Sarah Burke, 2023 Q&P Chair

The Quality and Productivity Section executive committee met October 28 to discuss goals for Q&P in 2023. Over the last two years, great strides were made to improve the documentation and turnover processes for the executive committee. With those improvements in mind, the goals for 2023 are focused on broadening Q&P’s member base. The goals for 2023 are as follows:

• Increase student participation in conferences and section membership. Many students participate in the Quality and Productivity Research Conference, and we have historically had students attend the Fall Technical Conference. We plan to have a Q&P representative attend these conferences with the goal of encouraging students to also join the Q&P Section.
• Identify areas of improvement in communicating Q&P awards and events to a wider audience to encourage increased participation. This goal seeks to increase the number of nominations for Q&P awards and participation at conferences. Attendance at many conferences over the last year was low, likely due to after effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. We seek to encourage in-person attendance in 2023.
• Collaborate with a new ASA section to broaden the membership base. The primary avenue for this will be through JSM and a joint mixer, which we currently cosponsor with the Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences. Q&P will identify another ASA section to partner with to identify other ASA members that may be interested in Q&P’s mission.
• Continue improvements of the officer turnover process on the Q&P executive committee to ensure the updated documentation and administrative processes established over the last two years continue to carry over. This includes establishing a general repository that allows transfer of ownership as the chair of Q&P changes.

The purpose of the initiatives outlined here is to broaden the Q&P membership base and improve the functionality of the Q&P section.