ASA Launches 2009 Annual Fund Drive
Ron Wasserstein, ASA Executive Director
Providing access to the field of statistics:
Gifts support a variety of activities, including
travel funds for students to attend JSM or other
conferences, ASA memberships for statisticians
in developing countries, and graduate school
scholarships for promising statisticians.
Recognizing excellence in the field of sta-
tistics: Gifts support the recognition of excel-
lence in the profession by increasing the funding
available for award prizes and funding special
recognition sessions at JSM and elsewhere.
The annual fund is a fundamental part of the
ASA’s advancement program. Funds raised allow the
association to further advance its work in promot-
ing the discipline of statistics in ways that might not
be possible otherwise.
T
he American Statistical Association is launch-
All gifts are helpful, small gifts or not-so-small.
ing a higher-profile annual fund drive and
For example, $40 makes it possible for a statistician
invites you to “be significant and play a part
from a developing country to have the benefits of
in the future of statistics” by being a contributor.
ASA membership for one year. A few people giving
The focus for the 2009 Annual Fund Drive was
$75 each can help a student attend his or her first
established by the ASA Board of Directors in con-
JSM. A $150 gift could help us teach a journalist
sultation with the ASA’s Development Committee,
how to more clearly and accurately communicate
chaired by Scott Evans of the Harvard School of
statistical information, or provide materials for our
Public Health. Gifts to the fund can be made to the
work with Congress and the administration.
ASA’s unrestricted fund, or specified to support one
ASA President Sally Morton and the ASA Board of
of the following areas:
Directors invite you to join them in making a contribu-
tion to the annual fund. You can contribute online at
www.amstat.org/giving/index.cfm?fuseaction=ShowApp
Promoting the field of statistics: Gifts or download a form at
www.amstat.org/giving/PDFS/
support such activities as continuing educa- Contribute.PDF and mail your check.
tion courses, workshops on statistical writing Whether or not you participate in the 2009
for the media, and advocacy efforts on behalf Annual Fund Drive, we thank you for being a mem-
of the profession in Congress and with the ber of the ASA and for all your contributions to the
administration. well-being of our association and profession. ■
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