05/19/2016 SLC Meeting. / 07/28/2016 / Amber Heffelbower / Carried
20 / Motion to adjourn the meeting. / 07/28/2016 / Steve Constant / Carried
21 / Motion to approve the minutes from the 07/28/2016 SLC Meeting. / 09/15/2016 / Amber Heffelbower / Carried
22 / Motion to approve spending funds to purchase 100 additional program postcards. / 09/15/2016 / Amber Heffelbower / Carried
23 / Motion to adjourn the meeting. / 09/15/2016 / Steve Constant / Carried
24 / Motion to approve the minutes from the 09/15/2016 SLC Meeting. / 10/20/2016 / Amber Heffelbower / Carried
25 / Motion to approve Andrea Ward as Section 1001 Chair, Juan Loera as Treasurer and Ken Phillips as Secretary. / 10/13/2016 / Brian Horstman / Carried
26 / A motion to approve spending funds to purchase 100 additional program postcards. / 10/20/2016 / Amber Heffelbower / Carried
27 / Motion to adjourn the meeting. / 10/20/2016 / Steve Constant / Carried

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