ASQ Section 0511 November 2020 Meeting Announcement
5:30PM, Wednesday, 11 November 2020
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Presented by
Richard Emory, EPA Environmental Enforcement Attorney (retired)
Richard Emory
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Tutorial: Vulnerability Assessments and CO2 Mitigation Plans
Presented by
David Saunders, Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN)
David M Saunders
Speakers Background:
Richard Emory, EPA Environmental Enforcement Attorney (retired)
Richard W. Emory, Jr. was a career environmental enforcement attorney who retired in 2011 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He served as our nation's top lawyer directly responsible for all EPA investigations of pollution crime. Then, often collaborating with the OECD and UNEP, for 17 years he worked globally in EPA foreign assistance to many other nations also wanting clean air and clean water.
He is the author of Fighting Pollution and Climate Change: An EPA Veterans' Guide How to Join in Saving Our Life on Planet Earth (BookLocker, 2020) and technical papers on international environmental policy and law. Richard holds a BA from Yale University and a JD from Harvard Law School. To learn about the author, the book and how to get it, visit http://www.fightingpollutionbook.com
David M. Saunders
David M. Saunders, now retired, was the Senior Director of Quality for ResCare, a human services company with 45,000 employees. Before ResCare, David was a consultant at ARBOR specializing in research and training on gathering, understanding, and deploying the voice of the customer. His client list included Ford Motor Company, Anheuser-Bush, Allied-Signal, Intel, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
He is the co-author of Four Days with Dr. Deming, Addison-Wesley Press (10th printing); Measuring Customer Satisfaction (ASQ ISO 9000 Handbook, Ch. 29); Voice of the Customer Guide (USDOL) and numerous technical papers. David earned a BA from Hobart College and an MS from Pratt Institute. He is a volunteer at the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN), a member of the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), and a leader in the (Al Gore) Climate Reality Project. (davidsaunders107@gmail.com)
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Short Narratives/Descriptions:
Coming Climate Crisis — Whatcha gonna do when it comes for you?
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How might climate change impact your company and your role as a quality professional? What can you do to prepare? What can be done to prevent catastrophic outcomes? This workshop will provide scientific evidence of climate change; discuss legal, social, and political issues; and suggest actions for prevention.
Tutorial: Vulnerability Assessments and CO2 Mitigation Plans
- How to apply Dr. Deming's Theory of Profound Knowledge
- How to conduct a vulnerability assessment?
- RPC 2.6, 4.5, 6.0, 8.5 (four scenarios)
- How to determine sea-level rise (SLR)
- How to develop a CO2 mitigation plan
- Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory
- Calculating your CO2 Emissions
- How to become a Climate Change Professional (ACCO)
- How to access solar power for your home or business (roof top or solar farm)
- How to take action (CCAN)
Handouts:
- Coming Climate Crisis — Whatcha gonna do when it comes for you? presented by Richard Emory (PPTX) (PDF)
- Vulnerability Assessments and CO2 Mitigation Plans presented by David Saunders (PPTX) (PDF) (PDF w/ Notes)
Six Books to Read:
- Fighting Pollution and Climate Change: An EPA Veterans' Guide How to Join in Saving Our Life on Planet Earth, by Richard W. Emory, Jr. (BookLocker 2019) — www.fightingpollutionbook.com
- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (Henry Holt & Co., 2014)
- Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future, by Peter D. Ward (Smithsonian, 2007)
- High Tide on Main Street: Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis, by John Englander (The Science Bookshelf, 2013)
- A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow, by Joshua S. Goldstein and Staffan A. Qvist (Public Affairs,2018)
- Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson (first published by Houghton Mifflin,1962)
Meeting Information:
- We will be using an online meeting tool WebEx, .
- The meeting will be recorded.
Reservations: There is no charge to attend. To register, please use our on line reservation form which can be used up to the day of the meeting. If your plans change, please contact dba20@asq0511.org, and let us know.
Schedule:
- 5:00pm - 6:00pm — Section Leadership Committee Meeting Meeting number: 127 856 6469
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm — Section Meeting & Presentation Join Zoom Meeting: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7547987541
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Meetings are open to all ASQ members as well as to the public.
Next Meeting:
Wednesday, 9 December 2020 — TBD
Call for Speakers!!!
Would you or someone you know like to speak at a future ASQ meeting? We're always looking for volunteers. Be creative! Exercise your public presentation skills! Earn recertification credits! Get a free dinner! Please contact programs20@asq0511.org.