ASQ Section 0511 November 2025 Meeting Announcement

Short Description:

In 2025, ASQ Section 5011 conducted three Ranger Outings: River Sea Chocolate Factory in February, Washington's Gristmill in May, and Ft Ward in July. Each of those Ranger Outings had a highly knowledgeable guide, was followed by a Networking Lunch, had additional optional events, and each was followed by a survey of participants. Besides, we took a ton of pictures at all parts of those events, with best ones to show and tell about!

As the Ranger Outings Review Lead, Edwin Videla will now perform our annual review of all of the 2025 Ranger Outings. He will present both the organizational and educational aspects of those events and will illustrate them with plenty of pictures, historical facts, and survey feedback in the process. Those who attended those events will have a chance to briefly voice their recollections.

This Program is a yearly event, the next best thing you can do to actually being with us at any of those Ranger Outings. And some of us attended all of them!

As a bonus, we hope this presentation "2025 Ranger Outings: A Year in Review" will inspire you to join us in person at our Section's future Ranger Outings and, perhaps, even to help organize them!

Program Content:

• About the Ranger Outings concept:
  • What is a Ranger Outing and why we have a Ranger at each such event.
  • How Section Members use the Ranger Outings as an opportunity to meet, both during the tour and at the Networking Lunch.
  • Which Section Member polls and Ranger Outing Participant surveys we have conducted and what their main results are.
  • Place of this November presentation in our annual reviews of Ranger Outings.
• About the Ranger Outings Team:
  • Role and contributions of our Ranger Outings Lead.
  • Volunteers who help organize the Ranger Outings.
  • Various tasks associated with organizing a Ranger Outing and how you can help.
• About the Key Factors in each Ranger Outing:
  • Weather and its role in indoor and outdoor Ranger Outings.
  • Announcements and Registrations for each Ranger Outing.
  • Payment and reimbursement of registration fees.
  • Selection of destination for a Ranger Outing.
  • Carpooling options.
  • Finding a Ranger to lead the ASQ group.
  • Optional activities at Ranger Outings.
• About our upcoming 2026 Ranger Outings.
  • Yes, we will have more in 2026!
  • See how you can participate!

  Speaker Background:

  Ken Rapuano is a Senior Chemist at HydroGeoLogic, Inc., a Reston-based environmental firm. He has been an IHMM-Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) since 2010 and an ASQ-Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) since 2015.

  His expertise includes analytical chemistry, data validation and usability assessments, and health and safety. He also supports database management and risk assessment.

  Outside of work, he is still playing Dungeons and Dragons and has been known to take an occasional interest in beer brewing, history, sports, computer games, and cats.

  Ken was elected as the ASQ Section 0511 Secretary for 2019-2021, then was elected as the Section's Vice Chair for 2022, and then elected the Section's Chair for 2023-2024. He is currently serving as the Section's Programs Chair for 2025. Ken also generously continues leading the following three (3) initiatives:

  • Early in 2022, Ken stepped up additionally to serve as the Section's Compliance Officer.
  • He also leads the Quality Matters Reports initiative that has resulted in several reports on Quality Matters Round Tables since they started in 2021.
  • In 2022, Ken also assumed the role of the Community Matters Initiative Lead to have the ASQ Divisions presented to the Section members. This resulted in his presentations at the August and September 2022 and May 2023 Section Meetings.
  
  

  Registration Link

  Please indicate whether you'll be attending in person or online

  Webinar Link / Meeting Instructions

  7:00pm — 8:30pm – Section Meeting Information
  Joining by a direct link:
  Meeting link: https://asq.webex.com/asq/j.php?MTID=mc27db3b21aba606f44f3d906b378dfe3
  Joining by meeting information (requires entering the password):
  Web address: https://asq.webex.com/asq
  Meeting number: 2558 630 9038
  Password: JbpGRjBZ532
  Joining by phone (you will have to identify yourself by name when you have joined):
  Phone number: 1-408-792-6300 Call-in number (US/Canada)
  Access code: 2558 630 9038
  
  

  6:00pm — 7:00pm – Section Leadership Committee meeting
  Joining by a direct link:
  Meeting link: https://asq.webex.com/asq/j.php?MTID=mf1edec1b32ba1fbd0402e959a365ffba
  Joining by meeting information (requires entering the password):
  Web address: https://asq.webex.com/asq
  Meeting number: 2551 557 3371
  Password: FVcQFA8bx63
  Joining by phone (you will have to identify yourself by name when you have joined):
  Phone number: 1-408-792-6300 Call-in number (US/Canada)
  Access code: 2551 557 3371
  

  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 dba25@asq0511.org, and let us know.

  Next Meeting:

  Wednesday, 10 December 2025 — the year in review and the year to come: Jeff Parnes (Chair) & Guoling Chen (Chair Elect)

  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 programs25@asq0511.org.

  About Us:

  ASQ Section 0511 is a geographic community that lives intertwined with the network of ASQ Divisions — technical communities specializing in specific quality domains and supporting ASQ Certifications in their domains.