Q&P Section Members Elected Fellow
The following members of the ASA Quality and Productivity Section were elected Fellow this year: Martha Gardner, Timothy Robinson, Stefan Steiner, and David Trindade.
Newly elected section officers beginning in 2015 are William Brenneman of Proctor & Gamble as chair-elect and John Szarka of W.L. Gore & Associates as program chair-elect. These positions will begin in 2016.
Nominations for chair-elect, program chair-elect, and Council of Sections representative are being sought for this November. The section also is looking for nominations for a publications chair-designate, webinar coordinator, and fellow nominations chair. Appointed positions will begin in 2015.
Charter Changes
Officially change the section name from “Quality and Productivity Section” to “Section on Quality and Productivity”
Program-chair position to become a three-year position: program chair-elect, program chair, past program chair, with the past program chair being involved in the Conference on Statistical Practice.