Highlights of the August 2008 ASA Board
of Directors Meeting
2008 Board Members
Tony Lachenbruch
President
Sally Morton
President-elect
Mary Ellen Bock
Past President
Bob Rodriguez
Vice President (3rd year)
Alicia Carriquiry
Vice President (2nd year)
From left: Peter Lachenbruch, ASA president; Sally C. Morton, ASA
Nat Schenker
president-elect; and Ron Wasserstein, ASA executive director Vice President (1st year)
Ron Fecso
P
resident Tony Lachenbruch led the ASA Board of Directors
Council of Sections Representative (3rd year)
in vigorous discussion of an array of important topics—
fundraising, budgeting, election issues, and protection of
Tom Santner
privacy—during its meeting August 1–2, 2008, in Denver. Following
Council of Sections Representative (2nd year)
are the highlights: David Banks
Council of Sections Representative (1st year)
JSM 2010 program chair—Sastry Pantula, the ASA’s incoming
Katherine Monti
president-elect, announced that Xuming He of the University of
Illinois has been appointed program chair for JSM 2010.
Council of Chapters Representative (3rd year)
John Boyer
Candidates for 2009 ASA elections—The Committee on Council of Chapters Representative (2nd year)
Nominations reported its selection of the following members to
Susan Hilsenbeck
run for the offices of president and vice president in the next ASA
Council of Chapters Representative (1st year)
election. For president-elect (term beginning 2010): Nancy Geller,
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes
Geert Verbeke
of Health, and Clyde Tucker, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
International Representative
Department of Labor. For vice president (term beginning 2010):
Ed Wegman
Roderick Little, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan,
Publications Representative
and David Scott, Department of Statistics, Rice University.
Sastry Pantula
2009 budget and 2008 financials—The board approved the
Treasurer
2009 budget and heard a cautious but optimistic report from Pantula,
Ron Wasserstein
also the ASA’s treasurer. A positive bottom line for 2008 is expected,
ASA Executive Director
but the board is giving attention to future sources of revenue.
ASA advancement program—Executive Director Ron coordination of events, stewardship, etc.; and advancement as the
Wasserstein led a discussion about how the ASA could set up methods the association uses to manage relationships and funds
an advancement and development program. He described to increase its support from members, friends, and philanthropic
fundraising as the activities of the association that directly entities of all types. He further described how these activities inter-
relate to donor solicitation; development as the activities that act and the steps the association could take in these areas, empha-
support fundraising, such as prospect research and database sizing the importance of leadership commitment and the develop-
management, donor relations, cultivation, gift processing, ment of a clear case for the need for raised funds. The board voted
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