Good morning, everyone.

On behalf of Galactic Registrars Interstellar Network (GRIN), I’d like to express our appreciation to your organization for selecting us as your ISO 9001 registrar. Before we begin the audit, there are a few items we need to cover. This is standard auditing protocol. Certain things are required to be communicated during the opening meeting.

Would you please fill out the attendance sheet? Santa, I believe you told me that Mrs. Claus is the ISO management representative and that Master Elf Glifnix is the operations manager. If there will be no one else attending this meeting, we can continue.

GRIN doesn’t employ full-time auditors. I’m a sub-contractor. My credentials are on file with at the registrar’s corporate office and available for your review. I’m an RAB-certified lead assessor and an ASQ-certified quality auditor. I’ve more than 10 years of experience as an auditor and my field of expertise includes general manufacturing, machining and electronics. Although I also work as a consultant, my role as an auditor prevents me from consulting. I’ll be making observations, but I can’t offer any additional services that may be construed as consultancy, because that would be considered a conflict of interest and a breach of the auditor code of ethics.

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