I received a nice letter from ASQ a few minutes ago giving me reasons why I should join. Why, they even included an application!

Problem is, I have been a member for more than a decade.

Has anyone else experinced this? I wonder how much was spent recruiting those who are already members.

I received a nice letter from ASQ a few minutes ago giving me reasons why I should join. Why they even included an application!

Problem is, I have been a member for more than a decade.

Has anyone else experinced this? I wonder how much was sent recruiting those who are already members.

They probably decided it was cheaper to send the "invitation" to everyone on their list (and look dumb in the process) rather than trying to sort it first.

Your ASQ dues at work...

I received a nice letter from ASQ a few minutes ago giving me reasons why I should join. Why, they even included an application!

Problem is, I have been a member for more than a decade.

Has anyone else experinced this? I wonder how much was sent recruiting those who are already members.

I just had a déjà vu experience. Have a look here: http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?p=121571#poststop

I just had a déjà vu experience. Have a look here: http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?p=121571#poststop


Wow. I had forgotten about that. Is this (the letters) just happening to me?

Wow. I had forgotten about that. Is this (the letters) just happening to me?
YES! It is a massive, world-wide conspiracy to drive you over the edge into madness, probably because you are scheduled to testify on something in which your testimony would harm "powers that be."

Do you notice lots of folks around your home, company location, church, grocery, etc. who wear tight black suits and aviator-style Ray-Bans?

Have there been a lot of big black SUVs around during your daily commute? Have you been noticing periodic EMI on your TV? Is there a crackle or buzz when you use the phone?

Gee! Sometimes, it is NOT paranoia - sometimes, somebody really IS after you!

ROTF:lmao: ASTC
(Rolling on the floor, laughing my axx off, and scaring the cat!)

YES! It is a massive, world-wide conspiracy to drive you over the edge into madness, probably because you are scheduled to testify on something in which your testimony would harm "powers that be."

Do you notice lots of folks around your home, company location, charch, grocery, etc. who wear tight black suits and aviator-style Ray-Bans?

Have there been a lot of big black SUVs around during your daily commute? Have you been noticing periodic EMI on your TV? Is there a crackle or buzz when you use the phone?

Gee! Sometimes, it is NOT paranoia - sometimes, somebody really IS after you!

ROTF:lmao: ASTC
(Rolling on the floor, laughing my axx off, and scaring the cat!)


Dang, they found me out. I thought the Reynold's wrap hat was supposed to foil their efforts! (No, I WILL NOT atone for that really bad pun).

And here I thought all of the guys with sunglasses were paparazzi.

After 2 drinks when someone calls I do have a buzz on the phone. A buzz off of the phone too.

Periodic EMI? Is that one of those ostrich looking things?

I’ll make 10 years of ASQ membership this month. Probably I’ll receive the “nice letter” soon...:D

I’ll make 10 years of ASQ membership this month. Probably I’ll receive the “nice letter” soon...:D
Congratulations! Have you signed up as "Senior Member" yet? There are a couple of extra perks if you do.

Regardless of all we say for or against ASQ, it is still pretty much the only Quality Society available to most of us. Some of the things ASQ does are superb - especially publishing and distributing books on Quality (although some have been real turkeys.) We snipe at the magazines and Journals, but they still carry a lot of useful information. There are some issues of Quality Progress where the ads for Quality tools are more worthwhile than the articles, but many of the products and services promoted by advertisers ARE helpful to many of us.

Congratulations! Have you signed up as "Senior Member" yet? There are a couple of extra perks if you do.

Wes,

They have sent me the application form “Application for advancement to the grade of senior” when I made 5 years of membership. I still have it. It asks for things I don’t know if I’m good enough. For example:
- Publications, Papers, Talks.
I’ve never write any book about anything...
About “Talks”, I don’t know if seminars and conferences in which I spoke are good enough...
Other thing I still don’t know is it worthy for a guy that lives in Europe?:confused:

Wes,

They have sent me the application form “Application for advancement to the grade of senior” when I made 5 years of membership. I still have it. It asks for things I don’t know if I’m good enough. For example:
- Publications, Papers, Talks.
I’ve never write any book about anything...
About “Talks”, I don’t know if seminars and conferences in which I spoke are good enough...
Other thing I still don’t know is it worthy for a guy that lives in Europe?:confused:Trust me. You definitely qualify for Senior status. Nobody expects you to be a major guru, we only expect you to be active in the field by giving talks and seminars at work, at a customer or supplier, or at business association meetings. If you write on quality topics here in the Cove or in a company or ASQ Section newsletter, that is as important and worthwhile as writing a major book.

I hope you stay in the "family!"

About “Talks”, I don’t know if seminars and conferences in which I spoke are good enough...
Other thing I still don’t know is it worthy for a guy that lives in Europe?:confused:Yes. Why not accept recognition for such public contribution? It's worthwhile to contribute such and it's worthy to apply that effort to one's career development. It's great to be asked!

I filled out the form and received Senior Membership.
In the end I only stayed for a year afterwards.
I really did not see that my $100 was getting me anything.
I tried to affect the price of shipping books, which is very high and even with the members discount I could by cheaper and no one wanted to answer me.
I had no area activities and was only a member because of inertia. I am a CQM who has not maintained the title as it is irrelevant if it is maintained. I passed the exam so what extra does it mean that I send a form every so many years.
It is possible that the discussions here helped convince me to leave, but the ASQ did nothing to persuade me despite my correspondence.

Howard,

One other thing, besides receiving Quality Progress home every month, I really don’t see any major benefit of being an ASQ member.
Their internet forum is almost “dead”. For a guy living in Europe as we are, for me now it’s just a little more than having a business card that I sometimes show to some colleges to tell them I’m a member for 10 years.
It’s not expensive, considering that now Euro is much more “powerful” than USD, but sometimes I wonder why I still pay for it...

On thing I just hope that twenty years from now we are all here asking the same question...:D

They probably decided it was cheaper to send the "invitation" to everyone on their list (and look dumb in the process) rather than trying to sort it first.
HELLO
I WILL APPRICIATE IF SEND IT FOR ME
THANK YOU
FEREYDOONNIA

HELLO
I WILL APPRICIATE IF SEND IT FOR ME
THANK YOU
FEREYDOONNIA

https://secure.asq.org/ecommerce/newmember/execute/newMemberSetup

Congratulations! Have you signed up as "Senior Member" yet? There are a couple of extra perks if you do.
HELLO
COULD YOU PLEASE SEND IT FOR ME
THANKS
BEST REGARDS

I think you just click on the link in the post above (post 16 in this thread).

Yes! Start here. https://secure.asq.org/ecommerce/newmember/execute/newMemberSetup (https://secure.asq.org/ecommerce/newmember/execute/newMemberSetup)
If you have a problem, send me a private message and I'll try to help you out.

Another thing about ASQ.
As I told before, I’m a member of ASQ since 1996 and so I have ten years of Quality Progress Magazines in paper support. They are occupying some important space at my place...
Does it make sense to keep them?
As members, we can consult all QP on-line at www.asq.org, but I don’t se myself, as quality professional, sending Quality Magazines to recycling.
Does anyone have the same problem?
What have you done?

Another thing about ASQ.
As I told before, I’m a member of ASQ since 1996 and so I have ten years of Quality Progress Magazines in paper support. They are occupying some important space at my place...
Does it make sense to keep them?
As members, we can consult all QP on-line at www.asq.org (http://www.asq.org), but I don’t se myself, as quality professional, sending Quality Magazines to recycling.
Does anyone have the same problem?
What have you done?
I am finally trying to change my life-long "pack rat" habit, wherein I saved EVERYTHING on the certain calculation that
"what comes around, goes around"
and
"those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it."

Elsewhere, I have written about my acronym for organizing one's "space."
S = sort
P = purge
A = assign [a place to put stuff not purged]
C = containerize [proper containers to hold and protect stuff you save]
E = evaluate [the process - is it working for you?]

My recent evaluation told me my pack rat ways no longer work for me and I am in my sort and purge phases, trying to reduce the bulk of my "collections" by at least half. I, too, found it almost painful to discard years of clipped articles (I had at least progressed beyond keeping ENTIRE magazines.) In reviewing the collection, I found most to be outdated and worthless, even for "historical" purposes.

The one question I ask myself as I look at each document is:
"Under what circumstance will I ever need this document?"
If I don't have an answer - out it goes!
If it passes that test, next I ask:
"What will I do if I don't have it then?"
If I have a reasonable plan "B" - out it goes!

The internet has made creating "Plan B" a lot easier!

This method may not work for anyone else, but it may be worth consideration.