IIE Chapter 17 President’s Message

August 22, 2006

Dear IIE Chapter 17 Members and Guests,

 

The upcoming 2006-2007 program year will be the Chapter's 55th consecutive year of serving the IE profession and local community.  Imagine how many new acquaintances have been made, programs provided, community projects completed, conferences offered, and awards given since the chapter was originally chartered.  Looking back in time helps me understand how valuable this chapter has been and how important it is for us to keep it active in the future.  The Chapter's Officers have organized another full schedule of activities and opportunities for our members and guests this year.  I hope you will join us as we add another year to our history.

 

Meeting Programs

The Chapter’s programs will again be joint meetings with ASQ and will be held at the Eastman Lodge in Kingsport (except for plant tours).  At the first IIE/ASQ meeting on September 21, Katie Rawls, President of the TN Center for Performance Excellence, will present a tutorial on "Improve Your Organization's Management System" and Dennis Vonderfecht, President and CEO of MSHA, will present the meeting program on "MSHA:  Our Journey to Excellence".  Future programs include topics such as leadership/communication, personal effectiveness, six sigma, reliability, ISO 9001, and Lean.  Tour of the facilities at Bush Hog should be unique and interesting program.  The full list of programs and pre-dinner tutorials is included at the end of this note and I hope each of you will post the meetings dates on your calendars and plan to attend the meetings.  Please invite your friend(s) to attend as well.  I’ll be sending you a monthly reminder with a link to the meeting details and signup form.  Duke Okes, ASQ and David McClaskey, IIE, deserve a lot of thanks and appreciation for scheduling and arranging the programs for this program year.

 

Future Outlook

The Board of Directors held a strategic planning meeting on June 30th to review the Chapter’s status and develop objectives and plans for the future.  For this coming year, the Chapter will continue to focus on initiatives that support membership growth, retention, and participation.  IIE recently provided our chapter with a $1000 membership recruitment grant to sponsor membership fee discounts for first time members and support other recruitment functions like networking luncheons.  If you, or someone you know are interested in joining (or rejoining) IIE, please contact me or complete the online application at our website.

 

The Chapter 17 Board of Directors is responsible for providing the direction and leadership for our chapter.  The BOD usually meets about four times per year.  If you are a current IIE member and would be interested in joining the BOD and having a leadership role in the chapter, please contact me.

 

In closing, the Tri-Cities Chapter of IIE has a long history of providing opportunities and benefits to its members and the surrounding community.  I hope you will take advantage of what IIE and the local chapter has to offer this upcoming year.

 

P.S.  If you change your e-mail address, please remember to send me your new address.  If you wish to be removed from this distribution, just send me a note.

 

Best Regards,

 

Edd

 

R. Edd Baldock

Manager, Quality Improvement

Eastman Chemical Company

phone 1.423.229.3362

fax 1.423.229.4880

e-mail ebaldock@eastman.com

 

 

Visit the IIE Chapter 17 Website at http://www.chartertn.net/nonprofit/iiechapter17/

 

Board of Directors:

Alan Freeman, Joe Wilson, Gary Kirkpatrick, David McClaskey, Kelly Tabor, and Edd Baldock

 

2006-07 ASQ/IIE SCHEDULE

All Programs except Tours are held at the Eastman Lodge, Kingsport, TN.

8/15/06

Date

Pre-Dinner Tutorial

5:30-6:15 (unless otherwise noted)

After-Dinner Program

7-8

 

September 21, 2006

Improve Your Organization's Management System – Level 1 Application TN Center for Performance Excellence (TCPE) Workshop

Katie Rawls

President

TN Center for Performance Excellence

 

MSHA: Our Journey to Excellence

 

Dennis Vonderfecht

President and CEO

Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA)

 

October 17, 2006

SPECIAL HALF DAY SEMINAR

2:00 – 6:00 Special Seminar ($150/person): 

"Unleashing Leadership and The Art of Constructive Confrontation"

Dr. John Hoover

Nationally Known Author and Leadership/Communications Consultant

"How to Work for an Idiot."

 

 

Dr. John Hoover

Nationally Known Author and Leadership/Communications Consultant

November 9, 2006

Eastman Lodge A1/A2

Stephen Covey's "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"  - What are they and How to Effectively Use Them to Improve"

Dr. Deborah Harley

Assistant Vice-President

Community Engagement, Learning and Leadership

East Tennessee State University

Building Customer Relationships: Four Tools for Immediate Impact

 

Russell Justice, PE

Pal's Business Excellence Institute

 

 

January 18, 2007

No Tutorial

Plant Tour

Bush Hog

February 15, 2007

Certification Tips

 

James J. Rooney, PE

ASQ Certified Six Sigma Green Belt
Senior Risk/Reliability Engineer
ABS Consulting; Operational Risk and Performance Consulting Division

 

John Deere Production System

 

Susan  Farris
John Deere Power Products

March 15, 2007

ISO 9001 – Using your management review to improve

 

Panel of Experts

Human Error Prevention

 

BW (Ben) Marguglio

Management & Technical Consulting

High Technology Seminars 

April 19, 2007

What is Six Sigma?  A Basic Overview

 David J. McClaskey, PE

Senior Quality Associate and Six Sigma Black Belt Instructor

Global Quality

Eastman Chemical Co.

LeanSigma “The Best of Both Combined"

Kevin Schutt

Manager

Business Process Improvement (LeanSigma)

Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.

 

May 10, 2007

Build a Stage for Them to Stand On - Strengthening Personal

Relationships

 Russell Justice, PE

Pal's Business Excellence Institute

Leadership Skills

 

Greg Maciolek

President

 Integrated Management Resources