Committee on Applied Statisticians
Agenda
February 16, 2011
12:00 to 1:00pm EST
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Minutes: Keith
Attendees:
Regrets:
Minute rotation
Januaray: Jack
February: Keith
March: Greg
April: Jennifer
May: Amarjot
June: Marlene
July: <st1:place w:st="on">Erin</st1:place>
August: Jennifer
September: Barbara
October: TBD
November/December: TBD
CAS membership
Welcome Mark Otto! Mark joins us from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Maryland</st1:place></st1:state>. We will ask Mark to introduce himself and the rest of the team to give a brief introduction for Mark.
There are up to 3 positions available for terms starting in 2012. The ASA President Elect Bob Rodriguez has shed some light on the membership nomination process. Let's discuss in our meeting.
Discussion of Goals
Let's continue to discuss the charge and our bigger goals within this group. How would you like to contribute this year? What would you see as a "successful" contribution against these goals?
Charge 1: 1. Promote forums showcasing relevant technologies and emerging methods benefiting applied stats.
Charge 2: 2. Facilitate recognition of applied stat within various fields of application
Charge 3: Coordinate with other ASA groups/units to ensure attention to the needs, priorities and career paths of applied stats
Charge 4: 4. Increase awareness and promote careers in applied stats
Traffic light tool to measure our progress
Thanks to Amarjot for providing this tool.
Let's discuss updates for 2011 and how we should use the tool.
Member Initiatives
Proposals were due Feb 1, 2011. Let's receive an update from the team.
Membership Council
Next meeting is March 24th. <st1:place w:st="on">Erin</st1:place> to attend.
Master's Notebook Articles
Updates from <st1:place w:st="on">Erin</st1:place>.
Who could take ownership of finding a future author and ensuring submission? <st1:place w:st="on">Erin</st1:place> can provide guidelines developed on finding authors.
http://magazine.amstat.org/category/columnnews/amstatmasters/
JSM 2011 (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Miami</st1:city></st1:place>):
Panel and Papers
Submitted: statistical engineering (six sigma) proposal for topic contributed papers (<st1:place w:st="on">Erin</st1:place>).
Submitted: Panel on Applied and Consulting statisticians for topic contributed session.
Roundtable and Posters
Barbara and Marlene to provide any updates.
Other Activities
Social mixer.
Needed: let's discuss other ideas for 2011. What else should we start planning?
Organization Committee to plan the conference for applied statisticians:
Chair: Phil Scinto.
Needed: Update from team.
Nancy Geller's presidential initiatives
· CAS role: offer support/feedback to representatives if needed.
· Public Awareness - <st1:place w:st="on">Erin</st1:place> to provide update.
· Education - team to provide update.
volunteer from industry, LeAnna Stork from Monsanto[mailto:leanna.g.stork@monsanto.com]. Pam Arroway (NCSU) to chair.
Needed: Update from team members involved in presidential initiatives.
Reminder 2011 meetings
- 3rd Wednesday at 12:00 EST
At the last meeting we agreed that the meeting should be rescheduled if the co-chair is unavailable at this initial time. We will work to continue meetings on Wednesdays, at 12:00 EST
Open Discussion
TBD
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