August 20, 1999



MEMORANDUM


To: Quality and Productivity Research Conference Steering Committee Members

From: Jeff Hooper

Subject: Minutes of the August 19, 1999

Conference Call

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Present: Jeff Hooper, Angie Neff, Rita Lai, Paul Tobias, Chelli Zey

Next Meeting: Conference Call

Monday, October 25, 1999

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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

Access Number: 474-137

Important URLs:

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

Attachments:

1. Agenda for August 19, 1999 On-site Steering Committee Meeting

  1. Agenda for October 25, 1999 Steering Committee Meeting
  2. Steering Committee Member List




Meeting Highlights:

1. 1999 Conference

The following actions are needed to close out the conference

  1. 2000 Conference

  1. 2001 Conference

  1. 2002 Conference


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: Closed


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: Closed


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: Closed


V. Czitrom

J. Ballweber

J. Hooper


99.04


Put the Revised Conference Manual on the World Wide Web by September 15, 1997.

Status: Closed
R. Leon

99.05


Add information to the Conference Manual on setting up Conference financial accounts.

Status: Closed


V. Czitrom

J. Ballweber

J. Hooper




Attachment 1


ASA Q&P Research Conference Steering Committee

Conference Call

Thursday, August 19, 1999

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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 - 1:45 pm
1999 Conference


Tim Keyes


1:45 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










Attachment 2


ASA Q&P Research Conference Steering Committee

Conference Call

Monday, October 25, 1999

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Call-in Number: 888-559-8422

Access Number: 474-137

AGENDA


Time
Agenda Item
Responsibility

1:00 pm - 1:10 pm
Check in and Review of Agenda


All


1:10 pm - 1:30 pm

Final Review of 1999 Conference

- Documentation of Market Plans

- Analysis of Participants Survey

- Final Budget Results

- Update of Participants' Spreadsheet

- Website Status


Tim Keyes/

Angie Neff


1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
2000 Conference Plans


Rita Lai


2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
2001 Conference Plans


Paul Tobias


2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
2002 Conference Plans


Jeff Hooper


2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Other Business


All


3:00 pm
Adjourn











ASA Quality & Productivity Research Conference

Steering Committee Members

Updated: August 19, 1999


Name
Address
Telephone/Fax
Email

Jeff Hooper - Chair


Lucent Technologies

Room D3B48

283 King George Road

Warren, NJ 07059


T - 908-559-3026

F - 908-559-2119
jhooper@lucent.com

Tim Keyes


GE Co.

Bldg K1, 4C29A

PO Box 8

Schenectady, NY 12301


T - 518-387-6789

F - 518-387-5714
keyes@crd.ge.com

Rita Lai


777 Quality Engineering Technology

Boeing Commercial Airplanes

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

Paul Tobias


SEMATECH

2706 Montopolis Drive

Austin, TX 78741-6499


T - 512-356-7876

F - 512-356-7876
paul.tobias@sematech.org

Chelli Zey


SEMATECH

2706 Montopolis

Austin, TX 78741


T - 512-356-7141

F - 512-356-7640
chelli.zey@sematech.org
Tom Sager University of Texas tom.sager@eus.utexas.edu

ASA Quality & Productivity Research Conference

Past Steering Committee Members

Updated: August 19, 1999


Name
Address
Telephone/Fax
Email

Veronica Czitrom


Lucent Technologies

9333 S. John Young Parkway

Orlando, FL 32819


T - 407-371-7402

F - 407-371-6990
czitrom@lucent.com

Lisa Gill


NIST

NN, Room 353

Gaithersburg, MD 20899


T - 301-975-4516

F - 301-990-4127
lisa.gill@nist.gov

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


Ph.D. Statistical Consulting

2019 Crimson Lane

Santa Rosa, CA 95403

T- 707-570-2611 (W)

T- 707-526-6449 (H)
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