I'm sorry for your bad experience. Years before I joined what was then ASQC, according to old timers in my sections, we had a similar dismal aspect to our meeting presentations. Luckily for us, some of those old timers made an effort to get interesting and meaningful presenters who did NOT make one long sales pitch for their product or service, but instead concentrated on educational presentations which benefited members.
Similarly for the education sessions, the cost of many of which is limited to materials.
The tradition continues. If those old timers had just been discouraged and quit, we would not have the great stuff we have today. Their dedication to the profession has inspired me and others to step up and do our part.
Similarly for the education sessions, the cost of many of which is limited to materials.
The tradition continues. If those old timers had just been discouraged and quit, we would not have the great stuff we have today. Their dedication to the profession has inspired me and others to step up and do our part.
As far as networking is concerned, it too starts to lose value at the point when you realize that you're networking with the same relatively small group of people every month, many of whom have nothing interesting to say.
The point I was trying to make in initiating this thread still stands. ASQ "leadership" regularly violates its own code of ethics, is unresponsive to people genuinely interested in improving things (oh, the irony!) and shows no signs of thinking that things even need to be improved. Personally, I can't bring myself to financially support that sort of thing, and I think that things will change only when enough people stop sending in their money every year. I support the principles of the organization by refusing to be a member of it.
