ASQ Chicago Section 1201

Recertification

Recertification documentation should be mailed to:

Ed McCarthy,CQE
ASQ Recert Chair
601 S. Greenwood Ave.
Park Ridge, IL 60068

 

Contact Information:
(847) 392- 3500 x279 
emccarthy@methode.com

 

It has been sometime since I published any information on Recertification.  I would like to make a few suggestions to keep this simple for you and more streamlined for myself and ASQ Headquarters. 

First, it is my responsibility to our section members to review, process, approve and submit recertification summaries to ASQ in Milwaukee.   Since our section has over 1200 certifications, that is no small task.  And since this is a volunteer role, if we can make this easy for you and me, I truly feel we both benefit from this.  If you follow these simple guidelines below, it will save us both time, money and make this way less stressful. 

Here are some guidelines to please consider.  Rule number one:  If you have questions or are unclear on something, PLEASE contact me.  Timing issues, extensions, points, credits or general questions; come to me first.  Headquarters will generally refer you back to your section Recert Chair unless you are just requesting the recert journal book.  (That can be done online too)   No question or request to me is too small or silly.  Many of you who have asked for help over the past several years know that I am very flexible and willing to stretch the application of recert guidelines and rules to help you maintain your certs.  Always ask……don’t assume anything.  Ask ! 

Rule number two:  Mail your recert package to me via regular US MAIL and be sure to include  ‘Recert Chair‘ in the address.  This makes sorting mail easier and assures your submission is NOT mistaken for junk mail.  Shipping it any other way than US MAIL is expensive and unnecessary.  Not one has been, ‘lost in the mail’ yet.  And since I travel a lot on business, packages can sit for weeks at times.  So if you send it overnight delivery, there was no gain by doing that.  If you are that concerned about delivery, pay for delivery confirmation that is way less money than Fed Ex or UPS.  And don’t ask for a signature at delivery because that means I have to go to the post office and frankly, I have not the time to do that.  And that irks my spouse too.  If you are married, you get my drift on that one! 

Rule number three:  When you get to 18 to 20 credits, STOP!   I do not need to know of everything you have done in the past three years!  I think the record so far is 87 points, which is the most you could possibly take credit for.  In addition, all the paper sent to substantiate all that is a waste.  Save a tree!  And it is okay to double side copy if you are sending copies of documents.  Do not send me originals.  I cannot return them. 

Rule number four:  If you pay by check, staple your check to the journal summary page (don’t mail the whole journal book).  Those checks can be sneaky little rascals and get shuffled in-between papers all too easily. 

Rule number five:  Print clearly and legibly when you fill out that journal summary page.  And include all the numbers they ask for that identify you, your certs and your contact info. 

Rule number six:  see rules one thru five! 

Our profession is one rooted in organization, order and documentation.  The recertification process is not difficult nor should it be stressful.  Let’s keep it simple, organized and fun.

Recertification Resources