Chair's Message

November 2025

This year has been eventful for the section. We held six in-person membership meetings in New Hampshire. ASQ dissolved the Pine Tree section (Maine) and moved the members to Granite State. We held one in-person membership meeting in Maine in October, but had to cancel the planned November meeting.

The plans for 2026 are coming together nicely and include:

• Membership meetings in New Hampshire
• Membership meetings in Maine
• A strong education program
• Working closely with both the Merrimack Valley and Vermont sections
• Working closely with other professional organizations such as the Society of Manufacturing Engineers

On Oct 16, 2025 we held our first meeting in Maine after the transition of Pine Tree members to Granite State. Dan O’Leary spoke on “Predictive Supplier Evaluation” a method to use supplier performance to predict whether a supplier is getting into trouble. The meeting was at the Courtyard by Marriott Airport in S. Portland.

On Oct 22, 2025 we held a meeting in New Hampshire. Chiara Pulice spoke on “AI and Counter Terrorism Case Study”. This was a joint meeting with NH SME. She explained how to set up a machine learning, ML, model, and gave us interesting anecdotes about problems along the way. She then used a case study in which the project identified independent variables and used them to predict terrorist actions, such as kidnappings, bombings, and assassinations, by Boko Haram. It was a very interesting illustration of using data to detect patterns and make predictions.

We continue working with other sections to provide opportunities for Granite State to learn about quality topics and to earn Recertification Units, RUs. Information about some of the meetings is below. Granite State members are welcome to attend and earn RUs. Some of the meetings are on-line, so there is an opportunity to attend without travel.

We would like to know about members who have recently earned a new certification. Please contact Dan O’Leary, the Section Chair, at doleary@memberleader.asq.org so we can announce your achievement in the Newsletter.

There are many opportunities to get involved. We need people to join the SLT, to speak at Membership Meetings, present at Educational Events, and write Professional Development articles for this newsletter. To become involved please contact Dan O’Leary, the Section Chair, at doleary@memberleader.asq.org

Dan O’Leary CMDA, CQA, CQE, CRE, CSSBB