Chair's Message

November 2026

The section’s activities are winding down, as we plan for hibernation. We won’t be asleep the whole time, continuing to announce activities of divisions and other sections to help our members in professional development and to earn RUs.

The section will wake up in spring 2027 and plan for the year.

For in-person meetings we are planning 6 in New Hampshire and 6 in Maine. Some of them may be on-line meetings, perhaps joint with another section.

We also anticipate conducting 6 webinars and 2 workshops.

As always, we will be looking for topics and speakers to support the program.

Our last 2026 meeting is planned for November 17 in New Hampshire with Rip Stauffer’s presentation Your World is Not Red or Green – Best Practices in Data Display. He gave this most interesting presentation early this year in Maine. He discusses data visualization, identifies some common errors, and provides information to avoid them. He has many interesting examples.

The quarterly Granite State Reading Group continues. The 2026Q4 article will be announced shortly. Be sure to participate using Granite State’s discussion list on myASQ. We don’t plan to continue the Reading Group in 2027.

There are many opportunities to get involved. We need people to speak at Membership Meetings, present Educational Events, and write Professional Development articles for the 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

Chair, Granite State Section

doleary@memberleader.asq.org