Hello CNSL members,
I feel like I have written many messages in this forum in the last month or so, and I wanted to make sure this one had a chance to get its own spotlight--but it's time! :)
This year, I have taken on a new role in the CNSL executive committee as the Section Communications Officer. This role was introduced in the 2018 section charter revisions, and described as: "
The Section Communications Officer shall distribute relevant information and updates to section members through the section's microsite and discussion board."
Note that this role essentially replaced the role of newsletter editor. While the section did reliably produce a newsletter for many years, which you can find here: https://community.amstat.org/cnsl/documents/newsletters (see archive going all the way back to 1984!), it became more difficult in recent years to recruit a newsletter editor who could take on this responsibility. The newsletter also seemed less necessary, given the ability to reach members immediately and more interactively through this forum. However, the content of the newsletters that were produced was valuable, including a forum for regular communication from the chair, interviews or articles from expert statistical consultants, and communication of section events. That's where the new role of Section Communication Officer comes in--we felt this important content could be more effectively managed in a different way.
So, the purpose of this email is to ask you, the section members, what kind of communication you would like to see. Take some time to review the old newsletters, perhaps, and see what content was there that you find valuable. How often would you like to hear from the executive committee? What kind of outside content would you like to see posted here regularly? And what kind of information or content would you like to see preserved through the website or other means?
I'd also like to briefly promote one other role on the committee: Joe Rigdon is our Publications Officer. This role is an outward-facing role to help deliver content FROM the Section on Statistical Consulting to the outside world of ASA and perhaps beyond that. Think of it as public relations for statistical collaborators :) A great example of this was the "Consultant's Corner" that appeared in Amstat News in 2017 when Mary Kwasny was in this role: https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/category/columnnews/consultants-corner/. If you have anything you'd like to see us contribute as a section to the wider world of statistics, please let us know!
Kim
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Kim Love
CNSL Section Communications Officer
Owner and Lead Consultant
K. R. Love Quantitative Consulting & Collaboration
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