Agenda:

“SSQA in 2012”

• Topic and/or speaker ideas for 2012• Meeting format • Meeting frequency• Meeting cancellation criteria• Meetup.com site • SSQA member involvement • Officer elections• Speaker return engagements

Topic and/or speaker ideas for 2012

• Members become self-sufficient – act as speakers, bring in speakers, submit ideas and contact info, etc.

• Speakers on alternate months (more sustainable in terms of getting speakers)

• Program Chair be a high level mega coordinator, and each monthly speaker is found by a different member.

• Issues with commitment of speakers

• Lightening talk vs reviews – leave it up to the speaker to decide?

• Toastmasters-speak to us in early 2012. Tammy to take this action item.

• People more willing to attend when they are out of work (more time, looking for contacts, etc). How can we address this?

• Brainstorming sessions-White Board night. Suggestions of best practices, automation tools. However, need a lead.

• A pool of people to come in to leverage.

• Company sponsorship (food!) Is there an ASQ budget to do this? Ken: approval process is too tough. Auditor/Treasurer can possibly handle this.

• Groups that get email-can we reach out for more attendees as well as speakers?

• MMP would like to be the coordinator of coordinators.

• John will be in charge of speaker for Feb.

• When will we be moving to a new HP location?

• Ken suggests a QA hack-a-thon

• Meeting room size-smaller needed

• Tables amongst the chairs etc.

• Food discussed again-there’s a theme

• Attendees from Portnov and other local schools / classes

• MMP feels 30 is the magic # of attendees

Meeting format

• Jan-pizza and soda paid for by ASQ. ToastMasters preferred presenter.

• Speaker not needed! Discussions groups, networking, lightening rounds, etc.

Meeting frequency

• If less than monthly, attendance may drop as there are a number of people who just know when it is – they don’t look it up, don’t inquire, etc.

• RSUs would not be worth it if only attending bi-monthly etc.

Meeting cancellation criteria

• Meetup will help facilitate this.

• What is the minimum # of people who must RSVP in order to (not) cancel – – Criteria different for each type of meeting.

Speaker – 20? – Other type of mtg ? Less– DECISION to be made by that month’s

coordinator!

Meetup.com site

• MMP belongs to a group that uses this. A person joins and RSVPs to a meeting. $144/yr. Encourages networking – people can leave a note. Can leave reviews afterwards. Would be more ‘happening’ Gives us a way to cancel as well. Make it tougher to attend-it is not a freebie-make some effort.

• Meetup site is permanent, not a ‘per mtg’ site. Can go anytime to look up info on past info and future info as well.

• Do a search for QA zip 95126 to find Bay Area Quality Group.

SSQA member involvement • MMP needs a small team to assist

• MMP Oct plans moved to Nov.

• Tammy Davis for Jan

• John Bunting for Feb

• Ken needs to give presos for website

• Carolyn Sims for March. – best practices workshop

Officer elections

• By-laws: June a small committee meets, nominates, July present, Aug vote.

• Start paying attention now and enact this in 2012. Secretary to ensure this is brought to Chair’s attention.

Speaker return engagements

• John Bach requested to return

• MMP does NOT want to see repeats.

• The problem is actually getting people who are good to want to come back to speak.

• What kind of criteria should be develop:– Topic must be different

• Exception is different speakers, different opinions

• Another example – MMP speaking on Selenium again.

• Suggested– 1x/year/main speaker even if different topic– Same topic, see previous entry / coordinate

• Drop this issue for now