PRESIDENT’S CORNER
More Than The Sum of
Our Parts
Sally C. Morton
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s we count down the days to the start of JSM and WNAR) may allow other statistical societies to
on August 1 in Washington, DC, I write to participate as additional partners. The five partner
remind you of an exciting development at societies agreed to add the IISA and ICSA under
the meetings, making us more than the sum of our this provision and will review the new arrangement
parts. As reported last August in Amstat News, two after JSM 2010. Program chairs from each society
important statistical associations are new JSM part- were part of the 2009 JSM Program Committee,
ners this year: The International Chinese Statistical and each society was allocated two invited sessions.
Association (ICSA) and the International Indian
Statistical Association (IISA).
The International Chinese Statistical
Reaching out to include the wealth of statistical Association
talent across the discipline and globe is an important
The ICSA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
part of the ASA’s mission to seek opportunities that
educational, charitable, and scientific purposes. The
advance the statistical profession. More and more,
association was officially founded during the 1987
the world essentially has no borders. Diversity is a
Joint Statistical Meetings in San Francisco, California.
strength of our discipline, and we should continue
Membership is open to all statisticians. The ICSA
to recognize it, celebrate it, and embrace it, allow-
currently has more than 900 members and publishes
ing inclusion to enhance statistics and our ability
two scientific journals: Statistica Sinica and (starting
to contribute to society. In addition to augmenting
this year) Statistics in Biosciences. It communicates via
the meeting experience by welcoming new attend-
its ICSA Bulletin and the ICSA Newsletter. Its per-
ees and benefiting from their impact on scientific
manent office is located in Statesboro, Georgia, at
and social programs, collaborating with other sta-
Georgia Southern University.
tistical associations can expand public awareness of
Each year, the ICSA has an applied statistics sym-
statistics and the ASA.
posium in the United States. The June 2010 meeting
As provided by the 2003 JSM Agreement, the five
will be in Indianapolis, Indiana. Once every three
official partner societies (ASA, IMS, SSC, ENAR,
years, the ICSA runs an annual meeting outside the
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