April 30, 1999

MEMORANDUM

To: Quality and Productivity Research Conference Steering Committee Members

From: Lisa M. Gill

Statistical Engineering Division, NIST

Subject: Minutes of the March 29, 1999

Steering Committee Conference Call

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST

Present: Lisa Gill, Jeff Hooper, Tim Keyes, Rita Lai, Paul Tobias, Chelli Zey

Next Meeting: 1999 On-site Conference Meeting

Friday May 21, 1999

Important URLs:

1999 Conference Homepage: http//www.crd.ge.com/QPRC1999/

Q&P Section Homepage: http://web.utk.edu/~asaqp/

Attachments:

1. Agenda for March 29, 1999 Steering Committee Meeting

2. Agenda for May 21, 1999 On-site Steering Committee Meeting

3. Steering Committee Member List

Meeting Highlights:

1. Review of Open Actions Items

(items where status has changed or were discussed)

98.06 Closed

98.10 Closed

99.01 - 99.95 Moved all open conference manual actions items

2. 1999 Conference

The conference is planned and everything is ready to go.

The agenda can be found at the website. The program looks great.

There were a few changes, but replacements have been found.

Stu may not be able to make the conference due to family commitments, but the arrangements will be made prior to the conference. A teleconference may be set up for Stu to accept his recognition.

Post conference meeting will be held that Friday.

3. 2000 Conference (Joint with SRC)

With the conference center chosen, things are progressing nicely.

Conference dates are tentatively May 22-25, 2000.

Theme: Statistical Applications for the New Millennium.

4. 2001 Conference

SEMATECH has agreed to host the 2001 Conference.

Will ask either TAMU or UT to serve as university host.

Number	Action Item	Responsibility
98.01	Decide on policy to attract students participation. Status: Closed (6 scholarships given)	A. Wu
98.02	Advertise 1999 conference in calendar section of AMSTAT News. Status: Closed (March issue, pg. 57)	T. Keyes
98.03	Create website for 1999 preliminary conference information. Status: Closed	T. Keyes
98.04	Develop recognition for Stu Hunter at 1999 conference. Status: Closed	Steering Committee
98.05	Complete final 1998 conference budget and participant satisfaction analysis. Status: Closed	A. Wu
98.06	Arrange for 1999 GE contribution to be transferred to 1999 conference fund. Status: Closed	T. Keyes
98.07	Make preliminary contacts with SEMATECH and TI for hosting 2001 conference. Status: Closed	V. Czitrom J. Hooper
98.08	Combine the 1995, 1997 and 1998 conference participants' list in one EXCEL file. Status: Closed	A. Wu
98.09	Add 1996 participants' list, currently in ASCII format, to the combined 1995, 1997 and 1998 EXCEL file. Status: Closed	T. Keyes
98.10	Determine conference location and hotel accommodations for the 2000 Conference. Status: Closed	R. Lai
99.01	Review "starred" items in the 1997 Conference post-mortem and add material to address these items in the Conference Manual. Get the revised version of the conference manual to Jeff Hooper by August 15, 1997. Status: Open	V. Czitrom J. Ballweber J. Hooper
99.02	Create in the conference manual a brief section on "Guidelines for Session Organizers." Include items such as "bring props or specimens to interest the audience. " Complete this section with the revision of the Conference Manual by August 15, 1997. Status: Open	V. Czitrom J. Ballweber J. Hooper
99.03	Add to the Conference Manual a summary of the 1997 conference in section 7. Also attach samples of invitation letters and thank you letters. Complete by August 15, 1997. Status: Open	V. Czitrom J. Ballweber J. Hooper
99.04	Put the Revised Conference Manual on the World Wide Web by September 15, 1997. Status: Open	R. Leon
99.05	Add information to the Conference Manual on setting up Conference financial accounts. Status: Open	V. Czitrom J. Ballweber J. Hooper

Attachment 1

ASA Q&P Research Conference Steering Committee

On-site Meeting

Friday, May 21, 1999

After tour - 3pm

1999 Quality and Productivity Conference

Schenectady, NY

AGENDA

Time	Agenda Item	Responsibility
	Review Agenda	All
	1999 Conference Post Morten What went well Opportunities for Improvement Additions to the Manual	Tim Keyes/ Angie Neff
	2000 Conference Plans	Rita Lai
	2001 Conference Plans	Paul Tobias
	2002 Conference Plans	Jeff Hooper
	Other Business	All
	Adjourn

Attachment 2

ASA Q&P Research Conference Steering Committee

Conference Call

Monday, March 29, 1999

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST

Call-in Number: 1-888-559-8422

Access Number: 474-137

AGENDA

Time	Agenda Item	Responsibility
1:00 pm - 1:10 pm	Check-In and Review Agenda	All
1:10 pm - 1:30 pm	Review of Action Items	Jeff Hooper
1:30 am - 2:15 pm	1999 Conference Plans Recognition of Stu Hunter Workshop Sessions/Speakers Marketing Other	Tim Keyes
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm	2000 Conference Plans	Rita Lai
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm	2001 Conference Plans	Paul Tobias
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm	Other Business	All
3:00 pm	Adjourn

ASA Quality & Productivity Research Conference

Steering Committee Members

Updated: April 30, 1999

Name	Address	Telephone/Fax	Email
Jeff Hooper - Chair	Lucent Technologies Room C3B03 283 King George Road Warren, NJ 07059	T - 908-559-3026 F - 908-559-2119	jhooper@lucent.com
Lisa Gill	NIST NN, Room 353 Gaithersburg, MD 20899	T - 301-975-4516 F - 301-990-4127	lisa.gill@nist.gov
Roger Hoerl	GE Co. Bldg K1, 4C29A PO Box 8 Schnectady, NY 12301	T - 518-387-4040 F - 518-387-5714	hoerl@crd.ge.com
Tim Keyes	GE Co. Bldg K1, 4C29A PO Box 8 Schnectady, NY 12301	T - 518-387-6789 F - 518-387-5714	keyes@crd.ge.com
Rita Lai	The Boeing Company 777 Quality Assurance Engr. PO Box 3707, MS OX-54 Seattle, WA 98124-2207	T - 425-342-8527 F - 425-294-3878	rita.a.lai@boeing.com
Ramon Leon	Dept. of Statistics College of Bus. Admin. University of Tennessee 331 Stokely Mgmt. Ctr. Knoxville, TN 37996-0532	T - 423-974-1636 (W) F - 423-974-2490 (W) T - 423-691-5622 (H) F - 423-691-5622 (H)	rleon@utk.edu
Angie Neff	GE Co. Bldg K1, 4C33A PO Box 8 Schenectady, NY 12301	T - 518-387-6239 F - 518-387-5714	neffa@crd.ge.com
Kayla Stratton	The Boeing Company 777 Quality Assurance Engr. P.O. Box 3707, MS OX-54 Seattle, WA 98124-2207	T - 425-294-4081 F - 425-294-3878	kayla.l.stratton@boeing.com
Paul Tobias	SEMATECH 2706 Montopolis Drive Austin, TX 78741-6499	T - 512-356-7876 F - 512-356-7876	paul.tobias@sematch.org
Chelli Zey	SEMATECH 2706 Montopolis Austin, TX 78741	T - 512-356-7141 F - 512-356-7640	chelli.zey@sematech.org

ASA Quality & Productivity Research Conference

Past Steering Committee Members

Name	Address	Telephone/Fax	Email
Veronica Czitrom	AT&T 9333 S. John Young Parkway Orlando, FL 32819	T - 407-345-7402 F - 407-345-6990	czitrom@lucent.com
John Heitmann	Corning, Inc. HP-ME-03-079 Corning, NY 14831	T - 607-974-6299 F - 607-974-8007	heitmann_jw@corning.com
Eric Lagergren	NIST NN, Room 353 Gaithersburg, MD 20899	T - 301-975-3245 F - 301-990-4127	eric.lagergren@nist.gov
Dennis Lin	Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Bus. Admin. Dept. of Mgmt. Science & Info Syst 314 Beam Bus. Admin. Bldg. University Park, PA 16802-1913	T - 814-865-0377 F - 814-863-2381	lin@stat.bus.utk.edu (Internet) DKL5@psuvm.psu.edu (Bitnet)
Dan McCarville	Motorola, Inc. Sensor Products Signal Products Div. 5005 E. McDowell Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85008	T - 620-244-3990 F - 602-244-5738	rvag60@email3.sps.mot.com
Doug Montgomery	Arizona State University Dept. of Industrial Engrg. Tempe, AZ 85287-5906	T- 602-965-3836(W) F - 602-965-2910(W) T/F - 602-496-9908	atdcm@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
James White	Eastman Chemical Co. Building 284 P.O. Box 1973 Kingsport, TN 37662-5284	T - 423-229-6607(W) F- 423-229-4880(W) T- 423-239-9361 (H) F- 423-239-7239 (H)	jrwhite@eastman.com jrwhite@ilinkgn.net
Ai-Chu Wu		T - 707-526-6449	aichuwu@aol.com
Nick Zaino	Eastman Kodak Co. Quality Tech. & Applied Statistics Quality Assurance Svcs, Div Bldg 6, 7th Floor Kodak Park Rochester, NY 14652-3401	T - 716-722-2399 F - 716-722-4415	nzaino@kodak.com