Should I Renew my ASQ membership?

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AllanJ

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WALLACE said:
My particular interpretation of an implosion to the thread context would be:
Internal strife, disillusionment, distrust and professional irrelevance.

Great institutions whether they be social, political, religious or professional always fall by the wayside when they believe they are infallible and, build citadels in preparation for their Babylonian type fall from grace.
Wallace.
So, Wallace, you must have read C. Northcote Parkinson's famous book and especially the chapter dealing with failing organizations and "injelititis"! All too true. :agree1:
 
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WALLACE

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AllanJ said:
So, Wallace, you must have read C. Northcote Parkinson's famous book and especially the chapter dealing with failing organizations and "injelititis"! All too true. :agree1:
Haven't read Parkinson's notable publication.
My perceptions, core values and understandings to date, have developed slowly but surely by association with and, acceptance of various noble and ignoble sources.
Wallace.
 
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Don Palmer

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WALLACE said:
My perceptions, core values and understandings to date, have developed slowly but surely by association with and, acceptance of various noble and ignoble sources.
Wallace.
"Slowly but surely..." and steadfast!
 
#14
AQS membership

After 12 or 15 years I let my membership lapse this year.

I was once very involved - chapter secretary, taught CQE and CQA refresher courses, etc.

My current company doesn't care if I am an ASQ members or that I am a certified quality engineer and a certified quality auditor -- ASQ has no meaning here. Same for my 2 previous companies, dating back to 1988.

The emphasis now is on Six Sigma and ASQ is not seen as a player.

Also, somewhere along the line ASQ disappeared from upper management's consciousness. I have never known a quality VP or director who was a member; just assorted QEs and a quality manager every now and then.
 
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cbehrens

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I'm wondering why I am paying dues to help finance certification programs and training in China. Is it so my job can be moved over seas? Thank you ASQ
 
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Tammy N

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I joined recently

I recently joined ASQ and contacted my section to inquire about becoming an active member. That was over a month ago and I have yet to get a response. I am now wondering if I just wasted my money :confused:
 

Steve Prevette

Deming Disciple
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Super Moderator
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Tammy N said:
I recently joined ASQ and contacted my section to inquire about becoming an active member. That was over a month ago and I have yet to get a response. I am now wondering if I just wasted my money :confused:
What section do you want to be a member of? I can find the name of the section chair and his/her email. I'm a section chair myself, so I hope another section chair would do the same for me if they heard of such a problem.
 
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Tammy N

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Boston area

Since I am looking to relocate to NC, today I contacted the section in Greensboro, NC to request information on how to become active in their section once I am moved. :thanx:
 

Tim Folkerts

Super Moderator
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Amazingly, I wanted to renew and found the process almost impossible. :bonk: In my case the sticking point was going from "regular" to "associate" member.

I got a renewal notice (actually a couple), but there was no option on the form for changing to "associate", so I let it slide. Figured I could do it some other way some other time.

On a visit to the web-site, I got a little reminder that my membership was about up and that I should renew. I went through the links, waiting for the page that would let me change the level of membership. It never happened. I could add/remove divisions, but not change to associate. So I let it slide.

Just now the ASQ site says my membership has expired, and to call a number. I call them, go through a minute or two of double-checking my name, address, etc. When I say I want to change to associate membership, she politely tells me she can't do that. They need a hard copy - they can't do it over the internet or by phone or by email. They did email a form that I could print and return via snail mail. Interestingly, fax counts as hardcopy, but email doesn't.

I came awfully close to not renewing, simply because it was such a hassle! I still haven't mailed the envelope, but I do plan to.


Tim F

P.S. I just figured out how to outwit the system. If I rejoin but don't tell them I was a member recently, then I can become a new member at the "associate level". The moment I tell them my ASQ ID number, however, then they lock me out of changing to associate. :confused: The only down-side I can think of is that I may need to learn a new member number - I think I can handle that.
 
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AllanJ

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When doing a Google search today, I discovered the articles for the ASQs April 2005 Quality Progress freely available to the general public without the need for password or anything else. This was the hyperlink www.asq.org/pub/qualityprogress/past/0405

For those who are paying their dues only because they value the articles in that magazine, perhaps they should ask themselves is it worth spending > $100 for something given free to the public that pays nothing?
 
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