Council of Sections Governing Board
A Year in Review
Lynne Stokes, Chair, COSGB
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f you are a member of any section, the students to biostatistics pro- tion about it to Carolyn Cuff
Council of Sections Governing Board grams, and constructing a at
ccuff@westminster.edu.)
works for you. The Council of metaweb page to consolidate Another exciting develop-
Sections consists of representatives from links to institutions offering ment is that our statistical
each of the ASA’s sections. Many of the biostatistics training. tent is enlarging, with efforts
council’s activities are directed by the The Biopharmaceutical to form a new section and
COSGB, which consists of a number of Section has instituted a suc- interest group. The special
officers—including vice chairs and repre- cessful webinar series on topics interest group on statistical
sentatives to the ASA board of directors— of interest to its members (see learning and data mining has
who communicate section concerns to the
www.amstat.org/sections/sbiop).
Lynne Stokes
begun the process of becom-
governing board or directors of the ASA. The Statistical Consulting ing a section. For informa-
The purpose of the Council of Sections Section also had a successful series of tion about becoming a charter member of
is to support the goals and interests of webinars, jointly sponsored with the this section, email Joe Verducci at verduc-
sections by encouraging the development Committee on Applied Statistics and
ci.1@osu.edu. We also received word that
of sections around new statistical areas funded by an ASA strategic initiative. a group of 20 enthusiastic programmers
and helping to spread good ideas devel- The Statistical Graphics Section is from major biopharmaceutical companies
oped in one section to the others. I am making available funds for students pre- have started an effort to establish a special
happy to report our sections are healthy paring posters for JSM. These efforts are interest group on statistical programming.
and involved in many kinds of activities designed to help raise the profile of poster For information about this group, contact
in support of their members. Currently, sessions and make them a part of our con- Mingxiu Hu at
Mingxiu.Hu@mpi.com.
each of the ASA’s 22 sections has more ference culture, as they are in so many Finally, as a new year begins, I would
than 300 members—including our new- other organizations these days. like to thank those who have helped the
est section, the Section on Defense and Members of the COSGB also are COSGB have a successful year. These
National Security (with 339 members). working on a few new initiatives this year. include our past-chair and chair-elect,
Our largest section is Biometrics, with We are working with the ASA Meetings John Boyer and Linda Gage; our busy
2,493 members, and several other sec- Department to help presenters at JSM vice chairs, Julia Bienias, Jeri Mulrow,
tions have more than 2,000. Some of the simplify preparation and transport of their and Allan Rossman; our board representa-
successful new activities undertaken by posters by using JSM’s printing vendors. tives, Ron Fecso, Ralph O’Brien, and Tom
our sections this year were shared at the We also are working with the Statistical Santner; our secretary, Mary Mulry; and
Council of Sections meeting during JSM, Education Section, which is collecting our treasurer, Anna Nevius. And we are
including the following: information about JSM paper and travel thrilled to have our staff liaison, Monica
The Biometrics Section has supported awards to display at JSM. We intend to Clark, back in the ASA office to help us
outreach projects with small grants for the pull this information together in one keep everything on track. n
last three years. The goal of these projects place on our web page. (If you have such
is to enhance awareness of biostatistics an award in your section, send informa-
among U.S. high-school and undergradu-
ate students and attract them to the field.
Examples of funded projects include devel- Correction
oping outreach materials for AP Statistics
Two dates were printed incorrectly on the 2008 pull-out calendar included in the December
students and their teachers, developing and
issue. Thanksgiving is actually November 27, 2008, and Veterans Day is November 11, 2008.
implementing seminars for recruitment of
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