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On Thursday, May 14, you can discover the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office and how law enforcement conducts business using information and data. Included will be the history and background of the Sheriff’s Office, and its vision and mission. You will learn about some best practices, quality tools, and software used by the organization. In addition, there will be a facility tour. Lunch is a small $5 fee to help ASQ cover the cost.

Section 1423 has named the slate of officers for the upcoming year:

Chair:  Darrell Bailey
Chair-Elect:  Dave Thomas
Secretary:  Lynne Leach  
Treasurer:  Tom Moss
Programs:  Troy Worack
Membership:  Jim Hill
Auditing:  John Ferguson
Nominating Committee:  Chin Liang
Webmaster:  Ed Carpenter

The new officers will take responsibility for their positions in August. 

See the Upcoming Events tab for information about our April meeting at the LITE center in Lafayette.  You’ll learn how 3d immersion technologies help plan hospital design and the decommisioning of industrial facilities! 

Check out our Upcoming Events page for the details on the March 12 Quality Forum, which will be hosted by Christus St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles.  Hosptial personnel will discuss the various methods used by the hospital for improving performance and quality.  In addition, attendees will learn about 5S workplace organization, one of the foundations for reducing waste in Lean organizations.

Check out the Upcoming Events page for info about our upcoming meeting at the ChamberSW!

The Quality Management Process (QMP) is a quality management model that has been developed to assist sections in their planning and implementation of services and programs that will meet the needs of current and future members.

Quality Excellence is one of the highest levels of achievement in QMP, and the only one determined by section members. Sections that reached any level of Quality Excellence proved their dedication and commitment to providing quality programs and services.  The section is awarded with Silver excellence bymeeting or exceeding the Society’s objectives in satisfaction and loyalty and by meeting or exceeding their retention rate from the previous membership year.

Our local section (1423) is one of the 42 sections that achieved the Quality Excellence Silver Level for the 2007-08 year.

ASQSWLA’s quarterly Quality Forum is scheduled of November 13th at the Calacsieu Parish Technical and Industrial School.  Join us for a look a career education and for overview training on quality tools you can use in your workplace.   See the events page for more info.

PPG is making seats available in an ISO 9001-2000 internal auditing class October 22-23 at its facility in Westlake.  The nominal $50 fee covers meals and snacks for both days.  Click here to go to the Events page to learn more.

Go to our events page and see the full brochure for Quality Day, which will be held October 8th in Lake Charles.

Louisiana Economic Development (LED) has established two new tools for Louisiana’s hurricane-affected businesses to acquire information about available business recovery assistance.  

The LED Business Recovery Call Center was activated today to provide recovery-related resources and contacts for businesses requiring assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. The call center is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 1-877-610-3LED (3533). Information on business’ recovery needs will be collected from callers, and LED will send alerts on new programs and resources as they become available

LouisianaForward.com has been updated with relevant business assistance links (FEMA, SBA). The information on the site, which also can be accessed at LouisianaForward.com/BizHelp, will be updated with new resources as they become available. Interested businesses can also sign up for email alerts about assistance available in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav.