PRESENTATION TO Pacific Regional Chapter SOCIETY OF QUALITY ASSURANCE & Organization of Regulatory and Clinical Associates ORCA 04 November 2010 Seattle, Washington

SQA in 2010 ■ SQA Membership Statistics ■ Professional Registration ■ Online Training ■ International Efforts ■ 2010 Annual Meeting ■ Future Annual Meetings ■ Quality Assurance Journal ■ New in 2010 ■ Services to Regional Chapters ■ Headquarters Contact Information 2

SQA Membership Statistics 31 December 2009 ■2,374 Members ●842 Active, 1,448 Affiliate, 7 Emeritus ●77 Outreach ■42 countries represented ■Number of members with a regulatory responsibility ●GLP: 535 ●GCP: 428 ●GMP: 268 ●Animal: 65 3

Professional Registration RQAP-GLP since current Registrants RQAP-GCP since current Registrants RQAP-GMP in ??? 4

5 Online Training Webcasts ■Leadership training ■Prospective/New member orientation Coming soon… ■Modules from EdCom ■Basic GLP

Webinars ■Regulatory Forum Webinars open to all members ■Specialty Section Webinars open to all SS members ■Topics in 2010 have included: Biomarkers and Pharmacogenomics Multi-Site Studies Auditing IRBs 6 Online Training

International Efforts Outreach India – Chapter 2007 Africa – Chapter 2008 China – MoU signed October 2009 Taiwan – MoU signed September 2009 Latin America - Chapter or National Society? 7

8 Success of the 26 th SQA Annual Meeting 25 – 30 April 2010 ■750 registrants (734 participants) ■16 Pre- and 6 Post-conference Trainings ■2 Plenary and 40 Concurrent Sessions in 5 Tracks ■5 Regulatory updates; ■29 Exhibitors ■International Networking Reception ■Handouts of nearly all presentations posted to the Web

9 Future SQA Annual Meetings 27 April – 1 May 2011 San Antonio, TX 22 – 27 April 2012 Miami, FL

GLP/GCP Symposia & Quality College San Jose, California ■GLP Symposium – 97 ■GCP Symposium – 35 ■Regulatory Forum – 67 registered ■Basic GLP training – 21 ■Basic GCP training – 15 ■Current Topics in GLP training – 30 ■GCP: Beyond the Basics training – 16 ■GLP in the Bioanalytical Lab training – 20 ■Overall total number of people registered for SOMETHING during the whole week – 166

11 Quality Assurance Journal ■Peer-reviewed scholarly journal is a valuable resource for any scientific/technical profession. ●Since Official Journal of SQA ●Online access free to members – includes all back issues ●Provide a forum for QA professionals to publish, which will improve members professional profile and communicate best practices and novel approaches to others in our field ●Publish abstracts for posters and presentations at annual meetings ●New and improved in 2009

New in 2010 ■iMIS web-based membership system ■New website – Content Management System ■Mentoring Program ■Development of QA University ■Support for members in search of employment ■Webinars ■International Symposium and Quality College, October 2010, San Jose, CA 12

13 Administrative Services for Chapters ■Chapter membership e-communications ■Chapter membership development mailings to potential members (use of data in SQA database) ■Ballot preparation and mailing for members ■Contract review, upon request ■Director and Officer Insurance ■General Liability Insurance

14 Financial Services for Chapters ■SQA/HQ maintains checking and investment accounts for each Chapter, and provides bookkeeping services to Chapters ■Chapters have checks and/or credit cards, as requested ■SQA/HQ generally handles all accounting activities and tax filings – and, with Chapter approval, pays all invoices

15 Financial Services, cont. ■SQA/HQ invoices for dues w/SQA and accepts credit card payment ■Chapters may receive meeting registration fees and provide in bulk to HQ for deposit ■Chapter funds earn interest at same level as SQA investments – principal secured in 2009 ■HQ $ services described above are provided free of charge to Chapter ■Other HQ Services available at cost: ●Directory design and publication ●Meeting Registration taken online and list exported ●Website Redesign

16 Website and Webinar Services ■SQA/HQ maintains content as directed by Chapter web liaison ■Elective enhancements may be charged to Chapters – Chapters may also bid out and contract to outside vendor ■Chapters may use the SQA Webinar service at no charge

17 Headquarters Contacts Oversight – Allison Travis Administrative Services – Kendyl Kradz Financial Services – Nikki Edgecomb Website Services – Erin Irtenkauf Society of Quality Assurance Headquarters Telephone: Facsimile: New Street Address New Street Address 154 Hansen Rd, Suite 201 Charlottesville, VA USA

18 Thanks for inviting me this year! Lucy Wingett