ASQ recently passed a new membership model to support it's members and provide flexiability for those interested in learning more about quality.

The following is brief exerpt from the ASQ website on the new model.

"The new model maintains the tradition values of ASQ membership, yet builds on it by offering a variety of new and enhanced member types and benefits suited to all interested in the practice and/or profession of quality. The Living Community Model approach advances ASQ’s Vision as the “community of choice for everyone who seeks quality technology, concepts or tools to improve themselves and their world.”

The new membership plan ensures that ASQ near-term can invest in and the roll out, or enhance key strategic initiatives sought by members. These include:

+ proving the economic case for quality;
+ enhancing the image of the quality professional and ASQ;
+ enhanced activity on national issues, including Washington D.C., presence;
+ growing new and diverse communities of practice; and
+ providing more personalized member relationship management.

“Historically, ASQ has taken a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to membership, a best practice in the association world for years. But the time for change has come; people expect more from their professional associations,” said Ken Case, ASQ president. “At the same time, quality’s scope and impact in business and in society is expanding. The Living Community Model provides value to individuals from all backgrounds and occupations who profess an interest in quality, offering them flexible choices of involvement and affiliation with the organization and the quality movement.”

To learn more about the new model, please Click here.

http://www.asq.org/news/interest/021604lcm_announcement.html