Pacific Northwest Quality Conference – Call for Papers: The Pacific Northwest Quality Conference (PNSQC.org) is looking for papers for their 2007 conference in October. To participate, you need to submit your quality-related abstracts to PNSQC before March 31, 2007.

Abstracts must be between 300 and 600 words, and must be submitted through the PNSQC website www.pnsqc.org any time between January 1, 2007 and March 31, 2007.

Papers should address software engineering and/or software quality consistent with the PNSQC mission of increasing the awareness of the importance of software quality. Preference will be given to papers that are consistent with this year's theme "25 Years of Quality - Building for a Better Future".

Certificate Program for Software Testing: The University of Washington Extension is taking applications for the 90-hour Software Testing Certificate program held in the evenings in Seattle, WA. This is a great resource for testers who trained “on the job” to get information and skills to become a better tester. See www.sasqag.org for links and more information.

Seattle SPIN: The Seattle SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) is holding monthly meetings. The organization is driven with a single, clear-cut goal in mind: change an organization in a way that improves that organization's ability to develop software. If you are interested in more information on SeaSpin, you can go to http://www.seaspin.org.

Seattle Area Software Quality Assurance Group (SASQAG): If you’re in the Seattle area on the third Thursday of every month (except December), the Seattle Area Software Quality Assurance Group (SASQAG) invites you to their monthly public meetings. SASQAG also supports certification and study groups. If you are interested, please look at www.sasqag.org for upcoming events, directions, and meeting time.

Other Events: If you have information on local software quality and testing events in your area of Region 6, please send them to me for our events calendar Visit http://www.tomgtomg.com/asq6 for information on events around Region 6.