Wes Bucey Presents! Feb. 11, Chicago ASQ Section

**Wes Bucey** · #1 20th January 2009, 10:54 PM

On February 11, 2009, I'll be the featured speaker at the February dinner meeting of Chicago ASQ Section 1201.

There's still plenty of time to make reservations if you'll be in the area.

Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Time: Social/networking begins at 5:30 pm,
Pre-dinner at 6:00
Location: Wellington Restaurant & Banquets (http://www.wellingtonbanquets.com/)
Arlington Heights, IL (NW suburb of Chicago)

There is no charge to attend the presentation only, but advance registration is required. Chicago Section members who find themselves "between employment" should be aware we have a special free dinner program for them because we believe so strongly in the necessity of providing networking opportunities for our out-of-work members.

The meeting is listed on the Cove calendar
http://elsmar.com/Forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=282&day=2009-2-11

Typically, There is a pre-dinner presentation at 6:00 pm, then dinner is served at 6:30 pm and the main speaker (me) presents immediately following dinner.

I note our Chicago Section website (http://www.asqchicago.org/) has not been updated to take dinner reservations, yet. I will monitor and report as soon as it is updated.

To date, I've only met a few of you. Now's your chance to see whether I'm as good (or bad) as you think I am

There is definitely a beverage service available (regardless if you have dinner!!)

***Randy*** · #2 20th January 2009, 11:45 PM

Hey, will that be anywhere near Houston-Hobby?

**Wes Bucey** · #3 21st January 2009, 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randy

Hey, will that be anywhere near Houston-Hobby?

Just a few miles north of Houston. Maybe you could make it in an Apache 64 with one fuel stop!

*Jim Wynne* · #4 21st January 2009, 12:05 PM

The Chicago ASQ site doesn't seem to like Firefox. For example, this page looks like this using Firefox 3.0.5:

But it looks like this in IE 7:

**Wes Bucey** · #5 21st January 2009, 01:15 PM

Yep! Another benefit brought to us ASQ members by the quality-conscious folks at ASQ HQ! Perhaps the FF folks don"t like ASQ?

**Wes Bucey** · #6 23rd January 2009, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wes Bucey

Yep! Another benefit brought to us ASQ members by the quality-conscious folks at ASQ HQ! Perhaps the FF folks don"t like ASQ?

An email exchange with the ASQ Chicago webmaster indicates his thanks for bringing the discrepancy to his attention. He is "investigating" solutions. I'll continue to monitor the situation.

**Wes Bucey** · #7 12th February 2009, 02:12 AM

I thought the meeting went well. We had about 120 for dinner and the presentations.

If you were there and I missed buying you a drink, I apologize - the meeting and presentations ran at a fast pace, starting with friendship and job networking at 5:00 pm, continuing until the final gavel at 9:30 pm with very little opportunity for table hopping.

I did stick around for 15-30 minutes to answer questions folks were too shy to ask in public.

I changed a lot of my original presentation (dumping a bunch of PP slides) to more of a motivational speech, since many folks seemed to be in gloom city about the job outlook.

I did my best to tout the Cove to the entire assemblage at least four times during my presentation and to everyone with whom I had a one-on-one conversation before and after my presentation.

Interestingly, we had a staffer from ASQ HQ (name slips my mind) in attendance. Spy?

*gpainter* · #8 18th August 2009, 08:33 AM

I really like the idea of a dual program. Do you have any problems finding speakers?

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